Here in brief is a warning about how even a world class railway can deteriorate. The “ABCs of business decay” include: arrogance, bureaucracy, and complacency.” [Read more...]

Bravo! A gutsy but professionally focused opinion column points out why modernizing the vast but bureaucratic Indian Railways may be a hopeless task. It’s about [Read more...]

Much of the world operates railroads that lack the necessary vertical clearances and the standard 1435mm heavy axle track gauge that allows for double stacking international [Read more...]

A Bloomberg commodities index that tracks returns from 22 raw materials has fallen 50 percent since a 2011 high Down BY HALF! Not by a crummy 3% to 5% . Or even Ten percent [Read more...]

Those who were at the keynote Railway Interchange 2015 address by retired Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill heard this leadership message. Mr O’Neill held the [Read more...]

Caterpillar is reorganizing only four years after making its biggest acquisition ever, spending $7.5 billion on Bucyrus International Inc. The company faces what it says is [Read more...]

Multiple reports confirm the start of light rail service in the capital of Ethiopia on 20 September 2015.  The start of service on Line #1 is actually relatively close to [Read more...]

Transnet’s Africa announced it management plan to offer consulting service outside of its domestic market.  This may be a flawed corporate strategy.  Lets discuss. 21 [Read more...]

From Bloomberg, Sep 9, 2015 Bombardier rejected an offer by Beijing Infrastructure Investment for 60 percent to 100 percent of Bombardier Transportation, Reuters reported [Read more...]

The reported numbers are from a story authored by Christiana Sciaudone August 17, 2015 “In the midst of its deepest economic and political crisis in a generation, [Read more...]