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Newsby StaffApril 16, 2019

STV names new industrial engineer and project manager

Prior to joining the firm, William Smith produced designs for various urban and regional transit facilities, and freight railroad shops and yards.

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Newsby StaffMarch 26, 2019

Metra to hold 59 safety blitzes to reinforce safe behavior around tracks

Employees will be at one of the commuter railroad’s 242 stations during the morning commute, distributing educational materials about train and grade crossing safety.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2019

PTC implementation took a leap between 2016-2018

In a statement from the U.S. DOT, implementation jumped from 24% to 30% for passenger rail and 16% to 83% for freight. 

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ArticlesFebruary 26, 2019

Product Roundup: Telematics

A look at some of the latest tech offerings on the market from companies including Zonar, TransLoc, REI, and Seon

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Newsby StaffFebruary 20, 2019

Metra to buy 15 remanufactured locomotives

Supplier, Progress Rail will take existing EMD SD70MAC freight locomotives and upgrade and configure them for passenger use.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 19, 2019

The Netherlands tops list of countries most ready for AV technology

The country, ranked number one for a second year, is working with neighbors to adopt autonomous vehicle technology for freight.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 15, 2019

Amtrak, NJ Transit reach spending deal for infrastructure upgrades

Will reinvest all of the funds that came from this — and other — agreements into existing and future joint NEC infrastructure projects.

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Newsby StaffNovember 26, 2018

Rail systems continue to make progress on PTC implementation

Safety tech is in operation on 71% of freight railroads’ required route miles, and 26% of passenger railroads’ required route miles.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 24, 2018

FTA to reimburse L.A. Metro for early work on Purple Line extension

The approval also clears the way for Metro to take advantage of highly competitive tunnel contract bids, which have come in lower than expected.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 13, 2018

Metrolink honors memory of those killed, injured in 2008 train crash

Ten years ago, a Metrolink passenger train collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train in the Chatsworth area.

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