Domestic News
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The Greenbrier Cos. Inc. announced Ambassador Antonio Garza and James Huffines have been elected to the company’s board, which has been increased to 12 members from 10. |
On April 16, 2020, FreightCar America, Inc. received $10.0 million from BMO Harris Bank N.A., pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. |
Restrictions, including slower speeds during high heat, to remain in place until Oct. 31. |
Lumber, which at one point was among the world’s best-performing commodities as the pandemic sent construction demand soaring and stoked fears of inflation, has officially wiped out all of its staggering gains for the year. |
Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC, its president and owner, Steven Michael Braithwaite, and its vice president and co-owner, Adam Thomas Braithwaite, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Omaha to charges stemming from an investigation into a 2015 fatal railcar explosion that killed two workers. |
Global supply chain data analytics pioneer Nexxiot is partnering with rail sensor technology innovator TransRail Innovation Group (TRIG) to deliver cutting-edge solutions for rail freight operators, the companies announced today. |
U.S. coal production totaled 535 million short tons (MMst) in 2020, a 24% decrease from the 706 MMst mined in 2019 and the lowest level of coal production in the United States in any year since 1965. |
Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman told Midwest shippers yesterday that “serious concerns” remain about whether the nation’s major railroads have the resources necessary to respond to an economy that’s roaring back to life after a pandemic-induced recession. |
Dark web marketplace claims to be auctioning off hundreds of gigabytes of stolen files. |
The freight railroad and ocean shipping sectors are both very much in the crosshairs of an executive order issued by the White House this week, which is focused on promoting competition within the American Economy. |
Colossal freight locomotives are a fixture of the American landscape, but their 4,400-horsepower engines collectively burn 3.5 billion gallons of diesel annually. |
International News
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The latest agreement of a long-standing partnership, will see the innovative mineral hopper cars delivered to the Acron Group in 2022. |