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March 15, 2022 | Freight

AAR relaunches TTCI as MxV Rail at Pueblo event

TTCI will now be known as MxV Rail following a decision by its owner the Association of American Railroads (ARR) to rebrand.

February 25, 2022 | North America

TTC management to transition to Ensco from April 1

TTCI rejects offer from Ensco to keep Strategic Research Initiatives (SRI) programme at TTC facility.

August 18, 2021 | Financial

Class 1 railways respond to STB over intermodal concerns

Increased demand as global economic recovery a factor in American intermodal congestion.

August 3, 2021 | News

AAR and Apta call for Covid-19 relief extensions

Ongoing pandemic restrictions prompt calls for relief from the US Federal Railroad Administration.

July 14, 2021 | Policy

AAR slams Biden’s executive order to address market competition

AN executive order issued by Mr Joe Biden last week to address competition in the US economy has been criticised by the North American railway sector.

March 10, 2021 | North America

Ensco announces TTC management contract in major shake-up for Pueblo test facility

Ensco will replace TTCI in managing the test facility from October 2022.

December 30, 2020 | Freight

US completes PTC rollout ahead of deadline

THE US Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced on December 29 that Positive Train Control (PTC) is now in operation on all 92,575 required freight and passenger railway route-km, ahead of the federal deadline of December 31.

November 7, 2019 | Freight

AAR calls for “sensible actions” to halt US rail freight decline

UNITED States’ rail freight traffic fell by 4.4% during the first 10 months of 2019 to 22.81 million wagonloads and intermodal units compared with the same period of 2018.

December 5, 2018 | Policy

AAR calls for pro-innovation approach to rail freight automation regulations

THE Association of American Railroads (AAR) filed comments with the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) on November 3, calling on the agency to extend the same pro-innovation approach to private freight railroads that is afforded to highway vehicles when preparing regulations on automation.

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