9+ hour, 43+ min ago  (215+ words) Palmetto Railways and the Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI) recently hosted a week-long emergency response training program for regional first responders and railroad employees in Charleston, South Carolina. The training involved 69 first responders from regional fire departments and emergency management…...

9+ hour, 39+ min ago  (161+ words) Specialty chemical manufacturer COIM USA has chosen the Tex Americas Center rail-served industrial park in New Boston, Texas, as the site for a $50 million manufacturing plant expansion. In 2024, COIM USA acquired a 20-acre site at the center featuring a 25, 000-square-foot,…...

9+ hour, 43+ min ago  (237+ words) Short-line projects: Saskatchewan provides more grants; Kansas DOT seeks funding applicants Progressive Railroading Short-line projects: Saskatchewan provides more grants; Kansas DOT seeks funding applicants The government of Saskatchewan yesterday announced it will provide CA$1 million for short-line infrastructure projects through…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (238+ words) Americold opens import-export hub at CPKC-served New Brunswick port Progressive Railroading Americold opens import-export hub at CPKC-served New Brunswick port Americold today began operations at its new import-export hub at Port Saint John in New Brunswick, Canada. The facility was…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (410+ words) Progressive Railroading Rail supplier news from Hitachi Rail, Siemens Mobility and Pro Vision Hitachi Rail has signed a memorandum of understanding (Mo U) with PESA Bydgoszcz, Poland's largest manufacturer of rail vehicles, to jointly bid on a contract to manufacture and…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (86+ words) By Bridget Dean, Senior Associate Editor" The latest slate of certified properties brings NS" portfolio of rail-served sites with a REDI designation"to"24." "This ecosystem approach is critical because site readiness today depends on alignment across multiple partners, not just…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (368+ words) A Canadian Class I, two Mexican Class Is and two short lines have teamed up to launch a new service for grain moving from the Midwest to points in central and southern Mexico. The America's Harvest service aims to offer…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (181+ words) The Barstow City Council has approved BNSF Railway's Barstow International Gateway (BIG) project, a planned 4, 500-acre, rail and transload facility on the west side of Barstow, California." At BIG, containers will be processed and then built into trains headed east…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (196+ words) Progressive Railroading Contract awarded for CPKC Fraser Valley rail overpass project The province of British Columbia has awarded a CA$74. 2 million contract to a B. C. -based joint venture between Norland Ltd. and Kingston Construction Ltd. for the replacement of a CPKC…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (335+ words) By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor" A major rail project"that's"been in the works at"Canada's"Port of Halifax"for more than six years is in its final stage and progressing toward completion"by late next year." The Nova Scotia…...