World Railway News 3rd May 2012

From: www.railway-technology.com

BNSF Railway to spend $200m on Nebraskan rail infrastructure

US-based freight transport company BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has revealed a plan to invest $200m this year to expand capacity and maintain infrastructure in Nebraska, US.       

GB Railfreight commissions freight link to remove Crossrail tunnel debris

GB Railfreight has commissioned a freight rail line in the UK between London and Northfleet. The company has already begun testing locomotives, which will be used by Crossrail to transport excavated material, along the 21km twin-bore rail tunnel.       
                   
MotivePower wins order for ten locomotives in Australia

MotivePower, a subsidiary of Wabtec, has won an order to build ten standard-gauge MP33C diesel locomotives from Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (CFCLA Rail).       
                   
Amtrak unveils revised fleet update planUS rail operator

Amtrak has unveiled a revised strategy to replace its aging locomotives and rail cars to meet future demand on its national network of high-speed and intercity passenger-rail services.       

www.progressiverailroading.com US Railroad News
NS begins to build new Charlotte intermodal terminal

Metrolink to solicit public input on proposed fare hike

Caltrain board to consider dipping into 'one-time funds' to address fiscal crunch

Surface transportation trade value shot up in February, BTS says

San Francisco officials OK key resolutions to advance Central Subway project

Tacoma port crafts 10-year plan

DART, Metra and PANYNJ announce personnel changes

Ohio grade crossing upgrades advance, Illinois grade separation remains under study


Track Laying-YouTube (alaskafilmarchives )

26 second, black and white, silent film clip of men laying tracks for the Alaska Railroad. From the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. This film sequence is an excerpt of AAF-63 from the UAF Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.