Tag: railroad industry

Railroad Industry Sues to Block California’s Aggressive Locomotive Emission Rules

June 21, 2023
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Railroad industry representatives filed a lawsuit on June 16 to block new emission rules in California they say would disrupt the rail industry and force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives nationwide. The new rules would ban the use of locomotives more than 23 years old starting in 2030 and would force railroads to set…

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Largest Railroad Merger in 2 Decades Approved, Linking US, Canada, Mexico

March 17, 2023
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After two years of deliberations, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) this week approved the acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP)—subject to a number of conditions and an extended oversight period. 800 new jobs are set to be created in the Unites States as a result of the…

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The Everett Railroad Brings Back the Magic of the Steam Engine

August 3, 2021
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Commentary HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pennsylvania—If you were the president of a railroad 100 years ago, you were kind of a big deal. Yet when Alan Maples became president of the Everett Railroad Company in 1983, a purchase that made him the youngest person in the history of the industry to hold that title, the Alabama native knew…

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