WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General this week released a report on the agency’s management and performance challenges in Fiscal Years 2026 & 2027.
NEW YORK –– RAILWAY AGE, JULY 2026 ISSUE: How digital train inspection portals produce substantial safety benefits.
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Railway Age and RT&S are returning to Chicagoland on Oct. 6-7, 2026, for the fourth annual Women in Rail Conference. This year’s program features the diverse experiences and practical career advice that draw attendees year-after-year, plus new sessions,
PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak selects STV to develop the preliminary design in the replacement of Static Frequency Converter (SFC) #4 at the Richmond SFC Station.
Vienna, Va. –– ENSCO announced that it has closed a sales agreement with Tai Tung Communication Company, Ltd. (TCC) to supply ultrasonic systems to Taiwan Railway Corporation (TRC).
NEW YORK CITY – The new Yaphank-BNL Long Island Rail Road station is now open.
RICHMOND, Ind. –– Norfolk Southern last week announced the completion of a new bridge that’s part of one of the railroad’s important freight corridors.
PORTLAND, Ore. – TriMet will upgrade rail crossings on the MAX Blue and Red lines as part of the Westside MAX Improvements project.
PHILADELPHIA — Mark 1 Restoration Company and its owner, Mark Snedden, agreed to a $7.2 million resolution of civil claims after an Amtrak Office of Inspector General investigation revealed Mark 1 paid bribes to an Amtrak employee for internal project information and expensive contract modifications on Amtrak’s 30th Street Station façade project.
REPENTIGNY, Quebec –– Canadian National experienced a derailment near Montreal on July 5. Site investigation has revealed track deficiencies.
PUEBLO, Colo. – After reaching a seven-year contract for the domestic production of steel rails in April, Union Pacific received the first stick of rail from Rocky Mountain Steel’s new long rail mill.
Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures are hosting our much-anticipated Women in Rail Conference on Oct. 6-7, 2026, in Chicagoland. Our fourth-annual event will feature the diverse experiences and practical career advice that draw attendees year-after-year, plus new
NEW YORK CITY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) was awarded $7,461,000 to advance the planning and preliminary design to eliminate three grade crossings along LIRR’s Ronkonkoma Branch.
NEW YORK –– Union Pacific Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales Kenny Rocker recently sent a letter to customers, “Let’s Talk Facts: It Doesn’t Surprise Me the Opposition is Nervous,” accusing certain opponents of the railroad’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern—namely, BNSF and CPKC—of threatening retaliation against “customers whose networks span multiple Class I railroads.” BNSF and CPKC said Rocker’s claims are “baseless” and “categorically untrue.”
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.
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.
