Attend the fourth-annual Women in Rail Conference and hear from speaker Pam Arpin, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer on October 7. This much-anticipated Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures event returns to Chicagoland on Oct.
CALGARY –– On this, we [CPKC] agree with Union Pacific.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen install, inspect and maintain the signal systems that govern train movements through thousands of American communities. When a gate comes down at a grade crossing or a signal turns red ahead of a stopped train, our members go to work protecting your family.
CHICAGO –– Metra reports that it is about to replace nearly 4.5 miles of rail and thousands of railroad ties between Fox Lake and Lake Forest, which will force the suspension of midday service on parts of the agency’s Milwaukee District North Line. The work starts August 3.
TORONTO – Construction on four underground stations along the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension has started.
NASHVILLE –– Radnor Yard, a critical hub in the southeastern CSX network, is receiving additional power-operated switches.
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The ADA has asked the FRA for an immediate federal investigation of a serious software failure that occurred in Wabtec’s dispatching systems used by BNSF.
CHICAGO – The Chicago Transit Board authorized an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Illinois Department of Transportation for funding for the future Forest Park Branch track design work.
ATLANTA –– Kudos to Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific for a Horseshoe Curve performance that will be remembered for decades.
MILWAUKEE –– King was a versatile and popular writer whose railroad career included stops at Norfolk & Western, Seaboard Coast Line, Rock Island, Chicago & North Western, and CP Rail.
Repentigny, QUÉBEC- After the July 5 derailment in Repentigny, Québec, CN issued an incident response.
SAN SABA, Texas –– OmniTRAX rail management company has rolled out an automated track inspection system.
PUEBLO, Colo. –– FRA-led collaborative initiatitive meeting on rail neutral temperature. Railway Track and Structures, “TTC Operated by ENSCO,” July 2026.
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Exodigo, a subsurface intelligence and AI-engineering company, acquired V&A, Inc., a civil engineering consulting firm.
ATLANTA –– The July 2026 issue of Railway Track and Structures is now available to read online.
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Transportation is about to open a high-volume freight corridor in Savannah on July 15, 2026, to provide a more efficient route for trucks arriving and departing from the terminal.
SAN JOSE, Calif. –– In order to successfully complete repairs to the Guadalupe River Bridge, Caltrain has suspended select weekend service along the line from July – September.
NEWARK/NEW YORK – The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) Board of Commissioners approved a change order to the Hudson River Ground Stabilization (HRGS) project contract.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– I can’t seem to shake a simple question a mentor recently asked me: “When you look at a situation or activity, would you put your mother, wife, or daughter in it?”
ATLANTA –– RT&S is very pleased and excited to recognize these accomplished women rail professionals not only for the rigorous work they do each day, but also for their encouragement of and guidance to budding professionals who will lead rail engineering in the future.
