Harsco reported revenue for its rail segment in the first quarter of 2013 was $72 million, increasing 5 percent from $68 million in the first quarter of 2012.
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The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has adopted final mediation and arbitration rules that establish a new arbitration program under which shippers and railroads may agree in advance to voluntarily arbitrate certain types of disputes with defined liability limits in matters coming before the agency.
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The first of Amtrak's 70 new electric locomotives, being built by Siemens for U.S. Northeast intercity rail passengers, began rolling off of the assembly line this week.
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Union Pacific's recent ethanol rail safety conference educated about 90 participants representing more than 15 ethanol shippers on railroad safety and security measures.
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Operation Lifesaver has named DeQuendre Bertrand its new director of internal and external communications.
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updated regional maps.
new listings for Chessie Logistics Co., LLC; Gardendale Railroad; Heart of Texas Railroad, LP; Michigan Southern Railroad Company d/b/a Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railway; Ohio Terminal Railway Company; Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation; and Western Washington Railroad, LLC.
the Grain Connection, exclusive to this issue.
updated directories of railroad industry associations and agencies and commissions.
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