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Gemco’s Forrestfield facility in Perth is producing the first 40 rail cars. Credit: Government of Western Australia. Metals and mining company Rio Tinto has announced the start of production of its ...
Metals and mining company Rio Tinto has announced the start of production of its first iron ore rail cars built in Western Australia (WA). The company is investing A$150m ($94.8m) to procure 100 ...
“Federal Railroad Administration approval and closing ... It will gradually progress to platoon operation of the cars with loaded containers over a 160-mile segment of the two railroads.
Parallel Systems says its autonomous electric railcars will begin testing on two Georgia railroads this month.
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (WSET) — After more than four decades, passenger rail service is making a comeback in Christiansburg. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new station took place today at the ...
Among the culprits are the 40-year-old plus Arrow III and 1980s vintage Comet II rail cars. NJ Transit hasn’t provided a recent breakout of the mean distance between failure for the various ...
Manufacturer FreightCar America received orders for 1,250 railcars with a value of approximately $141 million during the ...
and you would be doing a disservice to the railroad to not restore the cars to their original condition. That’s what people want to see. We sometimes have a fixation upon rehabilitation ...
One of the rail cars planned for the 15th Street Rail Car Experience is currently in storage near Swan Ranch. Union Pacific 1959 Caboose 812 is 40 feet long and weighs 70,000 pounds. Michelle ...
The switch to buses for Wednesday’s scheduled trips, as well as Thursday’s eastbound service, happened after crews found corrosion in several rail cars during a routine inspection. In response ...
A rusted old rail car is a sobering reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. That car was used to transport Jews to concentration camps during World War II where more than 6 million were ...