(Compares with estimates, adds details on result) July 18 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as Canada's no.2 railroad operator was helped by higher shipments of commodities like grains and potash. CP said total carloads, the amount of freight loaded into freight cars during a specified period, rose…
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Upgraded capacity indicators for road-rail vehicles 18 Jul 2018 ROAD-RAIL: Pro Rail Services has taken delivery of four Doosan DX140 Parallel offset road-rail excavators fitted with the latest version of GKD’s 3RCi+ capacity indicator. The indicators include slew and height limits with ‘virtual walls’. There is selective intelligent hydraulic motion cut of any boom or…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/16/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA hosts PTC symposium on interoperability issues Ronald Batory Photo – Federal Railroad Administration The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today is holding the second of three symposiums for the 41 railroads required to implement positive train control (PTC) systems.Attending the symposium…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/16/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Transport Canada announces clean-rail research grant awards The Canadian government last week announced grant funding for 10 projects under the Clean Rail Academic Grant Program.Under the program's fifth round of funding, the 10 projects will each receive a grant of up…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 7/17/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FTA unveils FY2018 apportionments document Yesterday, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) published a notice in the Federal Register about its fiscal-year 2018 apportionments, which include policies, procedures, streamlining activities, authorized funding levels, program details and funding availability.The notice details $13.4 billion…