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18 Jun 2014 |
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that$13.1 Billion in transportation improvements across the state will improve mobility and drive the economy.
The new Transportation program reflects input from residents and the traveling public following a series… Continue reading
The Rail Transportation Division of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is convening its annual Joint Rail Conference April 1-4, 2014, at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, CO.
The theme this year will be “Railroad Engineering Technology… Continue reading
Amtrak unveils new Electric Locomotives
Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press
The Washington Post – Published: May 13, 2013, Associated Press
According to an article in the Washington Post, Amtrak is unveiling the first of 70 new locomotives at a plant… Continue reading
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)
Aug. 23, 2013
Apparently Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) would like to get more trucks off of Interstate I-81 and on to the parallel railroad.
Senator Warner was in Roanoke recently and, among other business Warner met… Continue reading
Virginia Rail passenger route
from Richmond to Bristol
DAVID CRIGGER / BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
The Bristol Herald Courier reports that the Virginia Statewide Rail Plan
could include route from Richmond through Lynchburg, Roanoke and end in Bristol.
Read… Continue reading
RAIL Solution at the
2013 Joint Rail Conference
Sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
International Gas Turbine Institute and the Transportation
Research Board of the National Research Council.
15–18 April, 2013, Knoxville, TN.
L-R: Ken Marsh,… Continue reading