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Genesee & Wyoming sold for 6.4 billion Dollars

The American railway company Genesee & Wyoming Inc (G&W) has been sold. Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC on Monday agreed to acquire the freight railroad owner. The company owns...Read more

02-07-2019|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Almost all railways in US operate positive train control

The vast majority of the main freight railroads in the US are operating positive train control (PTC) today: 83,2 per cent of the required Class I PTC route miles. This was concluded by the Association...Read more

15-02-2019|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

New rail freight service to link the US and Mexico

US rail freight company Kansas City Southern (KSC) plans to link SW International Gateway Business Park, located close to Houston, Texas to Mexico by rail and road. In addition, KSC, will offer freight forwarding services...Read more

27-06-2018|Comment|author: Jose Gutierrez

New rail freight centre in border area US-Mexico

The Mexican subsidiary of the American railway company Kansas City Southern (KCS) will develop a new rail freight logistics centre near Nuevo Laredo, a Mexican border city, in addition to a railway line connecting the...Read more

22-06-2018|Comment|author: Jose Gutierrez

Freight train crashes into semi-trailer in US

A freight train crashed into a semi-trailer in the US state of Georgia last Thursday. No injuries were reported, but the truck was cut in half due to the collision. Moments before the crash, the...Read more

15-08-2017|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen