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Although it's already March, and signs of spring are showing in some parts of the country, the railroads serving the western United States and Canada will battle snow for at least the next month. Here is a profile of how BNSF tackles the job.

Railway Age editors ask the important questions, and get the answers that are important to the rail industry, from management, labor, suppliers, government, Wall Street, from all the sources that matter.

Railway Age editors ask the important questions, and get the answers that are important to the rail industry, from management, labor, suppliers, government, Wall Street, from all the sources that matter.

This article focuses on Colorado water ownership and regulation given Colorado’s unique water rights system.

The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) inducted three railway industry leaders into it Hall of Fame on January 7, 2022, at its annual conference in Phoenix.

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Canol Blitz Story of the $138,000,000 project which is lining Canadas Main street to Asia with airfields, oil wells, highways and pipe lines August 15 1943 RICHARD FINNIE Canol Blitz Story of the $138,000,000 project which is lining Canadas Main street to Asia with airfields, oil wells, highways and pipe lines RICHARD FINNIE Editor’s Note: The “Canol Project’’ described by Mr. Finnie is one of the most notable construction operations in Canadian ...

All of the water in Yamcolo Reservoir near the Flat Tops Wilderness Area is used in Routt County. Seen here on May 28, the reservoir is significantly lower now and has run out of water for agricultural users. (Photo by Dylan Anderson) In Colorado, much of the water is already spoken for, and it’s been that way for years. In these over-appropriated basins, water is put under administration to ensure senior water rights holders are getting the water they are owed. In the Yampa River Basin, wate...

Brian E. Gorton Brian E. Gorton, who began his career in 1987 as a Conrail conductor, has returned to his “home railroad” as President and Chief Operating Officer. He succeeds Timothy C. Tierney, who is retiring after nearly 43 years in the railroad industry. Gorton advanced to Assistant Terminal Superintendent before departing “Big Conrail” in 1998, prior to CSX and Norfolk Southern splitting it up 58%/42%. (Conrail then transitioned to Conrail Shared Assets LLC, a neutral terminal and...

  1867 (dated)         1 : 1000000 Description A striking, cyan-toned railroad map of New York State issued in 1867 by Jonas Platt Goodsell. The map offers expansive coverage of New York, as well as some of the adjacent states, including all of Vermont, western Massachusetts and Connecticut, and northern Pennsylvania. This map was issued in Godsells final year as State Engineer and Surveyor, and indeed the final year of his life. New York RailroadsThe railroad system came to New...