M&A

Ontario pension fund, rail holding company to acquire five short lines »

KEYWORDS: OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund, OPTrust, Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC, Cimarron Valley Railroad, Southwestern Railroad Inc., Texas & Eastern Railroad LLC in Texas; Washington Eastern Railroad, Wyoming and Colorado Railroad Inc., David Durbano, Snowy Range Cattle Co. Inc., West Memphis Base Railroad LLC

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Rail Industry Trends

RailTrends 2020 opens conference registration »

KEYWORDS: RailTrends 2020 conference, Progressive Railroading, Tony Hatch, ABH Consulting, Nov. 19-20, James Foote, CSX, Railroad Innovator Award, Class I CEOs, rail industry trends, predictions

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Mechanical

WMATA selects Hitachi Rail for rail-car order »

KEYWORDS: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, WMATA, Hitachi Rail, 8000-series rail cars, platform reconstruction

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Virtual Discussion | October 13th

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People

CN names McKenzie to its board »

KEYWORDS: CN, board of directors, Margaret McKenzie

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Short Lines & Regionals

Kansas issues first round of Short Line Rail Fund grants »

KEYWORDS: Kansas Department of Transportation, Short Line Rail Improvement Fund, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, Cimarron Valley Railroad, New Century Air Center Railroad, major rehabilitation, South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, V&S Railway

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Passenger Rail

Metra proposes 2021 operating, capital budgets »

KEYWORDS: Metra, passenger rail, COVID-19, coronavirus, CARES Act

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Safety

FRA, NHTSA launch rail crossing safety campaign »

KEYWORDS: Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, rail crossings, Stop. Trains Can’t.

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Supplier Spotlight

Rail supplier news from Voith, Granite, Quandel, STV, Stridas and LRW (Oct. 7) »

KEYWORDS: Voith, CargoFlex, SANDAG, Granite, Quandel Consultants, David Simon, STV, Jerry Stump, Logikor, Stridas, Matt Foley, League of Railway Women, LRW, Connie Sumara Memorial Scholarship, TrinityRail, Megan Forbes, Future of Railroading Scholarship, Jessica Labrecque

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