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- Amtrak requests less federal operating support
- CP expands its oil by rail operation to Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
- Wood Energy Group names Natalie Macey vice president sales and marketing
- RailAmerica to acquire Michigan shortline, percentage of another
- Broward County and FEC Railway reach agreement to build Port Everglades rail Facility
- Construction of Atlanta Streetcar line kicks off
- Axion to supply crossties to second Class 1 railroad
- BNSF plans $3.9 billion capital program in 2012
- House T&I Committee unveils Transportation Bill
- AAR: Upping truck limits in Transportation bill does not offer a fix
- Durbin: Increase rail investment under new Transportation Bill
- Birmingham Terminal Railway begins operations
- Honolulu to seek line of credit to improve rail's financial plan
- Fourth round of TIGER grants to dole out $500 million
- Construction completed at GO Transit's new Allandale Waterfront Station
- Hampton Roads Transit gets new president, CEO
- Freight railroads to hire 15,000, spend an expected $13 billion in capex
- KCS de Mexico opens new transload center
- Amtrak’s Hiawatha Service sets annual ridership record in 2011
- Apache Railroad members ratify new UTU contract
- Paducah & Louisville to use RailComm system
- SunRail project breaks ground
- NS completes tie clean up from Radford site
- BART set to launch next stage of Transbay Tube retrofit
- Chicago South Shore UTU members ratify new pact
- Watco Companies to provide rail service at Port San Antonio
- Pre-construction work begins on Vancouver's Evergreen Line
- Piedmont & Northern service to start in February
- Secretary LaHood proposes streamlining major transit awards
- PATH reports record ridership in 2011
- Yangtze hires Tucker
- Dulles Metrorail project awarded $116 million in New Starts funding
- UP puts $4 million into San Antonio track improvements
- Dulles rail tunnel completed
- Wood Energy Group names Ryan president
- WSOR’s Madison line rehab nearly complete
- UP reaches safety milestone
- CSX names new COO and CFO
- Metro-North ridership beats LIRR numbers
- HART's GET revenue surpasses projections
- L.B. Foster names new CEO
- Coll Materials expands operation to support Axion ties
- CN and CP reach long-term potash agreements with Canpotex
- UP to put $1 billion into Nebraska infrastructure
- BLET members ratify Amtrak contract
- TÜV Rheinland acquires Rail Safety Consulting
- NS Heartland Connector open for business
- Amtrak outlines plan for Capstone project at Lancaster Station
- New York Second Avenue Subway blasting did not exceed pollutant levels
- KCS' Starling named 2012 Railroader of the Year
- UIUC to lead rail-specific UTC
- CP enters new five-year contract with Canadian Tire, opens locomotive “super shop”
- Minnesota’s Metropolitan Council Chair advocates for transit, partnerships
- Gov. Brown calls on California residents to OK HSR plan
- Three Ohio crossings to see improvements
- Canadian Pacific includes more than $1 billion in 2012 capital plan
- Schumer pushes for progress on Buffalo to Albany HSR line
- Minnesota Governor recommends $25 million for light rail in 2012
- US DOT awards $77 million to University Transportation Centers
- CTA reopens Grand Station, more to undergo renovations
- Rockford, Ill., receives $3 million for multi-modal station
- GCRTA, MetroTransit end 2011 on ridership high
- FASTRACK initiative a success on NYCT's Lexington Line
- Amtrak reacts to expedited environmental review of NEC HSR projects
- Mercuria launches pipeline-by-rail on the Panhandle Northern Railway
- MARTA to begin Buckhead Bridge work
- RailComm upgrades remote control yard system at BNSF Corwith
- Three more unions ratify agreements with freight railroads
- L.B. Foster begins delivery of $3.4 million rail products to Youngstown plant
- NTSB sends safety recs to FRA following rear-end collisions
- CaHSR will follow Antelope Valley route, CEO resigns, board chair steps down
- NYCT continues signaling and station work on Flushing Line
- SFRTA: Tri-Rail ridership up in 2011
- WMATA GM recommends budget that continues path of improvement
- Musket Corp. to pursue pipeline-by-rail at Colorado industrial park
- Gross & Janes acquires tie production facility and timberland assets
- Amtrak previews major projects to advance in 2012
- BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension days from receiving federal grant
- Sen. Feinstein: Combine High Speed Rail Authority with CalTrans
- CSX Select Sites to offer access to rail-ready properties
- STB Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council appointments
- L.B. Foster Rail Products facility selected for IndustryWeek 2011 Best Plants Award
- NS facilitates $9.5 billion in industrial investment in 2011
- Patriot Rail donates railroad to Mississippi counties
- AECOM Technical Services awarded $38 million HART design contract
- CP continues push toward low 70s Operating Ratio
- NYCT to perform FASTRACK maintenance on Lexington Avenue
- NRC inducts two to Hall of Fame, names project and field employee of the year
- Alaska Railroad names VP business development
- Obituary: C.L. “Larry” Laurello 1938-2012
- Colo names Cooley VP operations, Texas Division
- Parson Brinckerhoff names SVP
- Watco Transload & Intermodal names VP
- Davis joins Stantec as senior railway engineer
- BLET members ratify national contract
- SMART board names contractor for phase 1 of project
- Caltrain Board elects officers, welcomes new member
- Whitmore Manufacturing Company names Kilpatrick as president & CEO
- IDOT receives $186 million for HSR project
- UP named North American Supplier of the Year by Newmont Mining Corp.
- FTA issues milestone approval for Crenshaw/LAX light-rail project
- Quiet Car Pilot begins in Conn.
- OMNI Products And Jensen Precast team up
- Amsted RPS to offer new products for embedded rail systems
- ENSCO, Inc., restructures, forms rail subsidiary
- FRA announces proposed enhancements to Passenger Train Emergency Systems
- MASSDOT releases fare and service proposals study
- GE acquires RMI
- Patriot Rail Corp. restructures management
- Unitrac hires Tony Chambers
- Letter From The Publisher
- CN completes merger of DMIR, DWP into Wisconsin Central
- Honolulu rail project accepted for final design phase
- Skanska joint venture signs $347 million BART contract
- Atlantic Track names four to team
- Amtrak to lead next phase of Lancaster station renovations
- Metro Gold Line Construction Authority recaps year
- Santa Monica City Council approves more than $9.5 million for Expo Line
- GWI Australian subsidiary dealing with Cyclone Grant aftermath
- North Dakota political leaders plan to move forward on Devils Lake project
- BNSF takes intermodal service to the next generation
- TriMet marks one-year milestone of light rail bridge
- Canada freight rail gains ground
- Watco creates new division
- Two rail agreements ratified by UTU members
- VIA Rail uses bus bridge for Montreal/ Gaspé service
- WMATA advances trackwork as 2011 ends
- New York MTA approves 2012 budget
- BLET reaches tentative agreement with Amtrak
- Houston METRO board approves station names for new rail lines
- NTSB reports U.S. transportation fatalities rose in 2010
- RailComm to provide remote control yard system at BNSF Longview
- ProTran1 wins $1.2 million contract in Australia
- CSX to begin its on-Dock service at Virginia port
- CN receives Toyota Canada's Carrier of the Year Award
- Armtec secures more than $30 million in rail projects in the Toronto area
- Evraz to upgrade Pueblo, Colo. operation
- UP not responsible for drugs smuggled on trains
- Toronto airport rail link priced at $129 million, construction to begin in spring
- Viterra signs service agreements with CN, CP
- Caltrans and Metrolink launch program displaying train travel times to tempt highway users
- KCS' Starling details infrastructure and equipment investment
- CN and United Steelworkers reach tentative agreement for maintenance-of-way employees
- Despite the ax, Kresge remains committed to Detroit's light rail project
- LIRR Train Time™ pilot launched
- RailAmerica chief commercial officer to retire
- Rail-related projects receive $279 million in TIGER funds
- NS moves forward with TIGER grant, plans to expand Harrisburg intermodal operations
- Sound Transit adopts 2012 budget, elects board chair and narrows focus on expansion
- CP adds two to board of directors
- FASTRACK coming to NYCT’s Lexington Avenue Line
- BART names new board president and vice president
- Safe Railroad Contractor of the Year Awards announced
- West Virginia Ports Authority awarded $12 million for Heartland Corridor terminal
- CP, Manitoba government sign collaboration agreement
- PennDOT receives $15 million for Rutherford yard expansion
- GCRTA awarded $12.5 million grant for new Mayfield Station
- Sound Transit receives $10 million for South 200th street extension project
- AECOM wins New Orleans streetcar expansion contract
- CP completes first year of infrastructure upgrades to enhance northern network
- North Dakota receives $10 million for line near Devils Lake
- DART takes next steps to direct DFW Airport connection
- HDR names new executive management team
- AAR’s Damage Prevention & Loading Services completes TTCI integration
- Feds give Illinois $177 million to connect Chicago to Quad Cities
- Final leg of UTA's TRAX service receives $116 million grant
- Chicago's CTA receives $20 million TIGER grant
- Southeast HSR corridor receives $7 million grant
- Better scheduling, increased rail car access improve CP's grain franchise
- CATS receives Record of Decision from FTA on LYNX Blue Line extension
- AECOM joint venture awarded contract for the development New York's Moynihan Station
- KCS de Mexico recognizes nine customers for reducing their carbon footprint
- UP begins bridge work in Lake Bluff, Illinois
- Long time mayor newest member of DART Board
- Watco appoints five to leadership roles
- Congressman reintroduces Freight Mobility bill
- VTA Board awards $772 million design build contract for BART extension project
- CP extends clean energy supply chain
- Rail will benefit from Governor Cuomo's $785 million Regional Council funding
- BNSF names Andersen AVP, Community and Public Affairs
- CP expands Saskatchewan Bakken rail shipments
- STB initiates second independent audit of CN's EJ&E acquisition
- Portland to Vancouver light-rail link pushes ahead with Columbia River Crossing OK
- North Dakota rail loop project gets green light
- Fairfax gives final approval needed for Dulles rail agreement
- Stella-Jones completes Thompson Industries acquisition
- Deutsche Plasser unveils 3D tamping simulator
- CP refreshes locomotive fleet
- U.S. Development Group expands crude-by-rail network with Niobrara logistics Hub
- Bridgeport, Ct., delegation expects approval of state funds for Barnum Station
- CANRAIL names new president
- CP to further develop long train strategy in 2012
- NJ Transit to host open house on study to improve transit
- Rohal named VP of Patriot Rail
- FRA issues safety advisory for bridge workers and final rule on roadway worker protection
- Denver’s Eagle P3 commuter line receives $280 million federal loan
- Atlantic Track & Turnout acquires patterns, patent rights from Conley Frog and Switch
- Amtrak dedicates Lawrence, Kan., station improvements
- VIA Rail Canada gets ready to start Cobourg station work
- Agreement reached between railroads and unions
- CP reaches into Iowa with IANR trackage rights agreement
- Watco subsidiary to purchase Birmingham Southern
- Kansas unveils passenger rail service plan
- Alaska Railroad joins AAR
- Granite receives full notice to proceed for Houston light rail project
- Zetica Rail awarded Network Rail contract
- MBTA's "T" ridership grows at a record pace
- NCDOT to hold public hearings for proposed rail improvements
- RailWorks appoints three to executive team
- Extension failure on "cooling off" period, House ready to act to avoid freight strike
- Honolulu Rail Transit eligible for share of $510 million in federal funds
- Watco to operate Wyoming line, acquire Wisconsin & Southern
- CSX introduces improved carbon calculator
- Brandt Group of Companies breaks $1B in sales, plans to donate more than $3 million in 2012
- HART signs core systems contract with Ansaldo Honolulu JV
- U.S. DOT signs $900 million in funding agreements for Houston light rail
- NYMTA Metro-North Railroad to open Fairfield Station December 5
- TriMet begins installation of solar panels along the MAX line
- Boggs joins Birmingham Rail & LocomotiveBoggs joins Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
- Gross & Janes supplies borate pre-treated ties to KCS
- Parsons selected by Caltrain for CBOSS PTC
- RMI launches rail operations software for shippers
- WMATA plans major weekend trackwork
- Michigan receives $150 million to expand HSR in Midwest
- Washington state approves funds for crossing enhancements
- California HSR construction receives $928 million grant
- STB approves Alaska Railroad line in Port Mackenzie
- Federal rail funding advances Seattle's King Street Station restoration
- SFRTA receives TIGGER grant to build "green" station
- RailComm to expand remote control yard system at BNSF Nebraska yard
- TriMet ridership up in October
- Right of way for DesertXpress approved
- Caltrans receives $21 million grant for Surfliner Corridor
- Georgia Ports Authority Board approves Savannah area intermodal terminal expansion
- EIS issued for proposed Corman line in Pennsylvania
- USDOT receives 32 letters of support for Port of Quincy rail intermodal terminal
- Wabtec acquires Fulmer Company
- NCCC has tentative agreements with 10 out of 13 unions
- Sound Transit's East Link light rail alignment receives FTA approval
- FTA divides $112 million among 46 "green" transit projects
- TxDOT receives $5.6 million grant for Oklahoma City-South Texas Corridor
- Tesoro plans new rail project to ship ND crude
- "Gateway to San Gabriel Valley" final design approved
- MWAA approves Dulles extension funding agreement
- PANYNJ hires HDR to rehabilitate Greenville Yard
- USDOT: TIGER grants in high demand
- CTA approves $1.24 billion budget
- Study finds Quebec City-Windsor HSR feasible, but pricey
- Amtrak service resumes in Minot, N.D.
- GE acquires RMI
- CalAmp awarded $4.7 million development contract extension for PTC
- CTA seeks customer feedback
- Chicago to Detroit rail corridor RFP for investment plan and environmental study issued
- UP invests $6 million in Grand Island, Neb.
- Hedlund takes reins as FRA deputy administrator
- MTA develops Line Segment Closure Program
- Class 1s recognized by G.I. Jobs magazine
- Full service on Port Jervis line returns
- Metra budget, fare increases approved
- Bill Sneed, 1926-2011
- Joseph J. Lhota joins MTA
- Funding agreement reached for Dulles rail project
- MoDOT receives federal grant for St. Louis area corridor
- Arizona, BNSF partner to upgrade safety at crossings
- T-WALL® supports relocated UP rail line for O’Hare Airport expansion
- Wood Energy Group to expand operations, relocate
- CN, Coalspur sign MOU to develop supply chain for west coast thermal coal exports
- NJ Transit safety committee outlines tactics to reduce crossing fatalities
- Houston Metro sets FFGA signing date
- Colton Crossing grade separation project breaks ground
- FEC receives 2011 International Business of the Year Award
- Iowa Transportation Commission approves $5.5 million in funds for rail infrastructure
- Four Ontario mayors push for high-speed rail
- UTU partners with Amtrak for training
- Canada adds funds to GCIP
- GCRTA receives grant from the Cleveland Foundation
- MBTA's Science Park/West End Station modernization complete
- Rail installation begins at GT OmniPort
- CN marks opening of Matteson Connection
- Major improvements on VIA Rail's Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto line completed
- KCS U.S. operations ends October injury free
- Skanska awarded railway contract in Czech Republic
- CTA receives grant toward $1 billion Red Line makeover
- Florida, CSX close SunRail transaction
- St. Louis MetroLink to improve UMSL South Station
- Zurich names Dowdy head of North America Railroad insurance practice
- Wabtec acquires Bearward Engineering, a UK-based manufacturer of cooling systems
- North Dakota rail projects seek federal funds
- President Obama pushes for transportation projects
- UP played key role in FRA's Changing At-Risk Behavior pilot program
- Preliminary engineering for Ottawa LRT project nears completion
- Amtrak testing eTicketing program
- USDOT awards $7.9 million for station upgrades in Washington state
- Invensys Rail lands $268 million rail signaling contract
- Senate passes 2012 Appropriations Bill, transportation included
- Hondo Railway BNSF’s Shortline of the Year, Watco, Minnesota Commercial also honored
- GWI subsidiary signs agreement to lease southwest Georgia line from NS
- CN, Ray-Mont Logistics enter supply chain logistics agreement
- Amtrak integrates NEC development in new business line
- JAXPORT seeks TIGER funds to build intermodal facility
- Atlanta MMPT agreement signed
- TxDOT submits four applications for TIGER grants
- Patriot Rail Corp. and Pro Sands Processing enter into agreement
- MBTA to begin Red Line slab replacement project
- FRA issues new rules for camp cars
- Invensys Rail awarded Reading Western Mainlines signaling contract
- Snow storm snarls freight, transit traffic in northeast
- Tri-Rail agreement reached between UTU, SFRTA
- SEPTA celebrates revitalized Croydon Station
- Denver RTD opens Auraria West Station
- RailComm recognized by Rochester Top 100
- Sound Transit Board endorses agreement for tunnel partnership with Bellevue
- LIRR to finish track renewal interrupted by Hurricane Irene
- SFMTA renames streetcar yard for Cameron Beach
- Durbin: House Transportation Bill wrong approach to Amtrak funding
- Progress Rail opens Muncie, Indiana locomotive assembly operation
- California awards $448 million in bonds to L.A. County transportation Projects
- UP promotes two in operating department
- TriMet faces budget shortfall for FY2013
- VIA Rail, CN to perform track and signal work
- GWI's Powell awarded 2011 Professional Environmental Excellence Award
- HDR PE/Environmental awarded task order for Redlands Passenger Rail Project
- BNSF, LA/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council sign $255 million labor agreement
- DesertXpress gets OK from STB
- UP to perform $6.6 million in track improvements on central Iowa line
- MBTA, BART to tap alternative energy sources to power stations
- Consortium wins contract for rail link to Toronto airport
- Al Shoula consortium wins contract for Saudi high-speed line, Invensys to provide C&S systems
- Massachusetts commuter line gets $75 million federal grant
- CSX, local officials celebrate Columbus Terminal Expansion project
- Rae to depart FRA Nov. 1
- UP’s central Missouri line to see $4 million in track improvements
- Metro-North to resume full Port Jervis service Nov. 28
- Harsco receives $13 million in orders for North America, New Zealand
- Massachusetts to revitalize "Knowledge Corridor"
- Work on MBTA's Ashmont Station complete
- VIA Rail officially opens Smiths Falls station
- FTA awards cooperative agreement to Delcan
- RailComm’s Yard Automation Solution in production at Amtrak Chicago
- CN conductors and brakemen ratify workplace consolidation agreement
- UP to perform $17 million in track improvements in Wyoming and Nebraska
- CTA president releases 2012 budget recommendations
- OCTA begins $600 million grade separation project
- NJ Transit deploys AquaTrack to fight against slippery rail
- AECOM wins $17 million contract extension to complete second phase of DART light rail extension
- DART names new leaders for commuter rail, marketing
- Colo Railroad Builders appoints new CEO
- NYS DOT awarded nearly $8 million for Hudson Valley passenger rail signal upgrades
- Metrolink cancels service for line upgrades
- NJ Transit riders will be able to pay fare via smartphone at some locations
- GE Transportation to invest $231 million in U.S. plants
- 300 public transit projects across U.S. to share $928.5 million in federal funds
- US Departments of Transportation and Commerce partner to boost domestic Manufacturing
- CP partners with Contrans to expand intermodal reach
- Metro-North wins Brunel Award for Overall Excellence in Railroad Design
- TTC welcomes 28 billion customer
- Amtrak's Wilmington station wins award for design
- Metra releases prelim 2012 budget with fare increase
- Bloomington-Normal to Peoria passenger rail study gets federal grant
- Watco Transportation Services names Tony Cox VP Engineering
- Skanska secures contract in Norway worth NOK 1.36 billion, US$ 242 million
- Woodward Light Rail receives $2 million grant
- WMATA Board approves Blue & Yellow line service changes, names future Dulles Line
- FY2011 brings ridership records for Amtrak
- CSX names Anne Chettle Reinke VP-federal legislation
- Coos Bay Rail Link begins operations
- Three Metra lines to use federal investment for reduced emissions
- CTA receives $6 million grant for Red Line station work
- Gannett Fleming names four transportation vice presidents
- Significant progress made on CSX's National Gateway
- FRA issues safety advisory aimed at reducing yard incidents
- Stella-Jones signs Letter of Intent to acquire Thompson Industries
- Caltrain to install new bridge Oct. 15
- CN signs agreement to drive service and efficiency in Quebec supply chain
- Upgrades underway to improve communications on SkyTrain's Expo Line
- Crenshaw/LAX, Maryland's Red Line among 14 projects put on fast track
- CREATE's $133 million Englewood Flyover project breaks ground
- Maryland's Purple Line gets approval for next step
- CTA eliminates 200 positions as it preps for 2012 budget
- NJ Transit, GCRTA open new stations
- TriMet project receives FTA outstanding achievement recognition
- MBTA board OK’s $56 million; underground cell service to hit Green, Blue lines
- Four unions at CN ratify new agreement
- CN president declares supply-chain focus
- Military Times EDGE names UP Best for Vets Employer
- Board approves FY2013 budget proposal for Caltrain
- WMATA plans aggressive rebuilding schedule
- New signal system installation begins on MTA’s Flushing line
- Whitmore’s hires David Schaer
- Detroit-Chicago corridor receives $196.5 million
- KCS partners with law enforcement for Operation Lifesaver
- LIRR to renew Atlantic Avenue grade crossing on Long Beach branch
- “X” Train elects Gil Lamphere to chairman of the board
- NS names yard office in honor of late coal executive
- BART to solicit passenger input on late-night service proposal
- HRT launches e-Tide
- Axion wins SPE-GPEC environmental award
- Savage begins rail service at El Dorado Railport
- CTA faces $277 million deficit in 2012
- Nova Scotia extends rail funding agreement
- CSX hosts inaugural Bioenergy Summit
- UTU reaches tentative agreement with Texas shortline
- UP's Barry Michaels awarded IANA Silver Kingpin
- NRC adds grassroots coordinator to team
- New Jersey will repay canceled ARC Tunnel money
- Michigan's Lt. Gov. Calley O.K.'s funds for accelerated rail project
- Pennsylvania’s Keystone Corridor receives $40 million from U.S. DOT
- TranSystems names Rock Midwest Region VP
- Amtrak's San Joaquin Corridor reaches more than a million riders
- Railway-bear conflict mitigation symposium underway in Canada
- Koppers signs three-year contract with CSX for joint bars
- Austin's Capital Metro Board approves 2012 budget
- Oregon intercity passenger rail projects receive $13.6 million
- MTC approves $33.1 million in regional funds for SMART
- Colo Railroad Builders adds new GM in Chicago
- U.S. DOT gives $48 million to N.C. To D.C. HSR, $13 million to NEC
- Alaska Railroad holds groundbreaking ceremony for North Rail Extension Project
- DART FY2012 budget sets groundwork for expanded rail operations
- Miami Central Station project breaks ground
- BNSF, UP awarded carrier of the year honors
- Patriot Rail to open L&NW Railroad transloading facility Oct. 5
- LIRR to begin $26 million bridge rehab next month
- Amtrak to begin track replacement in East River Tunnels
- TriMet begins work on Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project
- MTA's Port Jervis line to reopen by year-end with $50 million in repairs
- KCS launches first phase of new website
- UP to spend $15.5 million to improve Iowa, Missouri lines
- CSX, Amtrak, NYSDOT, FRA reach agreement for New York rail projects
- DEIR for BNSF proposed Southern California International Gateway released
- New York’s MTA complete tunneling for Second Avenue Subway
- Wisconsin grants give $17 million to freight rail improvements
- LACMTA Board adopts FEIS for Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor light-rail project
- APTA executive committee and Board elected, DART's Thomas to chair
- RailComm to provide remote control Blue Flag Indicator System to BNSF
- New England HSR and intercity passenger rail projects receive $83 million in federal funds
- Washington state' receives $31.1 million for rail, port improvements
- NECR returns to normal post hurricane
- UP invests more than $10 million in Colorado track improvements
- Chicago Transit Authority launches station renewal initiative:
- Metrolink to begin using quiet cars Oct. 3
- UP to invest $300 million in Nebraska, Iowa corridor
- Charlotte streetcar project gets $25 million
- British Columbia Premier reveals jobs plan anchored in rail
- Iowa Pacific to upgrade Permian Basin track
- Connecticut Governor releases $30 million in HSR funds
- CSX Intermodal Terminals wins Dr. William W. Hay award
- Loram to acquire Tranergy Corp.
- Maryland DOT receives $22 million to study replacement, expansion of Susquehanna River Bridge
- KCS sees growth opportunities in Altamira/Tampico region
- Winnipeg's Union Station upgrades completed
- CP railroaders to show off spike driving skills at Railway Interchange
- ORDC approves shortline projects, agrees to administer Leipsic rail connection
- Metro-North to resume train service from Port Jervis to Harriman Sept. 19
- New York's MTA awards contract to build Second Avenue Subway Station at 86th Street
- TriMet ridership up in August
- Herzog Technologies awarded PTC contract from NCTD
- Gannett Fleming names Gough VP
- TranSystems names Tim Rock regional VP
- Feds award nearly $20 mil for rail relocation projects across U.S.
- NJ Transit Board approves close to $8 million in state-of-good-repair projects
- Tacoma Link Commerce Street Station opens
- DART survey shows Green Line makes trips easier
- GCRTA and partners plan "Don't 'X' Out Public Transportation" campaign
- L.B. Foster receives IndustryWeek 2011 Best Plant recognition
- SFMTA's moves forward with $233.5 million Central Subway contract
- GREX hires VP engineering
- House passes transportation surface bill short-term extension
- Feds award $32.5 million to Boston's South Station
- BNSF launches website for rail advocates
- New York’s MTA to begin work on last major contract to extend the 7 train
- SEPTA's Fox Chase Station is first LEED Silver train station in USA
- UTA hires HDR to Provide services for Sugar House Streetcar Project
- URS awarded contract for design, survey services of HSR corridor
- Canada's Masse rolls out "Need for Speed" rail investment campaign
- BNSF allows peak inside its Topeka Locomotive Shops, tops veteran employer list
- UGL secures $88 million in new locomotive supply and maintenance projects
- LACMTA holds ceremony to kick off Expo Line Phase 2 construction
- Maryland Transit to begin construction on Edgewood MARC station
- GCRTA recognized for green practices
- Ground breaking ceremony held for Richland Hills TRE station improvements
- Axion launches “EcoTrax” brand name for its composite ties
- LIRR to perform tie replacement work, rail inspection
- Amtrak says proposed budget would cut state-supported service
- MIA people mover begins service
- MassDOT names new manager for South Coast Rail Project
- NS, GE Transportation sponsor sustainability symposium
- Siemens to equip most of the Swiss Federal Railways network with ETCS system
- Toronto Transit Commission appoints COO
- NS 2011 report details strengthened connections through corporate sustainability
- SFMTA receives $20 million in federal funds for Central Subway project
- Metro-North assessing damage to Port Jervis line
- PB awarded construction management contract for New Orleans streetcar expansion
- LS&I extends agreement with RailComm
- LIRC names Rickel vice president
- New York's MTA reopens Cortlandt Street southbound platform
- Caltrain proclaims September rail safety month
- California High-Speed Rail Authority peer review panel confident in model
- Santa Clara VTA awards $22.14 million contract for grade separation project
- Railroads disappointed with NMB decision to end mediation
- FTA gives go-ahead to St. Paul’s Southwest Corridor LRT engineering
- Chicago’s RTA receives $800K to help prioritize transit maintenance projects
- KCS inspection trip solidifies MOW success, sets priorities for future activity
- UTU ratifies national rail contract
- Texas receives close to $50 million in federal funds for Tower 55, HSR projects
- GWI completes acquisition of Arizona Eastern Railway
- North Lights Express gains FRA approval on preferred route
- TransitAmerica to run Caltrain system
- UP to perform nearly $31 million in trackwork on eastern Wyoming line
- North Dakota crude-by-rail facility to open in September
- Feds sign commitment giving $1 billion to Denver FasTracks
- Caltrans receives $55 million grant to reduce congestion and improve safety on Pacific Surfliner
- BART appoints Crunican as new GM
- Amtrak to step up security for 9/11 anniversary
- Unit Rail, Advanced Track Products change name to Amsted RPS
- AECOM awarded preliminary engineering contract of Edmonton LRT expansion
- Crenshaw /LAX Transit Corridor project advancing to next phase
- Watco names SVP of Watco Transload and Intermodal Development
- NJ Transit restores NEC service between Trenton and NYC
- WMATA plans major trackwork over Labor Day weekend
- CSX, NS make progress towards correcting storm damage
- CSX to invest $59 million for Ohio intermodal terminal expansion
- NS releases smartphone app
- Metro-North suspends Port Jervis service indefinitely due to "catastrophic damage"
- Timken names Ruel VP of rail business
- Irene's impact on Northeast transit varied
- Indiana Rail Road Co. to invest $65 million in Hiawatha Yard
- California High-Speed Rail Authority previews project business plan
- Metro-North opens Sixth Ave. Bridge after emergency repairs
- Work starts GO Transit Allandale station
- Granite reaches settlement related to Hiawatha Corridor LRT project
- UP named TTS Rail Carrier of the Year
- Watco names AGM of Stillwater Central Railroad
- Metra to begin UP North bridge project
- Amtrak taps KPMG for HSR financial planning
- BNSF takes proactive measures to keep routes open during flooding
- NJ Transit marks completion of Somerville Station
- Eco-Energy to develop ethanol unit train and storage facility in North Carolina
- CREATE grade-separation project begins on Chicago's South Side
- Chicago RTA files suit against municipalities claiming lost tax revenue
- Broward County gives FEC approval for Port Everglades Intermodal Container Transfer Facility
- Mansourian to be permanent SMART GM
- TriMet sees ridership increase in July
- USDOT proposes amendments to PTC regs
- NEC receives $745 million for upgrades
- San Pedro & Southwestern Railroad begins Central Arizona Commerce Park service
- UP invests more than $13 million in upgrades in Utah
- MBTA appoints acting GM
- Parsons Brinckerhoff designing TriMet LRT maintenance facility expansion
- VR Mergers & Acquisitions changing name to RR Mergers & Acquisitions
- Harsco receives $13 million in orders from Japan and North America
- UP, CBP reach agreement to improve rail security between U.S. and Mexico
- Dearborn, MI gets $28 million for train station
- Chicago RTA's free senior ride program to end September 1, 2011
- Virginia’s Tide begins service
- Caltrain recommends new operator to run train system
- Amtrak completes LA equipment maintenance facility upgrades
- L.B. Foster relocating water system tubular products facility
- UP invests more than $7 million on Minnesota, Wisconsin track improvements
- Metrolink secures $46.3 million in PTC funding
- Caltrain: “Blended System” operationally feasible
- PB recommends Brunswick site for Downeaster Layover Facility
- Oak Forest, Metra receive federal funds for station project
- Swift to start COFC intermodal cross-border Mexico service
- Parsons Brinckerhoff designing LACMTA’s Expo Line
- ARG Trans signs Coos Bay Rail Link pact, names GM
- Public transit systems forced to implement fare increases or service cuts
- LIRR to test hand-held credit card ticket payments
- Beacon Enterprises awarded WMATA Red Line IT contract
- Spectrum Infrared to supply switch heaters to IHB
- Gonzales joins PB
- Atlanta commission agrees to draft list of $6.14 billion transportation projects
- Rail line at Toledo port dedicated
- Houston Metro kicks off Southeast Line extension
- Chrysler Group recognizes UP
- In Memoriam: Mike Kearns
- California HSR project issues DEIR/S
- FRA issues regs on HOS for passenger crews
- RailComm to expand remote control yard system at BNSF Memphis
- Caltrans increases Pacific Surfliner project funding to $50 million
- CN, CNBM Forest Products Trading Ltd. strike deal for B.C. lumber export supply chain
- Sen. Harkin announces $750,000 to repair damaged railroads in Iowa
- Unitrac receives $4.8 million award for Kansas DOT project
- Axion partners with Coll Materials, expands manufacturing capacity
- Amtrak launches free iPhone app
- UP wins Brunel Award for Heritage Locomotive Fleet
- NS's Heartland Corridor Project wins Brunel Award
- Huron Central Railway starts C$33.3 million rehabilitation project
- Seattle mayor pushes for rail transit
- Brunel winners announced
- CP takes steps to reduce rail-related bear deaths in Banff National Park
- Alaska Railroad schedules two events to highlight Tanana River Bridge Construction
- UP named Carrier of the Year by Heinz North America
- Watco names VP project management
- California receives $179 million for passenger rail network
- FTA forms panel to advance transit in southeastern Michigan
- UP begins work on New Mexico rail facility
- North-Link Partnership awards Edmonton LRT contract
- TriMet names new General Counsel
- FTA selects six transit agencies for pilot program
- APTA: Transportation impacts varied by debt deal
- Union Pacific ups speed of Kansas line
- KCS appoints Cline VP and treasurer
- Amtrak names new leadership to Mayors' Advisory Council
- Watco names Diemert GM Louis transload facility
- Schumer: Get New York rail projects rolling
- MBTA GM appointed MassDOT Secretary and CEO
- Parsons Brinkerhoff-led joint venture named GEC for Maryland transit program
- NuStar, EOG Resources enter agreement to build Louisiana rail offloading facility
- LACMTA Board of Directors adopts green construction policy
- Feds award $336.2 million for next generation trains in California, Midwest
- UP achieves its best ever reportable injury rate
- Houston Metro to begin bridge work for LRT project
- KCS appoints Anderson as automotive sales VP
- NCRR board adds five members
- Gregory joins Parsons Brinkerhoff
- CN investing US$165 million to expand Kirk Yard
- OmniTRAX acquires Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad
- Flintco awarded $58 million ACE maintenance facility
- CN's partnership with Cline a key part of its export coal growth strategy
- Brandt launches rail services division
- CSX investing $15 million for new intermodal terminal in Louisville
- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. signs agreement to acquire Arizona Eastern Railway
- MoDOT, UP, Amtrak, FRA sign agreement for second Bridge over Osage River
- UP invests nearly $6.5 million for Western Nebraska track improvements
- Wavion Partners with Ferrovalle to provide Wi-Fi coverage for Mexico City yard
- Iowa, Nevada receive federal grants to develop statewide rail plans
- Washington State, BNSF sign agreement, rail projects to move ahead
- Sound Transit Board adopts East Link route and stations
- UTA to open two TRAX lines Aug. 2
- TriMet selects director of diversity and transit equity and multicultural program manager
- Caltrain begins ballast deliveries
- UP invests more than $6 million in Colorado track improvements
- Sound Transit expedites light-rail extension, implements sustainability plan
- Allert elected to G&W Board of Directors
- Watco names Simpson GM of PCC
- UP invests more than $7 million in Kansas track improvements
- New York's MTA releases preliminary 2012 budget, plan to fund capital program investments
- $486 million contract awarded for Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
- CTA's Loyola Station gets $11 million from feds for improvements
- APTA Board of Directors selects Melaniphy to take helm
- Tri-Met Board delays approval LIFT fare increase until January
- CTA to spend $10 million for police patrols
- Chicago RTA proposes RFI for real-time transit tracking
- UP invests more than $11 million for track improvements to Minnesota line
- Bradway elected to NS board
- Houston METRO and city mayor seek common ground on East End Line
- FTA environmentally clears Dallas Streetcar Project
- CTA to host open house on proposed Red Line extension
- Axion International receives three purchase orders from Australia
- $15 million available for transportation improvements on rural tribal lands
- BNSF wants to build new bridge over Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa
- TriMet ridership tops 100 million mark
- Twin Cities & Western Railroad marks 20th anniversary
- LIRR to replace damaged bridge in August
- RailComm awarded Chilean contract
- AECOM-led consortium wins contract for Sydney's North West Rail Link
- UP to install Spectrum Infrared track switch heating systems in New Mexico
- Amtrak Cascades route breaks ridership record
- LACMTA releases supplemental sections of the Draft EIS/EIR for study
- HART tax collections for project come in higher than expected
- Chicago's Metra seeks rider input for 2012 budget
- SamTrans and Caltrain welcome new board members
- Progress Rail Services to locate assembly operation in Brazil
- Keystone corridor gets $24.3 million to boost speeds
- Metro East Port District Project to receive additional $8.5 million
- Illinois Lt. Gov. to Iowa: Make decision on rail funding
- WMATA: Mid-year report, new board members, reform measures
- NYMTA CEO Walder resigns for Hong Kong post
- NS named one of "40 Best Companies for Diversity"
- KCS to modernize IT infrastructure with July 31 cut-over
- Savage begins BNSF oil terminal construction, enters into terminal service agreement with IHB
- NS completes $16 million of trackwork in Pennsylvania
- Metrolink has record ridership during I-405 closure
- HDR awarded Idaho DOT grade separation project
- Watco Transportation Services promotes two
- Walton named area manager of PB Orlando, Powell joins Baltimore office
- BART partners with BMW to create Fleet of the Future
- Axion receives first purchase order for South America
- FTA makes $178.6 million available for central Florida commuter rail line
- CN to extend sidings on Northern Ontario main line
- UTU tentative agreement on Georgia shortline
- UTU wins protection for members on beer railway
- Metrolink cancels two late-night trains
- Thanasriphakdeekun joins TranSystems
- UP's past CEO dies at age 89
- CTA board OKs Loop Renewal Track contract
- CTA selects contractor for Purple Line viaduct projects
- Caltrain construction and maintenance for July 16-22
- Nowak joins TranSystems
- Ottawa City Council endorses LRT project
- Amtrak safety video receives two awards
- Amtrak Empire Builder service to resume
- CSX Increases 2011 Capital Investment to $2.2 billion
- Rail's role in recovery includes record investments, job hires
- NJ Transit adopts FY 2012 budgets, advances transit center
- WMATA releases major trackwork calendar
- FTA makes $47.6 million available for Atlanta streetcar
- PennDOT awards Baker CM/CI contract on seven separate projects
- DesertXpress gets engineering green light
- Port of Miami/FEC reconnection project to break ground
- Metro-North plans to rehab 117-year old bridge
- DRPT to present new SEHSR alignments
- Woodbury elected HRT chair
- Springfield rail study to be rolled into larger study of Chicago-St. Louis corridor
- FTA Administrator Rogoff tours greater-Philadelphia region transit system
- TransLink to "Move Forward" with improvements
- Baker awarded New Orleans Rail Gateway contract by Louisiana DOTD
- NAV awarded security contract for Denver light rail
- Amtrak Downeaster expansion project to repair eight crossings
- Downtown San Diego quiet zone project progresses
- KWG'S Canada Chrome Corp files registration as shortline operator
- $2.2 billion to fund Amtrak requested by 20 senators
- Axion to form joint venture with Sicut Holding Limited
- Improved tunnel alignment for Ottawa LRT project
- House T&I Committee Dems respond to surface transportation proposal
- APTA: Transportation bill underfunds critical needs
- Sound Transit issues FEIS for East Link
- Invensys awarded Network Rail contract, completes Malaysian double tracking
- Brad Chase named president of OmniTRAX Canada, Inc.
- Gov. Quinn signs transit reform legislation
- Mica proposal slashes transit, highway funding
- TIFIA loan for LACMTA Westside Subway Extension achieves welcome milestone
- CSX names Baggs VP capital markets and investor relations
- Watco adds Inselbuch as CFO, Baden moves to COO
- Indiana Southern, IAM reach tentative agreement
- SMART declares rail project is fundamentally sound and on track
- RFQ issued for Ottawa LRT project
- KCS names three to upper management
- Tony Kinn appointed to head VDOT's Office of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
- TripAdvisor now provides access to train travel options
- Massachusetts awarded $72.8 million to cut travel times on Vermonter
- APTA: Mica to reveal six-year surface transportation authorization bill this week
- U of I to test high-speed rail components
- KCS marks 14th anniversary of Mexican railroad concession
- Houston Metro readies rail for Southeast Line extension
- RMI releases RailDOCS® Hours of Service
- Florida’s SunRail is a go
- Groundbreaking event kicks off construction of the Portland-Milwaukie light rail bridge
- UTA to introduce new TRAX vehicles into regular service
- CSX unveils second ultra-low emission GenSet locomotive
- SFMTA Board awards tunneling contract, names acting executive director/CEO
- CSX announces VP appointments in finance, commercial
- RailComm to convert RailAmerica dispatching system to Software as a Service Model
- Feds make $101.4 million available for clean-fuel technologies in transit
- Detroit's Woodward LRT project route finalized, FEIS signed
- RMI appointments two to executive senior staff
- Wabtec acquires transit aftermarket parts business from GE Transportation
- U.S. Development Group to expand St. James, La., terminal
- Amtrak received $562.9 million RRIF loan for new generation electric locomotives
- Flooding hits BNSF hard, closes both mainline tracks in Minot, N.D.
- UP named Best Diversity Company for third consecutive year
- Proposal for new oil carrying Canadian railway unveiled
- British Columbia to provide C$7.5 million for E&N passenger rail
- Baltimore Red Line gets FTA approval
- SEPTA celebrates Langhorne Station
- Metrolink to add more service in July, change AV Line express train schedule
- FTA taps PB for asset management framework
- SFRTA governing board elect new chair and vice chair
- DOT gives $1.58 billion for transit improvements
- CTA cuts management, reduces expenses to save $15 million
- Florida to develop dedicated inland port/logistics center
- Metro-North moves closer to a transit-oriented development at Harrison Train Station
- ShipCarsNow launches smartphone app
- Axion wins 2011 R&D 100 award
- Relm Wireless joins ARINC test lab
- Durbin wants parties to return to table for Springfield rail consolidation
- Honolulu Rail Transit project will receive $55 million in federal funding during 2011
- WMATA's Sarles testifies on transit security progress
- PRASA places largest ever signaling contract with Siemens
- Caltrain gets $16 million federal grant for PTC
- Illinois gets federal OK to spend money on rail corridor
- Sound Transit ready to close final construction contract for Central Link project
- BART board approves $300 million contract for Warm Springs extension
- Unitrac wins $6.7 million contract from South Dakota
- Agreement reached for CREATE program's Englewood Flyover
- UP's Young tells STB regulations will harm freight industry
- CREATE update: 71st Street underpass project breaks ground
- MARTA's FY12 budget approved with fare increase, security enhancements
- Caltrain fare increase kicks in July 1
- AAR: Freight rail private investments support jobs
- FTA makes $10.5 million available to GCRTA University Circle transit station
- FRA to issue regulations on conductor certification, passenger hours-of-service
- New fuel efficiency program at the heart of CN's Sustainability Agenda
- TriMet conducts WES safety campaign
- CFNR wins Clean Air Champion Business Award
- New rail yard in Port Everglades Terminal on the horizon
- UP names D. Lynn Kelley vice president - continuous improvement
- CSX names Diana Sorfleet vice president and chief human resources officer
- Sen. Kirk presents plan for Private-Public Partnership in transportation
- Schumer wants $2.2 billion for East Side Access Rail Project
- UP invests $23.1 million for track improvements in Idaho
- Virginia's HRT sets debut date
- CTA to accelerate security initiatives
- Coos Bay rail line annexed to Port of Coos Bay’s Port District
- BART Board to discuss late night service
- Trees and trains: NS and GreenTrees launch conservation program
- AECOM alliance wins US$15-million contract for new rail link in Australia
- Toronto tunnel boring for subway extension begins
- If Minnesota government shuts down, transit will still run
- CSXT partners with companies in Ohio for intermodal training
- Rep. Fleischmann joins House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
- Amtrak celebrates Heartland Flyer 12th anniversary, names new CIO
- Invensys wins Romanian contract
- Timken appoints Skelly director of sales for the Americas
- $25 million in federal grants arrives at NJ Transit
- CN's Alberta shortline rail acquisitions, upgrades total C$400 million
- US DOT makes $175 million in "livability" grants to increase, improve transportation options
- STB rejects call to halt Tongue River Railroad project
- HDR's Keller named president of ARDA
- G4S Technology wins $13.6 million project from Metrolink
- Ontario council approves light rail project
- Mica, Shuster roll out passenger rail plan
- Amtrak reaction Mica/Shuster plan: NEC not just a piece of real estate
- CN to sell rail marine terminal assets
- Amtrak expands security efforts with increased ROW protection
- Try transit for a day on national ‘Dump the Pump’ Day
- RTD FasTracks reassured of $120 million in grants from FTA
- Rail Conference, RLBC seek release from mediation
- L.B. Foster forms Friction Management business unit
- CN to start construction of Calgary Logistics Park in summer 2011
- BNSF and YSVR enhance operational coordination to serve growing Montana rail demand
- Port Everglades, FEC to partner in development of intermodal facility
- Canada's VIA Rail reaches out to the public about future plans
- GCRTA breaks ground on Buckeye-Woodhill station
- International peer review positive on Amtrak HSR plan for Northeast Corridor
- FRA delays concrete tie safety standards implementation
- BNSF Abo Canyon double track now open for business
- New Orleans streetcar project breaks ground, receives additional training Grant
- Lautenberg, Holt speak out against rail security cuts
- ICC approves pedestrian bridge, crossing work in five Illinois counties
- TriMet sees double digit ridership gains in May on MAX, WES
- CPR finds home for new Regina Intermodal Facility
- CTA extends hours on Green, Orange and Brown lines
- Stabler elected new TTCI president
- AECOM acquires India's Spectral Services Consultants Pte. Ltd.
- HNTB hires four
- SEPTA Morton Station Restored
- VIA offers new ticketing option to Go Transit, Airport
- WMATA introduces new trackwork approach
- UP honored by EPA for Genset technology
- CSX receives Maryland Green Registry award
- U.S. railroads help promote grade-crossing safety
- NJ Transit implements "Text Against Terror"
- UTU, TRRA seek anti-terrorist training grant
- CPR ups safety for International Level Crossing Awareness Day
- Amtrak ridership continues to grow
- CTA station names released, changed
- NJ Transit Light Rail schedules available via text
- Construction begins on Talbot Avenue Commuter Rail Station
- Real time BART information now on Google Maps
- BART Board to consider changes to committee system
- Koppers names Gross regional sales manager
- TranSystems names Morsches chief strategy and marketing officer
- David Francis wins NWMRC Supplier of the Year Award
- Construction begins on Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility
- Ground breaks on CSX Worcester rail facility
- RailComm wins contract for Denver RTD
- CSX cuts greenhouse gas emissions ahead of schedule
- BART FY12 improvements to include cleaner seats, noise abatement
- Caltrain works on five projects this week
- UP named 2011 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles
- Cheney named to DART Board
- Illinois partnership to study HSR between Chicago and Champaign-Urbana
- UTU, NCCC reach tentative agreement with record pay boost
- UP tops list, CN shows improvement in STC Rail Report Card
- Sound Transit to start next phase of track and signal project
- Knight to replace O'Bannon as AAR SVP Government Affairs
- BNSF promotes three in operations department
- CSX recognized by Department of Defense, kicks off community service effort
- Teamsters Canada members ratify four-year contract with VIA Rail Canada
- Illinois RTA to end free rides for most seniors
- Honolulu poll: residents support rail transit
- MBTA completes improvements to Lynn Station
- California High-Speed Rail Authority hires regional director
- UP publishes second annual Sustainability and Citizenship Report
- Metrolink to improve riskiest grade crossing
- INDOT soliciting public input for state rail plan
- PUCO issues 2010 crossing report
- Alaska Railroad maintains need for herbicides in battle to control weeds
- DART, East Texas officials seek expanded rail connections
- Washington utilities commission approves funds for four crossings
- Amtrak completes Sedalia, Mo., improvement
- RailComm’s Remote Control Derail System in production at Amtrak’s Los Angeles Maintenance Facility
- House T&I Committee leaders want to privatize NEC
- PTC installation could be trimmed 10,000 miles
- WMATA Board gains new member, drafts first ever bylaws
- Patrick-Murray Administration highlights MBTA Blue Line modernization at State Street Station
- SEPTA, LACMTA Boards approve FY12 budgets
- Gannett Fleming responds to increased federal oversight of railroad bridges
- From Washington, D.C.: Progress made toward new transportation bill
- Rep. Maloney Report: Jobs, local economy get boost from federal rail grant
- Chester Branch Railroad rehab complete
- Argus Win-Win Award goes to CRANDIC and Archer Daniels Midland partnership
- KCS responds to Joplin, Mo., tornado
- TriMet to open new MAX station
- ACT Coalition formed to address deterioration in US transportation system
- CN wins 2010 TRANSCAER® National Achievement Award for commitment to community safety
- INVISTA receives Grand Slam Award for commitment to safe rail transportation
- Amtrak bridge projects on schedule
- FEC joins AAR
- UP receives service honor from Toyota Logistics Services
- PUCO approves upgrade of rail crossing in Ohio
- Axion receives $250,000 order from Trinity Railway Express
- US DOT makes $7.6 billion available for transit improvements
- Illinois Commerce Commission approves work on 14 crossings, second track project
- Karen Rae awarded Transportation Woman of the Year
- L.B. Foster’s Hasselbusch to retire at end of the year
- UP opens western Wyoming rail yard
- Invensys Rail to expand Kentucky HQ
- Siemens awarded $17.2 million MARTA car contract
- NS wins 22nd consecutive Harriman award
- GWI wins third consecutive Harriman award
- Riddett named president and CEO of Invensys Rail
- BNSF awards 76 shippers for stewardship, wins logistics honor from Toyota
- UP employee wins Hammond award
- CSX commits additional $160 million to National Gateway
- FTA awards $6.7 million to Albuquerque, NM intermodal center
- PHL earns Harriman Safety Award
- Illinois HSR work affects Amtrak Lincoln Service, Texas Eagle
- MBTA to hold public meetings on single person train operation on the Red Line
- Wabtec signs contract to provide braking equipment for NJ Transit commuter rail cars
- CN increases Brampton Intermodal Terminal capacity
- Illinois General Assembly approves freight planning legislation
- Sound Transit’s University Link light rail tunneling set to begin
- Denver collaborative receives Ford Foundation Grant to ensure residents benefit from FasTracks syste
- GCRTA opens Puritas Rapid Transit Station
- Metrolink Board approves new ticketing options
- Watco names two to operations, accounting positions
- Kentucky grants $3.1 million in shortline grants
- Caltrain's weekend Baby Bullets give ridership a boost
- PB/STV joint venture wins LACMTA contract for Green Line extension
- Bombardier awarded contract to design, build, operate and maintain APM system in Saudi Arabia
- Quiet Cars will be on all Metra lines starting June 6
- NS' Moorman to stockholders: Economic recovery will continue
- CSXT awards Okefenokee Area Development Authority partnership honor
- ORDC approves grants for three rail projects
- Amsted Rail acquires Holland L.P.’s Hollube® wear eliminator product line
- GE to open new locomotive plant in Texas
- WMATA trip planner now available on Google Maps
- NJ Transit advances light rail extension project
- RailAmerica completes acquisition of Alabama railroads
- CTA Board appoints Claypool as president
- Amtrak ridership up nearly 10 percent in April
- Florida Tri-Rail members approve new contract
- NJ TRANSIT expands “quiet commute” to Hoboken
- TriMet names Rail Operator of the Year
- HDR providing construction services for Orange County grade-crossing projects
- Axion wins first tie order with Mexico
- Harsco secures $15 Million rail equipment order for Saudi Arabia
- Alstom Transport invests $3 million in Rochester facility expansion
- Amtrak's portion of federal funds will upgrade New York to Washington HSR Service
- CN to make C$37 million in capacity investments
- Congressional delegation urges funding for BART's Fleet of the Future train car replacement project
- Houston METRO seeks public input on station names for new light rail lines
- Watco adds personnel to Transload and Intermodal Services
- Feds award $2 billion to various HSR projects around country
- Metrolink launches 16 new trains including express and late night service
- LACMTA to simulate how quad gates will work along Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension
- CN secures new four-year C$800-million credit facility
- Chicago’s Metra dedicates new station
- FRA lifts EO 21, freight can return to Northwestern Pacific rail line
- UP Board approves $100 million in 2011 capex spending, dividend increase
- Ottawa puts light rail on the fast track
- California HSR planners opt for Grapevine route
- North Carolina Railroad Company rehabbing three bridges
- Siemens transports wind turbine nacelles by rail from new U.S. factory
- Chicago to St. Louis line receives $186M from Florida's rejected HSR Funds
- FTA sends RTD’s FFGA to Congress
- UTU will represent Georgia & Florida Railway MOW employees
- WMATA gets two new Board members, alternate director appointed
- CSXT's Spatafore named rail industry's top environmentalist
- UP wins Texas environmental award
- Hallcon Corporation acquired by Southfield Capital Advisors
- U.S. Mayors want a voice in transportation infrastructure investment
- MBTA goes to bid on Assembly Row Orange Line station
- Delaware seeks public comment on State Rail Plan
- LACMTA to hold public meeting on FY12 budget
- AAR lauds bill to limit truck size, weight
- Florida's SunRail receives final U.S. DOT approval
- T&E employment up 7.47 percent in March
- Begeman sworn in as STB vice chairman
- CN's Potash Service drives new supply chain efficiencies for key customers
- Sound Transit moves to secure key land for East Link light rail
- L.B. Foster Q1 earnings report: Net income down, sales up
- Chicago South Shore members ratify new pact
- UP earns Eastman Chemical Company's Supplier Excellence Award for second consecutive year
- UTU, Class 1s reach labor agreement
- CN, CPR mark Rail Safety Week
- NS begins construction on $105 million Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility
- SEPTA receives FTA grant for intermodal facility renovation
- Sacramento Railyards project breaks ground
- Second TRACS meeting focuses on safety
- LACMTA adopts Arbor Vitae/Bellanca location for maintenance facility, eases rules for peak-hour bike
- WMATA adjusts FY12 budget
- MARTA proposed FY12 budget includes fare increase
- NS supports Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee storm recovery
- UPDS achieves top score for EPA's SmartWay Transport Program
- Invensys recognized for PATH re-signaling project
- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited sign services agreement
- Study shows economic benefits of HSR in the Midwest
- FRA awards Caltrans $100 million
- UP to spend $33 million for track improvements in Missouri, Wyoming
- NCDOT awards $2 million to nine shortlines for maintenance
- NS receives its 11th TRANSCAER Award
- RSI suggests changes to "Buy America" program in white paper
- ARG Trans to bring rail service back to Coos Bay, Oregon
- HDR|iTRANS providing planning, design services for Bramalea Gateway Hub
- Axion secures $7.6 million financing for capacity growth
- Twin Cities’ Central Corridor LRT gets $474 million in federal funding
- CN issues Delivering Responsibly sustainability report
- UP to increase train speeds in Southern Oregon and Northern California
- UP wins fourth TRANSCAER award, Buccolo awarded TRANSCAER Chairman Award
- Chicago Mayor, CTA officials celebrate completion of CTA station renovations
- AECOM appoints chairman of the board, names top management
- NTSB’s Safety Recommendations Database back online
- CN signs agreements with two Illinois communities for safety enhancements
- Saskatchewan awards C$700,000 in shortline infrastructure grants
- MTA to sell Madison Avenue HQ, fund capital projects
- Watco names Becker SVP Transportation
- Mode Transportation names CSXT as Rail Carrier of the Year
- Amtrak installing new heavy steel fence along HSR tracks in Maryland
- UP promotes three in marketing and sales
- Honolulu submits $5.3 billion first financial draft for FTA review
- RailComm to provide remote control yard system for Jim Walters Resources
- Chicago's Mayor-elect Emanuel names city transportation team
- California elected officials call for "blended" HSR plan
- MTA revives "If you see something, say something" safety campaign
- Honolulu Mayor, City Council announce transit authority members
- Auto Truck to open production facility in Canada
- Virginia Gov. McDonnell signs $4B infrastructure bill, rail included
- St. Paul's Mayor says FTA to commit Central Corridor funds next week
- Granite awarded $41M rail relocation project in Northern California
- Caltrain study to focus on feasibility of initial HSR service
- Perella Weinberg Partners affiliate to acquire AIG Rail Services
- Pennsylvania receives $6.8M from feds for freight upgrades
- UP to put $17M into Illinois track improvements
- CTA, Parsons Brinkerhoff receive award for Dearborn Subway track renewal Project
- Koppers to market rail joints
- Progress Rail to acquire Balfour Beatty trackwork business
- Transport funding hit hard by congressional cuts
- LACMTA reaches agreement with BNSF for Foothill Extension project
- FRA extends TTCI’s Care, Custody and Control contract
- AECOM awarded $32.5M contract for downtown Edmonton LRT extension
- Rail Link wins Wyoming Governor’s safety award
- Sherwood Wakeman appointed BART interim GM
- Rep. McNerney introduces bill to create new rail project for Altamont Corridor
- CSXT’s new engineering department line up
- RSSI names new executive director
- Virginia DOT releases statewide multimodal freight study
- Axion to expand manufacturing facility
- Siemens receives $83 million light rail order from Houston METRO
- CN acquires 1,000-plus domestic containers
- Wabtec signs contract to build locomotives for CBH Group of Australia
- Two NRC members pass away
- CN, Earth Day Canada sign five-year partnership agreement
- Watco has successful start to Autauga Northern Railroad
- MBTA, MBCR to place quiet cars on all lines
- Wyoming DOT to review quiet zones
- NCDOT performs work on five crossings
- UP names 79 Pinnacle Award winners for chemical transportation safety
- McHugh defines five priorities of Amtrak for surface transportation bill
- RailAmerica to acquire three Alabama railroads
- Chadron railroad can begin rebuild with $4.9M DOT grant agreement
- DOT moves $300M in grants from "award to obligation"
- Banyan Rail Services subsidiary enters tie service agreement with KCS
- KCS, RPC open transload facility in Mexico
- New York awarded $3.3M from feds
- Caltrain Board postpones adopting reduced train schedule
- House T&I Committee: Federal government must not get in the way of safe, effective transportation
- FRA issues safety advisory for switch operations
- Amtrak on its way to setting annual ridership record
- FRA issues final rule on concrete ties
- AAR calls on Congress to continue safety programs, short line tax credit
- Sec. LaHood issues statement concerning $2.4B in HSR funds
- Caltrain tentative financial agreement could minimize service reductions
- Vermont rail system using RailComm's Track Warrant Control System
- Sound Transit launches new website featuring improved trip planner, rider-focused design
- New Mexico Governor approves tax break, UP to invest $400M in New Mexico rail facility
- Massachusetts applies for federal funds for Merrimack River rail bridge replacement
- House proposes short-term continuing resolution that would cut transit and high-speed rail
- HRT halts study on light rail in Va. Beach indefinitely
- Washington state applies for $120M of Florida's rejected funds
- Connecticut DOT applies for $227M in federal funds
- Amtrak seeks $1.3B in funding for Gateway project on NEC
- LACMTA to begin train testing on new Expo Light Rail Line
- IDOT to pay for Metra Heritage Corridor study
- UP appoints three within financial department
- CSXT launches The Tomorrow Moves contest
- Ontario and Toronto moving forward on public transit
- Savage, KCS enter agreement for Texas unit train crude oil destination terminal
- AAR presents DOT with list of ‘obsolete’ rules under Federal Review Process
- Skanksa wins $383M LACMTA contract
- Axion names Solda EVP
- FRA awards West Virginia $1 million
- Illinois HrSR corridor work resumes
- California to apply for Florida’s $2.4B in funds
- Metrolinx acquires key commuter-rail segment of CN's Kingston Subdivision
- TDOT introduces new safety campaign
- WMATA April work to improve safety and reliability
- FTA gives green light for Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project to enter into Final Design
- Gov. Walker wants $150M for Amtrak Hiawatha upgrades
- Amtrak to tweet Northeast Corridor service disruptions
- BNSF launches mobile app for customer shipment management
- STB issues final EIS for Alaska’s Port MacKenzie Rail Extension project
- Vermont pushes for federal money to fund Western Corridor high-speed rail project
- Missouri wants $1 billion for HSR between Kansas City and St. Louis
- New England Railroad Club awards Vincent Terrill Lifetime Achievement Award
- WATCO names assistant GM to shortline
- NJ TRANSIT to host open house on study to improve transit in Gloucester and Camden Counties
- LACMTA to hold public hearing to evaluate maintenance facility sites for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Co
- Gov. Christie's proposed FY 12 budget includes $3.5 billion in NJDOT and NJ TRANSIT
- CPR to invest $100M in North Dakota capacity, service
- UP launches new transloading service for agricultural products customers
- LACMTA yard recognized for its EMS
- DART ups Red, Orange line trains in response to increased ridership
- REMSA scholarships totaling 20,000
- KCS names Songer new AVP planning and administration in engineering department
- Maryland DOT and CSXT to conduct public workshops on proposed intermodal facility
- WMATA Board approves development team for New Carrollton transit oriented Development
- FRA's rail cellphone ban kicks in March 28
- Canadian government unveils Atlantic Gateway and Trade Corridor Strategy
- CSXT highlights strong results in 2010 Annual Report
- UP wins GM Best Supplier award
- Cole appointed to RRF Board
- Illinois’ $685M plan for next phase of Chicago-St. Louis HSR line
- NCDOT, NS, Amtrak and NCRR sign agreement to begin modernization project
- Optimistic outlook follows 'Strong' 2010, Norfolk Southern CEO says in annual report
- WATCO promotes three
- MassDOT names Stoughton alternative best South Coast Rail route in DEIS
- Honolulu rail transit awards two contracts
- Fort Worth Transportation Authority dubs new project Tarrant Express (TEX)
- Jacobs receives contract extension for RTD FasTracks Program
- UP invests $19M in Kansas track improvements
- Wabtec signs $27M contract to provide train control equipment, services for Metrolink
- NS issues statement on Graniteville ruling
- Axion awarded patent for flame-retardant coating
- Canadian government releases Rail Freight Service Review, lays out plan for freight supply chain
- CN critical of Rail Freight Service Review final report
- CPR agrees with government focus on supply chain, but increased regulation unwarranted
- Indiana Rail Road celebrates 25th anniversary with record infrastructure spending, improvements
- MTA East Side Access Project to begin Queens tunneling phase
- Metro-North to install ties, perform catenary work
- Amtrak completes modernization of Wilmington station
- DART brings new life to maintenance building
- Regulatory overreach subject of House hearing
- Kerchof to head NS Research and Tests Department
- UTU, BLET ratify pacts on MBCR
- Axion signs tie order with Alcoa
- Bi-Cameral delegation forms High-Speed and Intercity Rail Caucus
- UP invests $18M in Texas track improvements
- AAR to Congress: Freight rail investments propel safety achievements
- WMATA to hold public hearing on capital improvement program of projects
- AAR: 2010 is safest year in freight railroad history
- Senators unveil plan for $10B infrastructure bank
- UP invests $11.2M in Colorado track improvements
- Orbitz for Business partners with SilverRail to add online rail search
- MBTA teams with feds on security campaign
- Metra UP North project set to begin, no schedule change
- Wisconsin awards more then $25M in freight grants
- DOT opens up $2.4B in HSR funds
- Metrolink partners with USC on safety program
- APTA: $5 per gallon could spur boom in public transit trips
- Berkshire Hathaway to acquire Lubrizol
- New Metra station just in time for White Sox opener
- Roberts joins BGR Government Affairs
- Harsco Secures $11 Million in additional orders From China
- CSXT tops U.S. transportation industry in annual diversity and inclusion ranking
- WMATA details plans to realign Blue, Yellow Line Metrorail service
- Lewis Evergrip spike now in use on UP, WMATA
- LACMTA, LANI receive planning grant for transit corridor, station development plan
- Bridge toll funds move BART project forward
- 2010 saw increase in crossing collisions, pedestrian vs. train incidents
- CTA names new capital improvements manager
- Washington state approves funds for crossing safety improvements
- Freight railroads to spend $12B on capital spending
- UP to invest $12.9M in California track improvements
- DART adding more rush hour trains
- BNSF helps customers go green
- Amtrak: 16 months of passenger growth
- Gov. Quinn signs bill to create new transit district
- UP invests $33.5M for Oregon track, rail facility improvements
- NS receives approval for Ohio crossing work
- Gates now owns 10% of CN
- Congress clears surface transportation extension
- PTC miles to be scaled back
- NS, UP among 100 best corporate citizens
- STB issues decision on coal dust; BNSF releases statement
- FRA proposes grade crossing hotline
- Fortune names UP most admired
- KCS hires one, promotes another
- AECOM joint venture wins contract to design LA "Regional Connector" Transit Corridor
- UP Foundation grants $7.4M to The Principals’ Partnership
- L.B. Foster supplies 1,553 tons of rail for Iowa Interstate RR
- MassDOT land exchange clears way for MBTA station
- CPR – TSI Service Level Agreement adds supply chain momentum
- ICC to award grants for improvements near CN/EJ&E crossings
- CPR’s Ed Harris to retire
- WMATA plans improvements March 4-6
- Metra emissions update
- Watco, Kinder Morgan partner on transload facilities
- Bombardier Transportation acquires stake in Russian Railways subsidiary
- Canada partners with AMT on train maintenance center
- Xorail signs $165M contract
- Nottingham to resign March 18
- $590M secured for Washington state passenger rail
- UP launches safety campaign aimed at truckers
- UP, Metra activate new pedestrian safety system
- Harold Tynes appointed president of Atlas Railroad Construction Co.
- KCS promotes three operating officers
- Bowles elected to NS Board
- New Metra CEO hits the ground running
- PANYNJ awards last WTC hub contract
- LaHood statement on HSR
- CPR, Port of Montreal partner on performance, productivity
- SEPTA to begin Sunday Delaware service
- Illinois Democrats vow to fight for CREATE funding
- L.A. Metro to purchase Los Angeles Union Station
- CPR and CAW union reach agreement
- Chicago-area Metra activates new pedestrian crossing system
- IMT introduces new product manager of material handling
- WMATA trackwork on Red, Orange, Blue, Yellow and Green lines
- AAR to STB: Our system works
- BNSF’s Rose named to Council on Jobs and Competitiveness
- Ohio crossing improvements approved
- NJ Transit’s “Scorecard” initiative to promote accountability and transparency
- VIA Rail: Transforming Canadian intercity transportation
- Axion to provide ties for Denver transit
- CSXT opens Northwest Ohio terminal, part of the National Gateway
- South Florida RTA begins new Tri-Rail shuttle service
- Indra's DaVinci System receives IBM Beacon Award
- KCS, authorities in East Baton Rouge Parish partner for Operation Lifesaver event
- BLET, MBCR reach tentative agreement
- NYC Amtrak passengers get better Wi-Fi service
- U.S. transportation system plans $7B in second-quarter construction starts
- P&L to spend $9M replacing 130-year old bridge
- Hawaii holds ceremonial groundbreaking for transit project
- CPR reaches agreement with Vancouver port
- KCS selects RMI’s OASIS Terminal Operating System
- Florida HSR: Mica to the rescue
- BART to open $106M West Dublin/Pleasanton station
- MTA NYCT’s Pelham 6 station reno project enters final phase
- WMATA successfully completes holiday weekend trackwork
- Possible Amtrak service to O’Hare
- Viterra signs MOU with CN and CPR
- Washington state to feds: We're ready to put Florida rail money to work
- MTA promised $3M for 4th Ave station improvements
- CN's Mongeau calls for new paradigm anchored on innovation, productivity and greater collaboration
- FTA committed to "Buy America" regulation; launches new website
- DOT statement on Florida governor's decision to decline high-speed rail dollars
- BNSF launches collaborative online Supply Chain Forum
- AECOM joint venture awarded $60M program-management contract, $22M contract in Singapore
- GTRI awarded TriMet LAN/WAN maintenance contract
- Alaska Railroad Board elects Leary as new Chair
- LaHood announces details of President’s plan to invest $3.2B in transit infrastructure
- ARINC to deliver three major subsystems for nation’s first PTC on commuter railroad
- Fla. Governor rejects $2.4 billion in federal stimulus dollars
- Amtrak launches official YouTube channel
- Amtrak California offers San Diego to Los Angeles express train service
- WMATA improvements planned for Presidents Day weekend
- APTA applauds President Obama’s proposed budget
- Obama’s FY2012 budget winner: Central Corridor
- CAW members at CN ratify new collective agreements
- UTU members ratify two FEC agreements
- Pourney named president, CEO of Gross & Janes
- UP invests $6.9 million for track improvements
- CXT to close Grand Island plant, nearly 70 jobs in jeapardy
- RJ Corman to rehabilitate railroad infrastructure in Ky, Tenn. and W.Va.
- Dennis Bryant retires from Harsco
- WMATA to study LRT, street car interoperability
- TCRY to provide Mare Island rail service
- CTA’s prototype rail cars heading to Red Line
- JL Patterson acquires Intermountain Resources
- Proposed House bill would cut HSR, Amtrak funds
- Rogoff tours Cleveland transit station as part of “Build Week”
- Canadian transport minister recognizes importance of rail in country’s future
- TTC issues statement regarding safety concerns
- Amtrak ridership up
- New MapQuest routing includes transit option
- CN targets C$1.7 billion capex 2011
- Senate bill introduced to reduce miles covered by PTC
- $53B HSR reaction: California High-Speed Rail Authority
- $53B HSR reaction: Rep. Mica and Rep. Shuster
- $53B HSR reaction: HNTB and Bombardier
- New hire at Axion, promotion at NJ Transit
- Obama urges $53 billion for U.S. HSR
- BNSF plans $3.5B capital commitment
- KCS partners with law enforcement for Operation Lifesaver
- CSXT spends record levels with minority suppliers
- MTA awards contract to become more energy efficient
- ARINC wins contract to provide central control system for Newark Light Rail
- TUV wins subcontracting position with NYC Transit
- New $13.5B Trans-Hudson tunnel project unveiled
- Two Nordco units become Nordco Rail Services and Inspection Technologies
- NS to provide switching services for Port of Indiana
- FRA gives $50,000 grant to address PTSD in train crews
- CAW and CPR reach tentative contract settlement
- Caltrain board elects officers, welcomes new board member
- Senate Commerce and Banking (Transit) Committee members named
- MTA New Haven Line goes to reduced schedule
- CCLRT funding agreement sent to Congress
- Caltrain sets public hearings
- NS facilitated $2.5 billion in industrial investment along rail lines in 2010
- CN, MPA and others reach agreements to improve supply chain efficiencies for container traffic
- Mica announces major field hearings and public forums
- APTA: House and Senate release plans for Surface Transportation legislation
- UP promotes two in operations
- Nordco shuffles senior management
- U.S. Steel names Sommers president of Transtar
- UP increases speed on Wisconsin line
- Delcan introduces Rail and Transit Group
- Cubic to test open payment technology on PATCO
- Timken to invest $35 million at Ohio steel plant
- UP employees achieve record safety performance
- Clifford named CEO of Chicago's Metra
- Grand opening of Recovery Act-funded TECO Streetcar Extension
- NJ TRANSIT opens Bayonne station
- OCTA awarded nearly $140 Million to deliver projects
- Axion International secures $15 Million contract with Class 1
- SEPTA Board approves funding for major initiatives
- Caltrain to discontinue paper monthly passes
- MTA to make every dollar count in 2011
- IAIS increases 2011 capital expenditures to highest ever
- WMATA completes first phase of Shady Grove platform rehabilitation repairs ahead of schedule
- Pennsylvania receives $750,000 grant to study Keystone Corridor expansion
- WMATA Board names new CEO and chair; four new members join
- CSXT starts its second year with EDF Climate Corps
- Caltrain construction and maintenance
- Amtrak president speaks on high-speed rail
- Iowa City-Chicago railway plans are a no-go for now
- Rail spur projects approved by Ohio Rail Commissioners
- WMATA weekend trackwork on Red, Orange and Blue Lines
- Agreement made for new intermodal transit terminal in Guelph, Ontario
- CTA 2010 ridership: overall decrease but rail up
- Amtrak to temporarily relocate from Denver Union Station
- L.B. Foster awarded rail contract for CRANDIC track upgrade
- Obama’s on-board for high-speed rail
- CSXT to invest $2 billion
- Viterra confirms interest in MPA Grain Terminal
- TTC to close portion of Yonge subway for trackwork
- New special interest group for rail transport
- Savage to construct, own and operate a multi-user railport at Trenton, N.D.
- Laramie, Wyo. to begin trans-modal rail project this spring
- Alaska Railroad permit for construction in danger
- Calif. looks at high-speed rail possibility
- South Florida Tri-Rail, Conecuh Valley RR workers join UTU
- Axion contracted to supply materials for third “Tank Bridge”
- Republican Study Committee proposes $2.5 trillion in cuts, including transit, Amtrak, HSR
- WMATA names Sarles as CEO and GM
- CN reaches tentative contract settlements with CAW union
- MARTA signs contract with Alstom Signaling, Inc. to overhaul its aging train control and rail safety
- FTA gives $179.2 million in TIGER grant agreements
- Shuster to head Railroad subcommittee; additional members named
- CTC approves Santa Cruz line acquisition
- Caltrain budget woes
- New Hougen Trak-Star hydraulic rail saw
- Evraz relocates to Chicago
- Axion appoints Steve Silverman as new CEO
- Second project approved for Fairfield County, Ohio rail upgrades
- Railroad improvement project escalated by five plus years in Medina, Ohio.
- San Francisco subway funding approved
- Public transportation relieves traffic congestion
- WMATA weekend renovations
- Northline Sounder service cancelled due to mudslides
- OSI Systems acquires multimillion dollar contract
- UTA launches new online customer tools(
- Breaking ground on the $243 million Union Depot in St. Paul, Minn.
- Honolulu gets Federal green light to build its first rail system
- Twin Cities Metro ridership up 2.3 percent
- GE Transportation and TESSCO form partnership
- Amtrak’s Keystone to add Quiet Car® service
- Ohio rail developments to be considered Jan. 20
- NCDOT improves rail crossings in three counties
- WMATA completes weekend trackwork
- GE to assist with DART Green Line expansion
- RMI announces Sixth Annual FastTrack Award winners
- Auto Truck Group merges Fleet Body Equipment into existing operations
- FRA clears the way for Maine to purchase Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway
- CPR prepares to operate regardless of possible strike
- WMATA launches aggressive safety plan
- GOP Senator Hutchison to retire
- Operation Lifesaver launches safety campaign
- Harris joins BR&L
- Pittsburgh Port Authority approves 15% service cut
- Sound Transit releases UW light-rail station design
- CSXT members ratify pair of agreements
- CTA launches Train Tracker tool developed with Americaneagle.com
- WMATA proposes $1.4 billion FY2012 budget
- Canadian Pacific releases 2011 capital plan
- STB to hold hearing on rail competition
- PUCO approves upgrade of two rail crossings
- Gary McVoy joins PB
- BL certifies Lat-Lon monitoring devices
- Arch Coal acquires equity interest in west coast terminal
- N.J. Governor’s plan ends overuse of borrowing
- CSXT to grow, create jobs
- Alderon Confirms Rail and Port Capacity
- Alaska Railroad schedules four open houses
- Capital Metro hires Melvin Clark
- William Schafer Joins TranSystems
- Axion to install recycled plastic railroad ties
- 2010 was a good year for the railroads
- FRA develops model state legislation to improve safety at crossings
- Metra will begin testing “Quiet Cars” on its Rock Island Line starting Monday, Jan. 10.
- Quiet zone takes effect on TriMet
- UP ShipCarsNow to relocate to Omaha
- Robert G. Lewis, 1916-2011
- Brooklyn’s Culver Line rehab to continue through 2012
- Patriot Corp. completes acquisition of Weyerhaeuser Company’s railroads
- Track work to affect Amtrak Crescent service
- CTA Train Tracker to arrive in January
- Surface Transportation Board announces new vice chairman
- Whitmore Group hires Bruce Wise
- METRORail North and Southeast Corridor Light Rail Project receives $50 million
- Jalene Forbis joins Balfour Beatty
- Tom Kotnour dies at 85
- UTU-represented shortline has new owner
- Metro seeks new fare system
- WMATA receives $150 million
- Infrastructure improvements accomplished by CTA in 2010
- L.B. Foster completes merger of Foster Thomas Company into Portec Rail
- $105 million for the Crescent Corridor intermodal freight facilities
- Rail gates fail in Plainfield, Ill. on Christmas Day
- Washington State buys polluted parcel
- FTA announces $182.4 million in funds for seven major transit projects
- Parking garage construction at Glenmont Metrorail station to begin
- Fox Valley repairs delayed until next year
- STB completes efforts involving MMA abandonment
- Work to begin on Colton grade separation project near San Bernardino
- UTA receives $37 million in early payments for TRAX, commuter rail
- Railroad Day on Capitol Hill date changed
- Comprehensive approach improves safety on Caltrain right-of-way
- Fort Worth & Western names Schlosser to succeed George as president and CEO
- Bad railroad crossing not our fault, Fairfield, Maine, says
- Koppers completes acquisition of Portec Rail joint business
- Illinois agreement advances work on Chicago-to-St. Louis Corridor
- L. B. Foster completes tender offer for shares of Portec Rail Products
- Beach 105th Street, Beach 90th Street Stations back in service
- LA Metrolink experiencing mud slides on its Orange County Line/IEOC Line
- AASHTO lists Top 10 Transportation Issues for 2011
- L.B. Foster supplying 28,500 tons of cwr for NECR Vermont upgrade
- AAR issues 2010 edition of Railroad Facts
- BNSF Burlington, Iowa, bridge reconstruction moving ahead
- NYC Transit installs 100 countdown clocks in subway
- L.B. Foster extends subsequent offering period for shares of Portec Rail
- Railway company threatens council with lawsuit
- FTA: $25.7 million to help evaluate, select local transit options
- Siemens to equip new metro line in Santo Domingo
- CN completes construction of Griffith, Ind., rail connection
- HRT skirted contracting and bidding laws, audit finds
- Virginia, NS sign landmark agreement for passenger rail service
- STB fines CN for bad reporting on EJ&E crossing blockages
- $1.2 Million approved by NOACA for Cleveland RTA
- Izbicki joins Louis Berger Group as director of rail systems
- Progress Rail acquires Coast to Coast Signal Engineering
- West Rail Relocation Project begins in Brownsville, Texas
- Chicago-area Metra gives update on Emissions Task Force
- Highway ramp closing to make way for MARC parking lot
- Gannett Fleming celebrates 95th anniversary
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update, Dec. 18 - 24
- Watco Companies acquires Greens Port Industrial Park in Houston
- Federal Signal names Midwest regional sales manager
- Winners of the Safe Railroad Contractor of the Year announced
- $98-million grant signing on National Gateway Freight Rail Project

- Sound Transit Board adopts 2011 budget, sets path for major expansion
- Work begins on MBTA Wonderland Station with $20-million grant
- Speaker Pelosi applauds $6 million for Central Subway in San Francisco
- L.B. Foster completes tender offer for Portec Rail Products
- Houston METRO rail expansion receives $50 million
- Denver RTD withdraws consideration for Gold Line Federal Station relocation
- Rehab work to affect service on three D.C. Metro lines this weekend
- State of tracks makes Kettle Falls Railway inefficient
- North River-Newcomb railroad returning
- Kinder Morgan to invest up to $150 million in Watco Companies
- DOJ gives approval for L.B Foster acquisition
- Fulmer appointed as Director of Transit and Passenger Rail
- Dulles Metrorail advancing in northern Virginia
- LaHood unveils New DOT Webpage on ‘Buy America’
- Locals want Canadian Pacific to pay for crossing improvements
- Overhaul of Jay Street Complex re-connects downtown Brooklyn
- Metro Transit projects bring millions
- Geotechnical testing begins in LA
- METRO Subway begins repairs in Md.
- D.C. Metro readies for platform rehabilitation
- Ontario-Quebec Corridor Trains to get Wi-Fi service
- Amtrak Cascades services north of Seattle affected by area mudslide
- Union Pacific joins GEMI
- RTD offers Army veterans guaranteed opportunities
- IDOT Selects path for Amtrak service to Rockford
- U.S. Department of Transportation redirects $1.195 billion
- Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman named Railway Age Railroader of the Year
- NCRR trains to increase speed
- KCSR/KCSM establish international rail operations support team
- Five-mile rail line changes ownership
- Koppers signs asset purchase agreement
- Florida Northern Railroad Company to file for discontinuance
- Oklahoma shortline eyes more repair work
- R.J. Corman prepares for Appalachian project
- Former factory to serve as Central Corridor LRT facility
- Arup North America to present design work for rail through South Bellevue
- FEC names new V.P., chief engineering officer
- Port Authority of NY and NJ approves budget, reduces headcount by 200
- High-speed rail project to continue through December 23
- After decade passes contractor is hired for West Rail Relocation project
- MTA awards two contracts under new small business program
- Owner of Fulton railroad spur seeks to reinstate freight service
- Amsted Rail considers reopening of its Bessemer, Ala. wheel facility
- Union Pacific increases train speed on rail line in east central Wisconsin
- GE and CSR embark on joint venture for rail technology in the U.S.
- ICC approves bridge replacement, grade-crossing and safety improvements in Illinois
- OSPT Alliance releases open security standard for transit fare collections
- Historic Wilmington Amtrak station re-opens
- Green Line opens ahead of schedule in Dallas
- Boston to T.F Green commuter line service begins
- SFMTA and MSR unveil canopy for Geneva streetcar yard
- Railroad firm seeks to buy line out of North Creek
- BNSF objects to story published by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
- Governor Rendell proposes temporary funding for Port Authority
- California's high-speed rail begins in Fresno
- TAMC to buy land for rail line
- APTA commends National Deficit Commission gas tax recommendation
- Work to begin on Appalachian Regional Short-Line Rail Project
- NRC schedules risk seminar prior to annual conference
- KCS launches new branding
- Patriot Rail executes agreement to operate railroad in North Carolina
- Weekend renovation on D.C. Metro's Red and Orange Lines
- Progress Rail acquires C&S Signaling
- URS team wins U.K. high-speed rail contract
- Montreal's STM presents 2011-2013 Triennial Capital Expenditures Plan
- Canada rail line can start upgrading
- D.C. Metro sets December weekend track maintenance schedule
- Twin Cities Central Corridor Light Rail Project update
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update Nov. 28-Dec. 3
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit deploys SightLogix Intelligent Video
- ODU survey says Hampton Roads, Va., residents favor light rail expansion
- BNSF, Illinois set terms for $45-million project
- Shipping oil by rail touted over pipeline
- Mississippi man fearful railroad bridge could collapse
- Middlebury orders study to pin down rail station location
- DART Green Line creates new wing of growing public art gallery
- LA Metro meeting on new facility for Crenshaw/LAX light rail project
- Viaduct sensors help CTA bridge budget gap
- Sioux Falls, S.D., switching yard plan recovers after falling off rails
- Traffic advisory for Miami-Dade Transit's AirportLink Metrorail Extension
- CTA. Metra 14th Annual Transportation Symposium helps suppliers
- BWI rail station platform renovation nears completion
- MTA LIRR partnering with NYC Community Cleanup to remove graffiti
- VIA Rail contracts with KMI for safety and risk management software
- Feds can inspect repairs to NWP rail lines without SMART's okay
- Demolition reveals 1870s elevated tracks
- Spectrum Infrared wins orders from CN, NS
- DART Green Line completes nation's longest light rail construction project
- New Bedford, MassDOT seek designs for Whale's Tooth Station
- NS issues 2010 sustainability report, outlines 2011 environmental goals
- Hampton Roads: A vision for regional transit
- Service changes due to Vancouver's Canada Line guideway maintenance
- Ballast car production begins at FreightCar America
- Twin Cities Central Corridor West Bank work set to begin
- D.C. Metro to temporarily close L'Enfant Plaza station entrance
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update, Nov. 19-26
- Historic Houma, La., train bridge is leaving town
- PB names Noonan assistant vice president
- U.S. Dot makes railroad safety technology grants
- European group gears up for Florida high-speed rail
- BNSF issues notice to proceed on Kansas intermodal facility
- MetroLink maintenance scheduled for November 20, December 4
- North County Transit schedules tie work
- BNSF to start work on Oklahoma rail reconstruction soon
- WSOR renovation is really on a roll
- Judge urges dueling railroads to compromise
- New signs at downtown SF stations part of BART wayfinding improvements
- Weekend closure of Cleveland Blue/Green Rail for upgrades
- San Bruno, Calif., Grade Separation Project kick-off celebration
- Chicago's Metra testing air quality in train cars, downtown terminals
- Murphy to lead Urban Engineers' Connecticut office
- $8.6-million Levelland industrial rail park gets engines on track
- 
$35-million Recovery Act grant to renovate St. Paul, Minn., Union Depot
- TriMet in Portland, Ore., begins testing at its 85th MAX station
- Rail duopoly needs watchdog: shippers
- Village of Mundelein, Ill., seeks to become train horn quiet zone
- Massachusetts's officials break ground on MBTA Yawkey Station
- Hampton Roads, Va., transit plan envisions a mix of ferries, rail, buses
- Bidding on MARC contract canceled
- L.B. Foster extends tender offer for Portec Rail Products, Inc.
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update Nov. 13-19
- Solar project gets green light despite BNSF safety objections
- SEPTA takes part In National Escalator And Elevator Safety Awareness Week
- Hulcher Services adds division in Montreal
- LIRR completes major clean-up of track area In Jamaica, N.Y.
- CN Aurora, Ill, overpass cost in the hands of the courts
- Cost of NSU's light-rail demands pegged at $10 million
- UP North ridership fell 10 percent, Chicago's Metra says
- LA Metrolink launches new mobile Website
- Axion International Celebrates "America Recycles Day"
- Companies compete to operate New York shortline
- GO Transit expanding service to Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and Acton
- Stella-Jones expects more demand for railway ties as economy picks up
- Experts say Columbus & Greenville rail line should reopen
- Government of Canada, and VIA Rail unveil new Cobourg Station design
- Amtrak says it has no plan to work on ARC project in New Jersey
- GO Transit wraps up Passenger Charter week
- Southbound CTA Red Line Trains to skip Jarvis, Morse and Loyola 11/13-14
- Changing of the guard at Railway Track & Structures
- Harsco secures China Metro orders for rail grinders totaling $11 million
- Chicago Transit Board approves 2011 budget
- Government of Canada, VIA Rail unveil new Brockville Station design
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, looks at relocating railroad lines
- Editorial urges Wisconsin governor-elect to back high-speed rail
- Razing Norfolk building for light rail to cost more than $1 million
- D.C. Metro plans weekend renovation work on all five Metrorail lines
- Sounder sets utility work on South Tacoma Way
- Governor Rendell announces $32.5-million rail freight investment
- Government of Canada, VIA Rail unveil new Belleville Station design
- Joliet, Ill., has high hopes for $42-million transit hub
- GOP leader: HSR funds won't go for roads
- SEPTA's 'slippery rail' season in full swing
- Port of Quincy, Wash., holds rural freight mobility summit
- Residents bemoan railroad tree cutting
- Chicago Metra convenes task force to improve air quality
- Government of Canada, VIA Rail to upgrade Vancouver, Windsor stations
- UP capital expenditures in 2011 to soar 25 percent
- Officials want development to be part of Hampton Roads light rail
- New York Grand Central's constellations now shine more brightly
- LA Metro implements new transit information number
- D.C. Metro successfully completes weekend track work
- LIRR completes switch and signal work
- Joliet ponders transportation center cost as deficit grows
- Dulles Corridor project update
- Rail connector to NYC holds promise for economy
- Full closure of LA Metro Blue Line service set for three weekends
- Parks Canada, Canadian Pacific celebrate the Last Spike
- Caltrain construction, maintenance, Nov. 6 to 12
- NCDA places second phase of Northstar commuter rail on hold
- High-speed rail project moving north of Springfield, Ill., Nov. 15
- D.C. Metro proposes preliminary Capital Improvement Program
- Fox named executive vice president operations, BNSF
- CTA reminds customers of reroutes of Loop L Trains this weekend
- Wisconsin temporarily halts work on train project
- NICTD offering $5,000 reward in South Shore copper thefts
- Railway maintenance continues this week in Alberta
- Bentley offering eSeminar on IST for infrastructure
- CN signs voluntary mitigation agreement with Village of Ford Heights, Ill.
- DART to open Green Line December 6
- 73 Percent of public transportation ballot measures pass
- St. Louis Metro's long-range plan honored
- Railway Interchange 2011 exhibit space filling up
- RailWorks makes three appointments
- Boaté joins Gannett Fleming
- Gary, Ind., airport and railroad ink deal
- DC Metro schedules weekend renovation to improve reliability, service
- Busing planned on Metro-North New Canaan Branch for brush clearing
- Nearly half-million dollar project to strengthen railroad bridge in Glendor, Calif.
- BART installs new bike racks inside 19th St./Oakland Station
- Happy 15th Anniversary West Coast Express
- BNSF suing Kootenai County over new regulations
- Acoustifence® reduces Seattle light rail noise
- Federal Signal appoints Dennis Martin president and CEO
- Ice named President, BNSF Railway Company
- MBTA Old Colony tie replacement project under way
- Wisconsin rail deal quietly locked in
- Rail company cooperates with Ontonagon County over abandonment
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update, Oct. 29-Nov. 4
- CN, North America Stevedoring to build Chicago steel transloading facility
- BART, project partners break ground on East Contra Costa County extension
- MBTA's Copley Station modernization complete
- Montgomery appointed to run Staten Island Railway
- ICF backing resurrection of B.C. rail line
- Paying for Portland-Milwaukie, Ore., light rail
- Michigan track deal helps commuter rail
- South Shore suspending weekend service for catenary work Nov. 6-8
- An eye on safety at Hauser, Idaho, refueling station
- Wisconsin & Southern installing cwr on Madison Sub
- Railroad deal paves way for Gary, Ind., runway extension
- LA advances Westside Subway Extension, Regional Connector projects
- Illinois providing $32 million for Joliet Multi-Modal Transportation Center
- New W. 39th Street Bridge helps advance rail projects
- CTA Loop signal project to reroute elevated trains Nov. 6-7
- Fort Worth has had a good month on rail projects
- Province of Nova Scotia extends subsidy to rail line
- Secretary LaHood announces $2.5-billion grants for high-speed rail
- Federal money for King Street, Tukwila stations in Washington State
- Massachusetts receives more than $160 Million In federal rail grants
- Parsons selected for LA Metrolink PTC contract
- Federal grant accelerates Nebraska Northwestern Railroad's plans
- RTD's complete new online System Map is available on RTD-Denver.com
- Weekend track work may cause delays on BART Pittsburg/Bay Point line
- Gov. Christie kills ARC tunnel, decision final
- CREATE grade separation receives funding to relieve vehicle and rail congestion
- KCS, CN follow CSX, UP with big earnings hike, NS and CP do well
- In San Francisco, garbage transport by rail would exceed proposed fuel efficiency rules
- California gets $902 million for high-speed rail
- Florida gets $800 million for high-speed rail
- Chicago-Quad Cities-Iowa City HSR receives $230 Million federal grant
- Jackson & Lansing Railroad Company to acquire 47 Miles of track from NS
- 2010 Professional Environmental Excellence Award to David C. Clark of BNSF Railway
- AAR and TTCI Announce Establishment of Research Advisory Board
- UP making major investments in track in Wisconsin, Nebraska
- Smoother trips on DART Rail start with new level boarding
- Cleveland RTA receives $10.5 million grant for University Circle station
- CSX named greenest railroad by Newsweek's 2010 Green Rankings
- Why Steel Dynamics is making extra-long, 240-foot railroad beams
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update, Oct. 22-29
- Burien, Wash., Transit Center parking expansion project to break ground
- WTC Transportation Hub making tangible progress
- Extremely limited LIRR train service Oct. 23-24, Nov. 6-7 for signal cutover
- Passenger rail rolls closer to reality in Norfolk, Va.
- DC Metro weekend renovation work set for Oct. 22-24
- Illinois Gov. Quinn announces funding for Moline Transportation Center
- BART breaks ground for Oakland Airport Connector
- LA Metro applauds U.S. DOT's $546-million loan
- Metra may start over with UP North bridge project
- San Bruno grade separation could be Caltain's last
- Plans for light rail in Virginia Beach, Va., are moving forward
- SMART, North Coast Railroad Authority can't agree on joint operating rules
- Houston METRO plans weekend bridge construction
- Gary, Ind., airport wins key agreement for rail deal
- Secretary LaHood announces more than 70 TIGER II 
grants
- New licensee for Low Vibration Track in North America
- NS breaks ground on $95-million intermodal terminal in Greencastle, Pa.
- SEPTA celebrates completion of North Wales Station renovations
- BART seeks public input on Hayward Maintenance Complex Project
- Wachusett, Mass., commuter rail extension project to break ground
- State of Ohio gives Cleveland RTA $16.2 million
- D.C. Metro to conduct rail repairs at Cheverly and replace track
- St. Louis Metro, SCCTD wrap up $2.7-million project St. Clair County
- FRA issuing Safety Advisory on staying alert and situational awareness
- Carmanah, Trojan Battery enter into strategic partnership
- V&T to get funding boost with Stimulus money
- Flip Screen USA appoints Peter Bigwood president
- Watchdog asks Conn. DOT to review bridge inspection costs
- Chicago Metra Board approves release of 2011 budget
- BNSF selects contractor to build new KC-area intermodal facility
- Fort Worth gets long-sought funds to unclog rail intersection
- Feds making $10.5 -million investment for northern Maine rail line
- $16.5 million coming for Niagara Falls, N.Y., station revitalization
- New Amtrak stations in Sanford, Fla., and Mattoon, Ill
- Work on NS rail yard to begin soon in Antrim Township, Pa.
- Manassas, Va., building overpass at Wellington Road and Route 28
- NYC Transit Dyckman Street northbound platform closes for 10 months
- VTA sets meeting on BART Silicon Valley Berryessa project
- UP donates $33,00 to Michigan Tech rail program
- Metro to hold workshops for Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Light Rail
- TransLink to proceed with public consultation on proposed supplement
- PB preparing EIS for Detroit light rail system
- TKDA selected for Amtrak Seattle project
- RailWorks deploys Amberg Technologies' GRP System in New York
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update, Oct. 17-20
- WMATA: Overhaul of the Blue and Orange lines moves forward
- BART Board approves contract on Eastern Contra Costa County extension
- Twin Cities gets $5 million HUD grant for transit corridor planning
- M&NJ to lease NS tracks in Orange County
- AAR reports rail traffic continues to post gains over 2009
- U.S. DOT grants $18.7 Million in Transportation Research Grants in 11 States
- Penn Station turns 100 years old
- CN signs voluntary mitigation agreement with Sauk Village, Ill.
- HNTB survey: Most Americans say transit often the better choice
- Construction underway at Brookhaven Rail Terminal
- RI’s Green Airport to get rail link
- GE declares Trip Optimizer a success for fuel savings
- People: MBCR, RJ Corman
- Stantec acquires Street Smarts
- AAR: September rail traffic continues measured recovery
- NCRR, NS repair track damaged by Tropical Storm Nicole
- Obama promotes $50 billion transport spending bill
- Gov. Chrisite agrees to rethink NJ rail tunnel
- New Jersey, CSXT celebrate opening of Liberty Corridor Freightway
- Christie Administration halts New Jersey participation in ARC tunnel
- Emergency vehicles can use CSXT bridge during project
- BNSF suggests Amtrak line run through Amarillo
- Rail crossing work scheduled this month in Gurnee, Grayslake, Ill.
- Cleveland Red Line Rapid Station at East 79th closed for weekend repairs
- Teck, CP reach 10-year agreement for westbound coal exports
- LA Metro sets meetings on Green Line Extension Project
- Harsco's Infrastructure Group unveils new super center business concept
- NY/NJ transit tunnel in play
- New Albany, CSXT reach agreement over major Grant Line project
- CTA goes ‘green' in cleaning buses and trains
- WMATA plans weekend renovation on Blue, Orange, Red and Yellow lines
- Sound Transit holding north corridor transit planning meetings
- UTA's FrontLines honored for Infrastructure Project of the Year
- Transportation fatalities declined in 2009
- UP to recommence double-track project on historic Sunset Route
- U.S. Sen. Harkin says more than $3 million to aid Iowa's small railroads
- New Jersey stops 100 road, rail projects
- Bridge or tunnel for commuter train in downtown Fort Lauderdale?
- Report says N.Y. MTA wasted $722,000 in safety program
- Failing transport system imperils prosperity
- HCR president's fall color is rosy; C$30 million will do the job
- Hampton Roads Transit receives $8.48-million grant for new headquarters
- MBTA redesigns Boston's Government Center Station
- Backers continue promoting rail line to Duluth
- Top U.S. official looks at BART's innovative ways of creating jobs
- Rail inspection will affect LIRR Ronkonkoma Branch Oct. 9
- Proposal underscores critical need for a national freight program
- Joint Rail Conference extends deadline for paper abstract to Oct. 17
- Amtrak starting $40-million upgrade for Chicago Union Station
- Steel Dynamics' Standard Rail now approved by major U.S. railroads
- New Jersey, CSXT to celebrate Liberty Corridor Freightway
- Mass. gives technical assistance grants for South Coast Rail planning
- Bill proposes Pennsylvania State funding for Marcellus infrastructure
- Positive Train Control moves ahead at Los Angeles Metrolink
- MBTA offering real-time subway train location information
- VTA Debuts Free WiFi on New Commuter Express
- Geocomp Corporation hires two senior executives
- Sound Transit U-Link making progress
- NYCTA No. 1 service changes for 5 weekends in October
- California gets $194-million high-speed grant
- VIA Rail president Marc Laliberté speaks about passenger train issues
- Editorial: Good to see some locomotion for local shippers
- CREATE to take part in Transportation Symposium & Business Exchange
- Deutsche Bahn adopts tamping surveying from Amberg Technologies
- L.B. Foster Company extends tender offer for Portec Rail Products, Inc.
- WMATA schedules weekend renovation on the Yellow, Green and Red lines
- Metra UP North bridge project postponed
- ICC approves bridge, crossing safety improvements
- Editorial: Gov. Christie's Tunnel Vision
- CSXT to pay millions for environmental cleanup
- South shore plans weekend outages between Gary and South Bend
- CTA 2011 budget proposes no fare increases, service reductions
- $50-million Recovery Act grant for Vermont high-speed rail
- Sound Transit opens expanded lot for Puyallup Sounder riders
- CREATE signalization project begins construction
- $184-million rail, bus hub for Anaheim Calif., approved
- DART approves budget, financial plan to fund operations, expansion
- CTA moves open fare collection project forward
- Secretary LaHood sets 
next step in development of National Rail Plan
- Railroad realignment might go through North Pole, Alaska
- LIRR limits service for signal modernization project at Jamaica
- VTA set BART Silicon Valley forum for design-build contractor community
- D.C Metro schedules Columbus Day weekend work
- Kicking the tires on the Huron Central deal
- Governor plans $42 million for New York rail, port improvements
- Amtrak envisions 220 mph service in Northeast Corridor
- Politicians argue over NJ/NY rail tunnel
- Long, steep hill for Norfolk, Va., light rail
- Michigan Tech seeks railroader input for survey
- Suffolk, Va., officials examine possibility of a passenger rail stop
- Montreal's STM becomes a Full Signatory of UITP'S Sustainable Development Charter
- West Lake Street in Ft. Collins, Colo., closed for repairs
- CTA Red Line sets sights on South Side extension
- Illinois DOT commissions environmental study of high-speed rail line
- Sound Transit plans hearing on North Corridor High Capacity Transit Project
- New Kansas rail plan moves down track
- Burlington, N.C., Amtrak station gets money for improvements
- DM&E sees little damage from flood
- LA Metro Blue Line to close for two weekends due to construction work
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update Sept. 24 -30
- BART sets grand opening on Contra Costa Transit Village
- Demand for TIGER II funding overwhelms supply
- Sound Transit kicks off project, service realignment
- Toronto releases proposals for Sheppard East Maintenance, Storage Facility
- Houston's NEW Metro to hold budget hearings Sept. 27
- Gary, Ind., airport hopes for rail deal by end of October
- Hampton Roads new contract aims to set light-rail deadline, save millions
- Fort Worth looks to developers to pay streetcar costs
- Support for rail line is on track; two million could ride Conn.-N.Y. route
- WMATA schedule weekend renovation Sept. 24-26
- LIRR sets overnight track inspection early Sept. 25
- New Mexico Rail Runner Express sets weekend work
- NTSB Chairman briefs Congress on June 2009 WMATA collision
- Aldridge/Collisys wins Twin Cities Central Corridor systems contract
- Public invited to San Bruno Grade Separation community meeting
- 'Keep Hudson rail tunnel project on track'
- D.C. Metro Committee recommends creation of a new safety committee
- CSXT Worcester, Mass., intermodal site on track
- Project will speed up trains through San Angelo, Texas
- Signal upgrades will impact weekend New Jersey train service
- HNTB welcomes two high-speed rail experts to its Florida practice
- St. Paul Union Depot to get major face-lift
- Harsco Rail receives follow-on orders totaling more than $15 million
- Drivers cross about railroad work
- CN vice-president discusses a bright future for Prince Rupert
- Cohoes, N.Y., wants to re-establish Quiet Zone
- Officials slam halt of New Jersey rail tunnel work
- Union Pacific increasing train speed in eastern Nebraska communities
- Repairs begin on Virginia station, bridge
- CSX warned: Fix bridges
- State official to continue work to promote IM facility
- Amberg supplying track surveying system for China's high-speed rail
- Metra revising UP North construction schedule beginning Sept. 26
- $1 Million in high-speed rail grants for Georgia, Kansas.
- Illinois celebrates start of high-speed rail work
- Boston's Copley Square subway portal gets a return to glory
- Depot work under way in Cleveland, Tenn.
- BNSF to add 49 jobs in Galesburg, Ill., by year's end
- New CSXT terminal in Ohio to bypass Chicago
- Editorial: High-speed rail bill due
- Station improvement work on New York City's Northern 1 Line begins
- George Greanias named Houston METRO president and CEO
- BART Board reaffirms contract for Oakland Airport Connector
- Amtrak replacing faulty ties
- Colo wins South Dakota Wheat Growers contract
- ENSCO, Inc., awarded patent for rail components video inspection system
- Sounder commuter rail celebrates ten-year anniversary
- Tollway lanes shifting for EJ&E bridge
- Local agencies can't limit train emissions, court rules
- Editorial: Build the NY/NJ rail tunnel
- Chicago-area RTA: Expect fare hikes but no new services
- ICC to award grant for rail safety education
- Sound Transit sets light rail morning service delays Sept. 18-19
- Officials seek public input on new transit option along FEC tracks
- D.C. Metro sets weekend renovation Sept. 17-19
- Rockefeller releases report on the rail industry
- Tri-Rail Ft. Lauderdale Airport Station parking garage to open Sept. 21
- Axion receives Class 1 railroad order for composite crossties
- Caltrain calls on CHSRA to refocus environmental review
- Jacobs receives contract to support Hong Kong Project
- Canadian Pacific signals employees ratify a three-year agreement
- Virginia Beach council OKs purchase of potential light-rail property
- Amtrak issues statement on suspension of tunnel project in New Jersey
- CSXT, Environmental Defense Fund collaborate to reduce emissions, save energy
- Cleveland RTA schedules five weekends of rail upgrades
- Call for submissions for Bentley's 2011 student design competition
- URS completes acquisition of Scott Wilson Group
- Officials break ground on $53.5-million MBTA Wonderland parking facility

- Bids solicited for Blossom Hill Pedestrian Safety Project in San Jose, Calif.
- Virginia Beach is ready to buy NS line
- Suspension of NY/NJ tunnel puts funds at risk
- Republicans fight Wisconsin high-speed rail
- Railroad asked to repair bridge in Martinsburg, W.Va.
- Residents raise stink over railroad ties
- N.J. halts new work on $8.7-billion N.Y.-N.J. tunnel due to budget issues
- Japan offers California loan to help pay for $40-billion high-speed train
- NS plans hub at former Bethlehem Steel site
- New LIRR timetables include service reductions, trackwork delays
- Portland, Ore., Green Line marks first anniversary
- Illinois' woes put Metra's plans at risk
- 'Not in my rail yard,' carrier says
- Amtrak joins FRA "Close Call" pilot program

- Vancouver, Wash., reconnects with the water
- NJ TRANSIT approves retail leases at Hoboken, Princeton Junction
- Alaska Railroad Board selects Christopher Aadnesen as president & CEO
- Secretary LaHood opens historic first meeting of transit oversight group
- BNSF to close 5,000th crossing closure across network
- Houston METRO comments on FTA "buy America" findings
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update, Sept. 11-17
- Forecast puts global rail investment at $205 billion in 2015
- Norfolk Southern's Heartland Corridor officially opens
- Pullman, Wash., railroad bridges require work before use
- Ohio's Rickenbacker terminal part of NS's improved rail route
- MTA LIRR marks centennial of East River Tunnels, Penn Station
- Metra sets meetings for SouthEast Service, starts Winnetka work
- D.C. Metro to replace track switch to comply with NTSB recommendation
- North Charleston, S.C., rail plan worth $73.4 million annually
- MTC approves funding for Oakland Airport Connector project
- Virginia Beach nears a deal for old Norfolk Southern rail line
- Study favors downtown Des Moines train depot
- Sacramento RT re-opens 12th and I light rail station on schedule
- Colmar USA introducing Hi-Rail loaders and m/w. equipment to North America
- Norfolk Southern to open Heartland Corridor Sept. 9
- BART rail grinding puts it among quietest rail systems in nation
- D.C. Metro successfully completes Labor Day weekend track work
- Poll: Most want trains silenced
- Nordco expands online parts resources
- Agreement expected to lead to improved Amtrak Cascades service
- NJ Transit seeks federal funds for bridge
- Norfolk, Va., envisions one hub to link seven modes of transportation
- Various groups applaud President's transportation investment plan
- California HSR project has new director
- Rebuilding Chester Branch a boon to Morris County, N.J., businesses
- BART West Oakland elevators to close temporarily for earthquake safety work
- Real-time next WMATA train arrival information now available by phone
- Tom Westerman joins TranSystems
- Construction Authority issues RFP for $450 million fro Metro Gold Line
- Metro to replace track switch to comply with NTSB recommendation
- DOT supplying $3.6 million for Michigan high-speed rail
- UP investing more than $11.5 million in Kansas line
- Consultant: Tulare County rail line could earn 39-percent profit
- Kansas Amtrak expansion narrowed to two routes
- Kansas Amtrak expansion narrowed to two routes
- RailWorks names Rolf to lead track division
- Smiths Detection wins WMATA contract
- Caltrain construction, maintenance update, Sept. 4-10
- Central Corridor agreement reached, lawsuit dropped
- Gulf & Ohio buys Lancaster & Chester
- FRA proposes new concrete crosstie regs
- SEPTA to test the capture, reuse of subway energy
- NS targets carbon emissions
- UTU: "Strangling coal kills jobs"
- CN continues compiling EJ&E pacts
- WisDOT offers Madison station plan
- Jacobs lands Valley Metro contract
- TranSystems' Miller to chair AREMA HSR committee
- Labor groups host hazmat course
- Heartland Corridor wins Hay Award
- LIRR strives for normal service
- Denver RTD breaks ground on East Corridor rail line to DIA
- Sound Transit to award Sounder D-to-M Streets contract to MidMountain
- Thinking Ahead: High-Speed Rail In Southern California
- LIRR warns about cancelled trains, delays due to Jamaica fire
- Officials: Not so fast on aging rails
- Nomad Digital provide communications technology to support Alstom
- Construction scheduled for two Cleveland rail stations this weekend
- Duluth zoo faces $175,000 repair bill from flooding
- Ames-McCrossan to build 3 miles of line, Siemens to build 41 LRVs
- Regular Delco Trolley service resumes as stimulus construction concludes
- Port of Coos Bay, Ore., gets $7.8-million state grant for railroad work
- D.C. Metro schedules weekend work on Red, Blue, Green lines
- Greater Cleveland RTA uses Oldcastle Precast StarTrack® Rail System
- St. Louis Metro names new president and CEO
- All aboard for the North End rail station
- North Dakota intermodal port accepts first containers
- DRPA, PATCO receive high narks following FTA review
- Vancouver's first train horn quiet zone goes live
- Move to silence train horns in California town
- UP investing $9 million in Milwaukee-Lebanon, Wis., line
- Canadian Pacific to unveil new operational structure, job cuts
- Red flags for high-speed rail
- Chicago area bridge repair project causes delays
- Illinois port district plans to add new rail line near McKinley Bridge
- Amtrak landscape revitalization plan along tracks in Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
- Iowa homeowners, BNSF work on mudslide solution
- Daniel Carson, P.E., joins Urban Engineers, Inc.
- U.S. DOT completes agreement to help revitalize Appalachian shortline
- TriMet puts final touches on station design project in Gresham
- Clinton, Iowa, celebrates railport with groundbreaking ceremony
- Study: Port of Vancouver, Wash., rail plan needs $75 million
- Montreal's Côte-Sainte-Catherine métro station reopens
- Louisiana senator seeks millions for new railroad district
- Union Station Metrorail station elevators to undergo rehabilitation work
- Transit hub in Normal, Ill., to be ready next summer
- L.A. Metro to update community on the Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2
- UI visit gives official insight into pavement, rail research
- Work on five Medina, Ohio, crossings will be completed by month's end
- State approves funds to improve rail safety throughout Washington State
- ADM expansion requires CRANDIC to add track
- In Chicago, new RTA leader calls for more public-private partnerships
- Opinion: Tennessee should get aboard high-speed rail
- Caltrain starts 18-month-long station improvement project in Santa Clara
- Group launches passenger rail manufacturing center in Ohio
- HJ Skelton wins contracts for Calgary light rail projects.
- Major Crescent Corridor improvements completed
- Alaska Railroad selects construction manager for Tanana River Bridge
- North Kingstown commuter rail station to receive additional $13.6-million grant
- MBTA seeks builder for Roxbury commuter station
- Oklahoma lawmaker wants commuter rail
- D.C. Metro sets weekend renovation on Red, Blue, Yellow lines
- Sound Transit begins construction on Edmonds Station upgrades
- Mayor Daley to pursue premium rail service to O'Hare Field
- New milestone for New York MTA's Fulton Street Transit Center
- DHS scientists to continue studying airflow in MBTA subway system
- Ohio trail to change for CSX rail line
- Dow launching rail boot system at AREMA exhibition
- TriMet launches TransitTracker by text
- Potential workers L.A. ask MTA to speed up construction
- Ohio county applies for underpass
- 2011 Joint Rail Conference issues call for papers
- Lake Zurich, Ill., moving forward with EJ&E noise mitigation plans
- Repairs under way to fix sinkhole under BNSF tracks in Duluth, Minn.
- Connecticut expected to approve $260 million for HSR
- FRA receives 77 applications for high-speed passenger rail funding
- Maryland Transit sets subway work
- L.B. Foster extends tender offer for Portec Rail Products
- St. Louis Metro offers information on changes coming August 30
- L.B. Foster supplying 24,000 CXT® concrete ties for Calgary transit extension
- CSXT conducting $10-million upgrade of its West Springfield freight yard
- Catenary, bridge improvements on the Metro-North New Haven Line
- Holland LP riding the rails to success
- NJT seeks federal funds for infrastructure
- Unit Rail names John Stout director of sales
- Larew: Iowa's high-speed rail pitch is strong
- UP invests nearly $9 million in line from Ogallala, Neb., to near Cheyenne, Wyo.
- San Francisco's ambitious transit project takes off
- Chester Branch railroad makes headway in Roxbury Township, N.J.
- Lakeland, Fla., debates rail-station siting
- Montreal residents want rail crossing fast-tracked
- PATCO schedules weekend work at 8th/Market St. Station
- D.C. Metro schedules weekend work on Orange, Yellow, Green lines
- Balfour Beatty Rail Team moving on Denver's Eagle P3 Commuter Rail Project
- Union Pacific invests $16.5 million to upgrade track in eastern Oregon
- Mass. applies for federal HSR funds for South Station expansion
- New York MTA unveils Capital Program Dashboard
- TKDA to design additional Mobility First improvements for Amtrak
- Jacksonville eyes study of rail access at port
- Freight service to resume on P&N Railroad
- SEPTA alerts available through ReadyNotifyPA
- LA Metro Blue Line sets temporary closure next two weekends
- Vossloh awarded major contract in Sweden
- Miami-Dade Transit's AirportLink Metrorail Extension continues progress
- DART: new plan revives DFW connection, South Oak Cliff extension
- Officials break ground on nation’s first HSR terminal
- Patriot Rail buys six shortlines from Weyerhaeuser
- ENSCO wins $24-million FRA contract
- UP issues invitation to bid on CREATE B2 project near Proviso Yard
- Atlantic Track and Turnout Co. purchases capital assets of Mid-South Rail
- Amtrak reaches Niantic Bridge channel-closure agreement
- Infotech Enterprises acquires Wellsco Inc.
- PennDOT invites public to planning workshop for Coatesville train station
- DC Metro Board commits to implementing NTSB recommendations
- Opinion: Baltimore tunnel derailment points to unfinished business
- South Shore plans service outage August 28-30
- VR Mergers & Acquisitions announces sale of Central Illinois Railroad
- UP investing $33 million in Nebraska, Missouri, Wisconsin track
- FRA sets up to $25 million for high-speed passenger rail research
- High-speed rail workshop for Florida business owners
- Federal Railroad Administration makes 2 high-speed rail grants
- Sound Transit updates long-term revenue forecasts
- Agency seeks to set Chicago-area transportation priorities for next 30 years
- Amtrak, Normal, Ill, break ground for multimodal transportation center
- Historic site rule may slow some stimulus projects
- Canadian Pacific building transload facility for gas industry in Taylor, Pa.
- Trinidad, Colo., transportation center construction expected next year
- Rail crossing upgrades approved in Seneca, Ohio
- Chicago's Metra finalizes new Union Pacific North Schedule
- Canada, province commit C$30 million to shortline railway
- Preparations begin for Amtrak's Lincoln Service Corridor improvements
- Metra's Ravenswood Station to get major upgrade
- NTSB Board members to meet with WMATA Board members
- California high-speed rail plans unveiled
- North Charleston, S.C., mayor has harsh words for NS
- Delaware study examines north-south passenger rail
- MARC Penn Line track work triggers schedule change
- Locals seek solutions for Kettle Falls railway
- BART Richmond Station parking structure update
- Dulles Metrorail August update
- L.B. Foster awarded $5.3-million Maine rail contract
- Tower 55 funding? One can only hope
- Norfolk, Neb., rail bridge repair nears completion
- D.C. Metro sets weekend renovation on Red, Green lines
- LA Metrolink sets weekend work
- Railhead near Blairsburg, Iowa, would support wind farms
- Ohio county railroad crossing deemed dangerous
- BART Website adds functions, including bike directions, using Google Maps
- Whistles still blowing in Bismarck, N.D.
- Holland LP marks 75th anniversary in business
- Colton Crossing design deal coming together
- SEPTA undertaking grade-crossing renewal in Delaware County
- Lisa Stabler joins TTCI's senior management team
- BART installing energy-efficient lighting at North Berkeley Station
- Amtrak adds stops at to accommodate South Shore construction
- Northern Maine fears loss of lifeline
- Jacobs awarded contract for Crossrail Works from Network Rail
- Efren Alcala joins Parson Brinckerhoff
- Leipsic, Ohio, receives grant to develop industrial park


- Trolley may return to downtown Fresno, Calif.
- Joliet, Ill., intermodal site shoots for the stars
- Pennsylvania governor calls for more transit funding
- Five Points route favored for Raleigh, N.C., high-speed rail
- Renovation of Amtrak Lancaster, Pa., station moving forward
- CREATE launches 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project Website
- Santa Cruz Count, Calif., rail vote comes back to local commission
- Artifacts sought for New York Grand Central Terminal Centennial Exhibition
- Small North Carolina towns fret rail crossing closing plans
- Cleveland RTA repair work temporarily closing stations
- Temporary parking changes at BART Ashby Station due to construction
- New federal freight bill praised by green transportation group
- South Shore names Fox president
- Secretary LaHood announces $727,000 
for New York high-speed rail
- New England states pursue joint pl