Rail Group On Air

RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with William Ibbs, a University of California at Berkeley civil engineer professor who has worldwide experience working on high-speed rail projects, about California High-Speed Rail Authority's Road 27 bridge. Ibbs viewpoint is not meant to criticize the work on the Road 27 bridge.

In Part 3, the conclusion of our series on “PSR 2.0,” Sonia Bot and John Orr discuss their systematic and modern approach for delivering value while taking Precision Scheduled Railroading to the next logical steps in its evolution: Precision Scheduled Transportation, pushing the envelope now and in the future toward a major shift in thinking and delivering an integrated transportation system. “Whe...

Recently installed Amtrak President and CEO Bill Flynn and Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating and Commercial Officer Stephen Gardner discuss the company’s role as a provider of national passenger rail service with Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono. What is their long-term vision for Amtrak? What role do they see intercity passenger rail playing in the national transportation net...

This edition of Railway Age’s Rail Group On Air podcast series with the Commuter Rail Coalition features Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District/South Shore Line President and CRC Vice Chairman Mike Noland. Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono and Noland discuss system capacity enhancements, expansion programs, bipartisan support for NICTD, COVID-19 safety, PTC deployment and the symbioti...

MTA Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng and Chief Innovation Officer Will Fisher describe enhancements to the LIRR’s Train Time® App, which now provides real-time information to customers. “The Route of the Dashing Commuter” is now the route of the informed commuter. Podcast sponsored by the Commuter Rail Coalition.

Sound Transit is constructing a floating rail bridge in the state of Washington. The project is full of challenges and could be the most complex of its kind in the world. RT&S talks with Sound Transit's Sepehr Sobhani, who is a principal construction manager on the job.

CN President and CEO JJ Ruest, in his second Rail Group on Air appearance, describes his vision for CN’s future as the industry pushes forward following a challenging second quarter Ruest, Railway Age’s 2019 Railroader of the Year, discusses the best opportunities for business growth, and the railroad’s commitment to its 2020 C$2.9 billion capital plan, with Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono. Po...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in consultation with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), issued on June 19 a final rule authorizing the bulk transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail. Specifically, the rule will permit the bulk transportation of LNG in DOT-113C120W9 specification tank cars with...

Renowned railway industrial designer Cesar Vergara, Principal of Vergarastudio, talks with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono about the numerous challenges facing passenger rail agencies and railcar engineers and designers created by the COVID-19 pandemic and requirements for social distancing and cleaning/disinfecting of equipment.

This installment in Railway Age’s Rail Group On Air Podcast series with the Commuter Rail Coalition features New Jersey Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett, who discusses NJT’s approach to ridership recovery and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the agency’s long-term capital plans and strategy.

RT&S Editor-in-Chief talks to Wayne Presby of the Mount Washington Railway Company about a re-railing project full of innovation.

This Rail Group On Air Podcast is part of our series featuring members of the Commuter Rail Coalition. This edition features executives from the Metra (Chicago) leadership team: Executive Director and CEO and CRC Chairman Jim Derwinski, Chief Operating Officer Bruce Marcheschi, Division Director Chicago Union Station Rich Oppenheim, and Director of Dispatching Greg Godfrey. They talk about the cha...

This Rail Group On Air podcast, the second of three and based on a feature story published on line and in the July print and digital issues of Railway Age, introduces Precision Scheduled Railroading 2.0 as envisioned by Sonia Bot and John F. Orr. PSR 2.0 takes Precision Scheduled Railroading to the next level, within individual railroads and across railroad and transportation “ecosystems.” It dema...

The Coalition Against Bigger Trucks (CABT) works diligently to prevent the size and weight limits for tractor-trailer trucks to be increased from current federal limits. Public safety is at stake. Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono talks with Sheriff Donald B. Smith, who served as the 53rd Sheriff of Putnam County, New York, for 16 years, and Sgt. Andrew Matthews, a retired Connecticu...

Bentley Systems Director, Product Management – Building, Electrical, Plant and Structure Eduardo Lazzarotto discusses Building Information Modeling and Digital Twins technologies, especially how they can be applied to rail transit station design to support social distancing made necessary by COVID-19, with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono.

Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono talks with the leadership team at BNSF Railway: Carl Ice, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Railway Age’s 2016 Railroader of the Year; Executive Vice President Operations Katie Farmer; and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Steve Bobb. Sponsored by TrinityRail.

RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with Brightline Executive Vice President of Rail Infrastructure Mike Cegelis on how work is moving along on the Orlando Extension project.

Wabtec Transit President Lilian Leroux discusses the global supplier of transit vehicle systems’ role in supporting all forms of passenger rail as a sustainable, safe means of transportation with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono.

Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono hostsCommuter Rail Coalition Secretary-Treasurer Steven Abrams, Executive Director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (Tri-Rail). Joining them is Joe Yesbeck, National Director Rail and Transit at T.Y. Lin, a global engineering, planning and consulting firm that partnered with Tri-Rail to bring the commuter railroad’s right-of-way...

RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks construction projects, maintenance and dealing with the pandemic with CSX Vice President of Engineering Ricky Johnson.

Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR), as we know it today, is rapidly reaching an inflection point. The current version of PSR has produced measurable financial, operational and service improvements for railroads. Yet, some internal growing pains continue, accompanied by shock waves absorbed by shippers, non-PSR railroads, industry partners, advocates and policymakers. This Rail Group On Air podc...

How deep is the current downturn in the operating lease market? Will there be fundamental changes in the lease market related to the mix of softening demand, PSR and modal change that will have a permanent impact on railcar demand? For how long can we expect the market disruption to occur? What, if anything, scares lessors about the future of railcar leasing? Railcar leasing has always been a rela...

CN President and CEO JJ Ruest, Railway Age’s 2019 Railroader of the Year, joins Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono to talk about freight rail‘s role in the rapidly-evolving global supply chain, and adapting to changing market conditions in a post-pandemic economy. Sponsored by The Greenbrier Companies and Virtual Sample Railcar™.

RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks to transit mapper and author Christof Spieler about certain transit systems in the U.S., Ottawa's passenger rail efficiency, transit life after COVID-19, and more.

The officers of the Commuter Rail Coalition—Executive Director KellyAnne Gallagher, Chair Jim Derwinski (Metra), Vice Chair Mike Noland (NICTD) and Secretary/Treasurer Steven Abrams (SFRTA)—join Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono to talk about the issues affecting commuter rail, an essential part of the nation’s passenger rail system.