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Government, Business, Technology, Logistics

White House Cancels $929 Million in Grants for California’s Beleaguered Rail Project

rail Gavin Newsom, Democratic candidate for governor of California, speaks to attendees during the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, Calif. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)

The Trump administration on Feb. 19 said it will cancel more than $900 million in federal grants earmarked for a high-speed rail project California that the state’s Democratic governor announced would be scaled back from its initial vision amid delays and cost overruns.

Ryan Beene | Bloomberg News
February 20, 2019
Business

R.J. Corman Railroad Acquires Six Rail Companies

R.J. Corman R.J. Corman Railroad Co.

R.J. Corman Railroad Co. has acquired six rail companies, according to a Nov. 5 press release.

Transport Topics
 November 20, 2018
Business

TP&L Starts $4.1 Million Rail Project

Transportation Partners and Logistics has begun a $4.1 million rail construction project in Pensacola, Fla., according to an October press release.

Transport Topics
 November 5, 2018
Business, Technology, Top 50

Rail Profits Rise, But Intermodal Growth Not Certain

(Source: Transport Topics from company reports)

As motor carriers enjoy the fruits of the tight freight environment, railroads are continuing their push to boost earnings while they adjust to a market that increasingly is shifting toward intermodal.

Rip Watson | Special to Transport Topics
 September 17, 2018
Business

United Rail Purchases U S Rail Holdings for $4.5 Million

Short-line freight railroad U S Rail Holdings is being acquired by United Rail Inc. for $4.5 million. U S Rail Holdings, based in Toledo, Ohio, leases and operates about 72 miles of rail lines in the Kokomo, Ind., area providing transloading, private industrial railcar switching, track maintenance services, railcar repair and railcar storage.

Transport Topics
 August 27, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment

Railroads Would Save $17 Million With Construction Equipment Exemption

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Several types of railroad construction and maintenance equipment would be exempted from OSHA’s construction crane rule if details of a proposal released July 18 take effect.

Bruce Rolfsen | Bloomberg News
July 18, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

Minnesota Freight Railroad Files Lawsuit Over Light-Rail Project

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Planners of the Southwest light-rail project in Minnesota are facing another legal challenge, this time from a freight rail company that is slated to share a portion of the nearly 15-mile route between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie.

Janet Moore | Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
April 26, 2018
Business, Logistics

Canada Oil Recovery Faces Threat From Potential Rail Strike

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A potential strike by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. workers threatens to derail a recovery in Alberta’s beaten-down heavy oil prices.

Robert Tuttle and Frederic Tomesco | Bloomberg News
 April 18, 2018
Government, Business

Ronald Batory Sworn In as FRA Chief

Batory and Chao Batory, his wife, Barbara Batory, and Sec. Chao (Department of Transportation)

Two weeks after Ray Martinez was confirmed to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Ronald Batory was sworn in as Federal Railroad Administration chief.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
 March 2, 2018
Government, Logistics

Top US Railroad Official Out After Reports of Moonlighting

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Heath Hall has resigned as a top official with the Federal Railroad Administration, a Department of Transportation official said.

February 12, 2018

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