1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (352+ words) Priya Jain is sworn-in as New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner. Also, Alstom welcomes Martin Sion as CEO, succeeding Henri Poupart-Lafarge; and Miner Enterprises, Inc., hires Mike Downey as General Sales Manager and Michael List as Field Service Representative....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (257+ words) Map of Doraville, Ga., Courtesy of OpenRailwayMap.org. Norfolk Southern (NS) on April 1 reported that Jaguar Transport Holdings LLC (Jaguar) will handle its local switching, operate its transload terminal, and make capital improvements to expand yard capacity and support future…...

4+ day, 30+ min ago  (9+ words) House T&I Committee Chair Sam Graves to Retire'Railway Age...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (524+ words) The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) on March 27 announced that it has been awarded $60.4 million through the State of California's competitive Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) to advance major light rail and electric bus modernization projects. TIRCP,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (267+ words) North American carload and intermodal traffic for the first 11 weeks of 2026 (ending March 21) was up 2.1% from the prior-year period, according to the Association of American Railroads" (AAR) latest rail traffic report. The United States, Canada and Mexico all experienced gains....

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (171+ words) (Logos courtesy of the respective organizations) In a letter dated March 16 (download below) and addressed to Steve Angel of CSX, Keith Creel of Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Katie Farmer of BNSF, Mark George of Norfolk Southern, Tracy Robinson of CN,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (659+ words) STB OK's UP Arizona Rail Line Project'Railway Age The Surface Transportation Board (STB) in a March 12 decision authorized Union Pacific (UP) to construct and operate approximately six miles of new rail line in Maricopa County, Ariz., subject to environmental and…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago  (241+ words) (Port of Los Angeles) The Port of Los Angeles processed 824,232 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in February, marking the second-busiest February in the Port's history and an increase of 3% compared to last year. "Seroka noted that while cargo volume remains steady,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (542+ words) Surface Transportation Board (STB) nominee and Republican Richard Kloster received a favorable vote from the Senate Commerce Committee March 12 to fill one of two vacant seats on the five-member Board. The positive vote was along party lines, 15-13. Kloster's name now…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (283+ words) For the week ending March 7, 2026, total U.S. rail traffic rose 3.5% from the same point last year, marking the fourth consecutive week of traffic upticks, according to the Association of American Railroads" (AAR) latest report. Total U.S. rail traffic for the week ending…...