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July 21, 2010

Wabtec To Acquire G&B Specialties and Bach-Simpson from Global Railway Industries
Global Railway Industries Ltd. has signed an agreement for the sale of G&B Specialties, Inc., and substantially all of the business and assets of Bach-Simpson Corporation to Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) for about $45 million. Read more

Bombardier Joint Venture To Provide 40 Additional High-Speed Trains in China
On July 16, Bombardier Transportation announced that its Chinese joint venture, Bombardier Sifang (Qingdao) Transportation Ltd., has received an order for 40 additional CRH1 high-speed trainsets from the Chinese Ministry of Railways. Read more

Norfolk Southern To Begin Upgrading Toledo Intermodal Yard
Norfolk Southern (NS) has announced receipt of a notice to proceed from the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) with regard to improvements to the railroad's Airline Yard in Toledo. Read more

KCS Expects Near-Term Lifting of Service Embargoes
Kansas City Southern on July 20 reported that its Mexican subsidiary, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., expects that its Nuevo Laredo gateway will be reopened for service sometime this weekend if there are no new complications. Read more

Rail Traffic Drops in Holiday Week
U.S. railroads originated just 252,963 carloads for the week ending July 10, 2010, the Association of American Railroads has reported. Read more

GATX Deploys Low-Emission Genset Locomotive
Rail equipment lessor GATX took delivery of a low-emission “genset” switcher locomotive from Wabtec's MotivePower unit, as the popular yard engines continue to spread through the rail industry. Read more

On Press

The Third Quarter 2010 edition of The Official Railway Guide (Vol. 143, No. 3) is now at the printer and will be sent to subscribers soon. Highlights of the latest issue include:

updates to 13 of 29 region maps.
new maps for Class 1 railroads Canadian National and Canadian Pacific.
a special Railway Line Clearances section.
the Port/Intermodal/Warehouse Connection directory, exclusive to this issue.

For over a century, The Official Railway Guide has been the most trusted resource for short line information and maps. To view sample pages from the current issue, click here. To subscribe, please contact Tre Sanders at 609-759-4705.