Rail & barge

BNSF Railway is to pay US$1 million following polluted waterways allegedly caused by coal from the company’s open-topped rail cars.

Northern Railways and Ulaanbaatar Railways JSC have signed an MoU to progress the commercialisation of the railway.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has reported increased traffic volumes for January 2017 compared to January 2016.

Norfolk Southern opens a new locomotive maintenance and repair facility in Chicago to support reliability, efficiency, and customer service.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has agreed to acquire the shares of Atlantic Western Transportation Inc., parent company of Heart of Georgia Railroad Inc.

Jack Hellmann to replace Mortimer Fuller as Chairman in May 2017.

Freightliner and British Steel’s Immingham Bulk Terminal and Ore Blending Plant have collaborated to improve the process flow, removing a massive bottleneck in the last stage of the supply chain feeding the steelworks.

Under the contract, GBRf is to transport kaolin from Belgium to Scotland.

Union Pacific's GroTrain rail service provides South Dakota Farmers with faster and more direct rail connection for agriculture products.

McInnis Cement confirms the use of the Gaspe railway for the distribution of cement.

Membership of the RSI will enable the holding to promote its Russian products in the US.

Aurizon appoints Pam Bains as the new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Western Australia’s rail freight operator, Brookfield Rail, has signed an interim rail access agreement with grain co-operative, CBH Group.

The UK’s Rail Freight Group cautions that government reforms to the structure of the nation’s railways must benefit freight shippers as well as passengers.

Kiruna Wagon has won the procurement contract for relining Rana Gruber’s bottom dump railcar fleet.