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Chicago's Metra issues request for proposals for 367 new railcars
2016-02-04 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Commuter rail system Metra has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking for a manufacturer to deliver up to 367 double-deck railcars, as part of its ten-year, $2.4bn plan to modernise its network in Chicago, US.
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Greenbrier receives $470m in railcars orders
2015-10-08 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Transportation equipment manufacturer Greenbrier has received new orders for 2,900 railcar units, valued at around $470m.
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UPDATE 1-Union Pacific imposing hefty surcharge on older crude railcars
2015-07-02 09:05:11| Railroads - Topix.net
Union Pacific Corp will impose a $1,200 per-car surcharge on oil shippers that move crude in older railcars, the company told customers this week, becoming at least the second U.S. railroad to charge extra amid widespread safety concerns. In a revised tariff taking effect Aug. 1, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, the No.
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Canadas National Steel Car to build 700 railcars for Canpotex
2015-06-22 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Canadian freight car manufacturer National Steel Car has secured a $70m contract from Canpotex to build 700 new railcars specially designed to transport Saskatchewan potash to coastal ports.
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Riding the Railcars
2015-05-30 14:00:28| Railroads - Topix.net
Companies that manufacture freight railroad cars have profited handsomely off of the surge in U.S. oil production over the past five years. Oil drillers used railroads to ship the commodity throughout the country, and received deliveries of fracking sand by rail, too.