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5 days ago · Sponsorships Sponsorships are available for all Railway Age events. For more information, contact Jonathan Chalon at [email protected], 212.620.7224.. Hotel Reservations Attendees of Next-Gen Freight Rail can reserve a room at the Union League Club of Chicago for the daily group rate of $219 per room + 20% per night surcharge.

Jan 9, 2025 · President Jimmy Carter signing the Staggers Rail Act into law on Oct. 14, 1980. Representative Harley O. Staggers (D-W.Va.), sponsor of the bill, stands to the President’s right.

Jan 3, 2025 · This commentary is in response to the article “Point-of-Use ZE an Incomplete Picture,” by Nicholas Little, Railway Age, Nov. 20, 2024, which was in response to my Jan. 3, 2024 article, “ZE Energy Sources for Locomotives. Mr. Little notes that my article on ZE (zero-emission) locomotives for short lines does not provide comprehensive data.

Dec 30, 2024 · Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN) recently announced that its Iron Horse Rambles passenger excursions, featuring steam locomotive #2102, will resume in 2025.

Nov 13, 2024 · Join Railway Age and RT&S at a premier event: Light Rail 2024, our annual conference on light rail transit.. LRT, North America’s fastest-growing passenger rail mode, employs a full range of technologies and operating practices. Light Rail 2024, developed for transportation professionals in planning, operations, civil engineering, signaling and vehicle engineering as well as students at the ...

Railway Age’s 10th annual Rail Insights Conference, presented virtually, is your opportunity to hear the industry’s leadership discuss key strategic challenges, issues and trends in less formal fireside chats with our editors.Railway Age editors and top execs explore what’s affecting safety, service quality, business growth, capital investment, technology and regulation in the North ...

Railway Age’s Next-Gen Train Control (NGTC) Conference – presented jointly with Parsons – has been the global rail industry’s single-most important communications and signaling and advanced-technology event since 1995.. NGTC 2024 gives C&S and IT professionals an ideal environment for sharing lessons-learned with industry peers. Presentations from …

Maintaining properly packed and profiled ballast is a continuous and complex process that keeps railroads in top shape. Lack of proper attention to ballast quantity, quality, and drainage can result in major track problems.

Nov 8, 2024 · Norfolk Southern (NS) makes operational adjustments at local interchanges and yards systemwide to improve cycle times. Also, Union Pacific (UP) supports a timber customer’s growth and announces that three Operating department teams top the leader board for best overall safety record in 2024; Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) international railway bridge expansion project earns a Laredo ...