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- Wireless and railroads: a fresh look
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It has been a decade since representatives of the Class I's discussed wireless technologies for railroad operations. The results provided a then-definitive understanding of the railroads' requirements for wireless that subsequently supported the AAR's justification for RF spectrum in front of the FCC. However, the world of...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- NRC continues focus on safety, training; From lobbying in Washington to setting up training for employes in the field, NRC is working to help its member contractors get the job done safely
- RT&S asked NRC Chairman Manny Ramirez and President Chuck Baker about the past year and what they believe the future holds for the NRC. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RT&S: Manny, you are in your first year as chairman of the NRC. How do you feel about the progress the organization...
- Research articles 2008-05-01
- Passenger rail: a national priority
- Can the federal government make assisting the rail industry--passenger and freight--a national priority? Should it do so? And, perhaps most important, will it develop the will for such support? Cynics might note two out of three isn't bad. But throughout 2007 and into 2008, the optimists shot for better...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Amtrak to increase security measures
- WASHINGTON -- Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers' carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains. The initiative, to be announced by the railroad on Tuesday, is a significant shift for Amtrak. Unlike the...
- Research articles 2008-02-19
- M/W budgets to climb in 2008: railroad m/w budgets are on the rise even with a traffic slowdown in 2007, as railroads work to expand capacity and improve infrastructure. '08 results
- As the new year rolls in, railroads are preparing to meet the challenges of increasing traffic in 2008 and beyond with increases in already healthy m/w capital and operating budgets, good news for both railroaders and those who supply them. To find out who's spending how much on what, we...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- NRC on the move: NRC is moving ahead with safety programs and lobbying efforts
- RT & S asked NRC Chairman Jon M. McGrath, President Ray Chambers, and Executive Director Chuck Baker about the recent history and what they believe is in the future for the NRC. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RT & S: Jon, you are in your second year as chairman of the...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Security: no magic formula: though government recommendations may help, the industry is tapping its own expertise to boost the well-being of its customers, neighbors, and its own ranks
- When it comes to security, North American railroading may wish to follow the lead of its European counterparts. That extends beyond safeguarding physical assets and rights-of-way to include the human aspect: employees and, in the case of intercity and commuter railroads, passengers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Beyond that is a...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- One industry, one agenda
- There was a single recurring theme at Railway Age's 14th Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads Conference last month: Passenger rail and freight rail interests share common goals, and each understands that the health and long-term growth of both are interdependent. Freight railroads are facing some tough challenges, and we...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- North Baltimore law firm focuses on Federal Employers Liability Act
- The paraphernalia on the shelves and walls of the North Baltimore law offices of Albertini & Darby LLP hint at the firm's livelihood: a pair of vintage lanterns, a wooden phone receiver, framed photographs of locomotives, and a six-inch silver-plated spike. These are railroad lawyers. Though...
- Research articles 2007-10-22
- Railroads continue big spending on m/w: with containers and coal leading huge increases in traffic, railroads are spending billions on the infrastructure to keep up with wear and to increase capacity
- Railroads spent well over $8 billion on infrastructure projects in 2006, and traffic demands necessitate spending many more billions of dollars in 2007. In our annual m/w spending forecast, we bring you the spending plans for the Class 1 railroads, for Amtrak on the passenger side and for two regional/shortline...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Bidding adieu to 2006
- As we play out the last string of days in 2006, it's a good time to reflect on the year that's about to fade into history. Like most years, it brought the railroad industry the usual share of ups and downs. It left the industry riding high, but that situation...
- Research articles 2006-12-01
- Railroads loosening purse strings for m/w: as traffic increases, railroads are spending more and more money on the infrastructure to maintain and to build more capacity into the system
- The spending outlook for all the railroads responding to the RT & S annual survey are all trending in the same direction: up. All seven Class 1 railroads responded, as well as Amtrak and Montana Rail Link and the Florida East Coast, the latter two representing the regional/shortline community. ...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- The best in the West: Gene Skoropowski's trains: looking for an exemplary host freight railroad/tenant passenger railroad relationship? Look no further than California's Capitol Corridor
- The United States government created Amtrak in 1971 not (primarily, at least) to preserve passenger train service, but to relieve the freight railroads from the burden of providing that service "for the public convenience and necessity." At the time, the railroads claimed they were losing $500 million a year, on...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Injured railroad conductor wins $17M in FELA case
- (This article originally ran in Missouri Lawyers Weekly, St. Louis, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) A railroad conductor who was injured in a falling accident has won $17 million in his St. Louis City FELA case against Norfolk Southern. The 27-year-old conductor, Brett Nidlinger, claimed...
- Research articles 2005-09-14
- Congress OKs funding, but Amtrak future still in doubt
- Reliance on railroads lasted from 1850 until World War II, affecting nearly every American, says Mark Reutter, editor of Railroad History magazine. By the early 1900s, independent passenger railroads had transformed the way Americans traveled and made a living. "Almost every family had some...
- Research articles 2005-07-24
- Secretary Mineta says Alaska knows how to run a railroad; Cites operation as example to follow.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 July 2005-US DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION: Secretary Mineta says Alaska knows how to run a railroad; Cites operation as example to followC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07052007 Alaskans know how to run a railroad and their success could serve as a...
- Research articles 2005-07-06
- 'It's a tragedy waiting to happen'
- HAYWARD -- Ask Union Pacific Railroad officials what they think of Hayward's most anticipated redevelopment project of the next few years, and they'll tell you it sounds like a nightmare. "We just don't understand why zoning would permit residential construction next to railroads," said a frustrated John...
- Research articles 2005-07-04
- Homes near tracks: 'Tragedy waiting to happen'
- HAYWARD ASK UNION PACIFIC Railroad Company officials what they think of Hayward's most anticipated redevelopment project of the next few years, and they'll tell you it sounds like a nightmare. "We just don't understand why zoning would permit residential construction next to railroads," said a...
- Research articles 2005-07-04
- 'It's a tragedy waiting to happen'
- HAYWARD - Ask Union Pacific Railroad Company officials what they think of Hayward's most anticipated redevelopment project of the next few years, and they'll tell you it sounds like a nightmare. ``We just don't understand why zoning would permit residential construction next to railroads,'' said a frustrated...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Updated railroad fact book
- The 2004 edition of Railroad Facts is now available from the Association of American Railroads. This 80-page, pocket-sized reference focuses primarily on Class I's and contains graphs and statistics on finance, traffic, operations, plant and equipment, employment and compensation, fuel consumption and cost, and loss and damage for 2003 and...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
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