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WOMEN IN RAIL 2021 - Railway Age
WEBIntercity. Alstom Delivers First Tren Maya Long-Distance Trainset; Calling All ‘2024 Women in Rail Awards’ Nominations! Deadline: Oct. 1; Transit Briefs: Denver RTD, Sound Transit, MBTA, NJ Transit, Brightline, TransLink
First Look: Metra’s SD70MACH - Railway Age
WEBOct 12, 2022 · This remanufactured locomotive from Progress Rail is the first of 15 to be delivered to Metra for operation in Chicago commuter rail service. (Photograph Courtesy of Metra, via LinkedIn) The latest addition to Metra’s locomotive fleet, the SD70MACH, was unveiled Oct. 11 on the commuter rail agency’s social media accounts.
Mechanical focus: couplers - Railway Age
WEBDec 27, 2016 · Mechanical focus: couplers. Couplers need to be the strongest link in a train, capable of withstanding extreme forces of buff (compression) and draft (expansion). Since the semi-automatic “Janney” knuckle coupler was patented in 1873 and mandated by the 1893 Safety Appliance Act, couplers, and the standards that govern them, have undergone ...
Brightline: Progress, Potential, a Whole New Market?
WEBFeb 15, 2022 · Brightline service resumed Nov. 8, 2021, following a suspension on March 25, 2020, due to the pandemic. Brightline, Florida’s private-sector passenger railroad, is progressing in its effort to extend service north to Orlando International Airport (OIA) and beyond. There is also an opportunity for Brightline to capture an entirely new ...
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WEBMarybeth Luczak returned to the Simmons-Boardman Rail Group in mid-2020. Previously, she served for nearly a decade at Railway Age, working progressively from Associate to Managing to Executive Editor, covering topics such as rail and transit security, and even field-testing locomotive remote control technology.Luczak is an experienced reporter and editor whose diverse trade journalism ...
Next Generation Wheel Profile: AAR-2A - Railway Age
WEBJun 12, 2020 · TTCI R&D, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2020 ISSUE: The AAR-2A, a new standard wheel profile recently implemented for use in North American freight railway operations, is expected to provide improved service performance for wheelsets. This assessment is based on the analysis, simulation and testing conducted by Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI).
Legend and Legacy: 175 Years of BNSF and Counting
WEBFeb 12, 2024 · It was 175 years ago today, Feb. 12, 1849, that the Illinois General Assembly chartered the Aurora Branch Railroad, a six-mile-long track between Batavia, Ill., and West Chicago. Chugging along with borrowed equipment and secondhand steel tracks, little did the branch line, nor the developing American …
First Look: Amtrak Airo™ (Updated Dec. 19) - Railway Age
WEBDec 19, 2022 · First Look: Amtrak Airo™ (Updated Dec. 19) Amtrak Airo™ will debut in 2026 on the railroad's Cascade service. Amtrak has released visuals of its upcoming new long-distance and corridor service single-level, semi-permanently-coupled push/pull trainsets—the Siemens Mobility-built Amtrak Airo™—which …