Railway Age

1 day ago | railwayage.com | Marybeth Luczak

Seattle’s Sound Transit Board identifies the preferred alternative for the Tacoma Dome Link Extension.

1 day ago | railwayage.com | Marybeth Luczak

Retired CN intermodal containers find renewed purpose in Indigenous communities. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) celebrates its longest-serving active railroader and supports the 2025 World Police & Fire Games. CN’s retired intermodal containers are delivering positive change for Indigenous communities across western Canada, the Class I railroad recently reported in the Stories section of its website.

2 days ago | railwayage.com | Marybeth Luczak

Michael Lindsay on July 1 will become permanent President and CEO of Metrolinx, the Ontario, Canada government agency that manages and integrates road and public transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Also, Philadelphia, Pa.-based Urban Engineers names Andrew Royston as Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Program Manager; and transit services firm Keolis Group elevates Abdellah Chajai to Executive Director of Marketing, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Engagement.

2 days ago | railwayage.com | Marybeth Luczak

BNSF on June 25 reported reaching a tentative five-year collective bargaining agreement with members of the Transportation Communications Union (TCU) intermodal group. Forty-five percent of the Class I’s workforce and 10 of the 13 represented unions are now covered by either ratified or tentative agreements. The tentative agreement with TCU covers 791 railroaders, providing them with “unprecedented certainty about upcoming enhancements to their pay, health care and vacation,” BNSF said.

2 days ago | railwayage.com | Marybeth Luczak

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has reported that Senior Vice President, Membership and Business Development Kathy Keeney will retire at the end of June, following decades of work in the railroad industry. Amy Westerman, Lauren Schlechte and Danialle Lovik will take on new or expanded roles and responsibilities at the Association.