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SmartWay Signs On More ARH Short Lines
SmartWay Signs On More ARH Short Lines Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
All six Anacostia Rail Holdings Company subsidiaries, including Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (pictured), are now SmartWay partners.
The remaining five of Anacostia Rail Holdings Company’s (ARH) six short line subsidiaries are now certified partners of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay® Transport Partnership program.
EPA launched SmartWay in 2004 to help “companies and organizations achieve their freight supply chain sustainability goals by providing credible tools, data and standards at no cost for measuring, benchmarking and improving environmental performance.”
December 23, 2020
NYMTA Commuter Railroads: 100% PTC Operational Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye (right), Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi and Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng announced Dec. 23 that the commuter railroads are operating in Positive Train Control (PTC) mode. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)
Officials at New York MTA’s Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) announced Dec. 23 that implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) was complete, just ahead of the Dec. 31, 2020, federal deadline. They teamed with systems integrator Siemens Mobility and Bombardier Transportation on the project.