ATLANTA –– Join RT&S live on July 9 at 2:00 pm ET for our free virtual conference covering how track geometry and rail flaw detection experts handle inspection, maintenance, and improvements across their unique operating environments.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and local leaders celebrated the completion of upgrades made at Kendall/MIT Station on the Red Line.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –– Railway Track & Structures is honored to report on the retirement of Bill Riehl after a substantive and distinguished career in military and railroad engineering.
CHARLESTON, S.C. –– South Carolina Ports this week announced it is temporarily consolidating operations to its Wando and North Charleston terminals.
CHICAGO – Fluor and Walsh Construction Company joint venture reached Substantial Completion on Chicago Transit Authority’s Red and Purple Line Modernization (RPM) Phase One project.
TREVOSE, Pa. – A CSX train derailed near the crossing of East Bristol Road and Grave Avenue on June 30.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) has acquired Seminary Yard, a rail yard offering strategically-located infrastructure in Alexandria, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C.
NEW YORK –– Judge Jeanette Vargas, of the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT –
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK has ruled that The Trump Administration’s suspension last fall of funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project was illegal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Surface Transportation Board (STB) member and Democrat Robert E. Primus, fired in August 2025 by POTUS 47, will not be returning to office following a June 29 Supreme Court ruling that Presidents have unfettered authority to terminate members of bipartisan independent (from the Executive Branch) federal agencies.
NEWARK – NJ Transit and Amtrak are moving forward with construction on the Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has reviewed the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury’s report of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II and has offered clarifications.
ATLANTA –– Railway Track & Structures has been following and reporting on the planned renovation of New York’s Pennsylvania Station. You can find our reports at the links below. This post by David Peter Alan who writes for our sister magazine, Railway Age, reports on the current verbal fracas between MTA and Amtrak, with the New York governor weighing in. The post also sent me to the dictionary to look up the word “obdurate.” DCL
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Merced to Madera civil works collaborative design build contract.
BALTIMORE – The Maryland Port Administration held a celebration at the Port of Baltimore to celebrate the launch of double-stack service through the Howard Street Tunnel.
DALLAS, Texas –– Professor Chistopher Barkan of UIUC has been awarded the 2026 Worth Award by Wheel Rail Seminars.
NEW YORK CITY – 50 St 1 Train Station upgrades will be funded through the Zoning for Accessibility program.
ATLANTA –– Railway Track & Structure’s Virtual Conference on Track Geometry and Rail Flaw Detection will air on Thursday, July 9 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm EDT. One of our speakers will be Arthur Chandler, Vice President of Engineering at Pinsly Railroad Company.
NEW YORK –– Amtrak and Penn Transformation Project this week Signed a ‘Pre-Development’ Agreement.
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan – $1 million has been allocated for infrastructure improvements for short line rail in Saskatchewan.
