rail data

Wabtec joins rail telematics market

Pittsburgh-headquartered Wabtec has signed an agreement with Dutch company Intermodal Telematics to produce telematics technology for rail cars.

Wabtec, a rail technology provider, says the product could be ready in the first quarter of 2024. Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) will use Intermodal Telematics’ technology to create the rail car telematics offering.

The telematics technology enables rail car owners and operators to access real-time data to see the location and status of individual rail cars and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wabtec-joins-rail-telematics-market

Canadian rail shippers praise feds’ actions to collect more freight data

While the Canadian government has made inroads regarding the collection of additional freight rail data metrics and the preservation of interswitching, Transport Canada could go a few steps further in regulating better service in Canada, rail shippers told FreightWaves.

How Canada addresses rail service and data collection metrics can be significant for both American and Canadian shippers and the railways themselves because operations can often cross borders. From a safety perspective, both...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-rail-shippers-praise-feds-actions-to-collect-more-freight-data

Rail Roundup: Pa. provides $26M for rail; RailState, Alterra news

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Pennsylvania awards $26M for rail infrastructure

Pennsylvania has awarded $26 million to 24 freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rail-roundup-pa-provides-26m-for-rail-railstate-alterra-news

Transport Canada wants freight rail data rules 

A grain train weaves through a Canadian evergreen forest. A snow-capped mountain range is in the background.

Transport Canada is proposing a regulation that would make changes to collection of freight rail traffic and service data permanent.

The Canadian agency says the reporting requirements would provide rail users and the public with more relevant and precise information relating to rail service and performance. 

The proposed permanent regulation seeks to adjust waybill reporting requirements to ensure that the data meets its primary purpose of supporting long-haul interswitching (LHI), Transport...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transport-canada-wants-freight-rail-data-rules

Transport Canada seeks input on rail service data collection

A photograph of a CN train passing by a forest.

The Canadian government is pushing forward with its examination of what kind of service data it should collect from Class I railroads operating in Canada.

Last week, Transport Canada said it was accepting comments through Feb. 26 on what service and performance data it should collect from the Class I railways. 

The proposed regulation fulfills a requirement within the Transportation Modernization Act of 2018 in which the Class I railroads would permanently be required to submit service and...

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