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.”
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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.
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.
