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Jan 24, 2025 · Amid a year of historic expansion, the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) moved 23.1 million metric tons of cargo in 2024, reflecting a 1% decline compared to 2023. According to PRPA, intermodal volumes at DP World Prince Rupert’s Fairview Container Terminal rose 5% year-over-year. “Performance ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN) recently announced that its Iron Horse Rambles passenger excursions, featuring steam locomotive #2102, will resume in 2025.

Jan 3, 2025 · This commentary is in response to the article “Point-of-Use ZE an Incomplete Picture,” by Nicholas Little, Railway Age, Nov. 20, 2024, which was in response to my Jan. 3, 2024 article, “ZE Energy Sources for Locomotives. Mr. Little notes that my article on ZE (zero-emission) locomotives for short lines does not provide comprehensive data.

Jan 9, 2025 · NC By Train achieved record ridership in 2024, the North Carolina Department of Transportation reported Jan. 8. The state-supported Amtrak intercity passenger rail service carried more than 720,000 riders last year, up 12% from 2023 (641,000 riders), 38% from 2022 (522,000 riders), and 55% from 2019 (465,000 riders; prior to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Jan 15, 2025 · For the week ending Jan. 11, 2025, four of the 10 carload commodity groups posted an increase compared with the same week last year. They included grain, up 2,386 carloads, to 21,124; farm products excluding grain, and food, up 1,424 carloads, to 17,442; and forest products, up 401 carloads, to 8,588.

Jan 8, 2025 · The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) on Jan. 7 reported that Ronald “Ron” Batory, Kedrick Earl Durden and Henry Posner III have been selected to join the Short Line Railroad Industry Hall of Fame. They will be inducted April 8 at the association’s Annual Conference & Exhibition in Denver, Colo. Durden, a short line railroad owner who served as ASLRRA Chair ...

Jan 8, 2025 · The Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act, incorporated into the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 and signed into law by President Biden