Watch: Project Connect’s Blue Line has two options, and one would demand a lot more money
Austin, Texas, residents have two options for the Project Connect Blue Line: expensive or not so expensive.
Author: RT&S Staff
O-Train Extension is moving along at an A-OK pace
Ottawa’s O-Train East Extension project got the political ovation treatment on April 26.
BART extension project into San Jose now facing $1.6B funding gap
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority wants the one thing that has never been done before in the U.S. to be, well, done. However, it is not a done deal.
Oregon port prepares for the future, replaces key rail bridge
There is plenty of rail maintenance and construction activity going on at the International Port of Coos Bay in Oregon, and an important phase was recently completed.
Watch: Wildfire takes out railroad bridge in Texas
The Little Highline Fire in Potter County, Texas, destroyed a railroad bridge over the weekend.
Confederation Line builder the latest to sue over project
Ottawa’s troubled Confederation Line is now getting peppered with lawsuits.
Bells & Whistles—Project killer is let back in the house
The top news stories of the week as reported by Railway Track & Structures.
Options for new I-5 bridge now call for light rail, which killed the project in 2013
Portland light rail was the reason why plans for a new I-5 bridge connecting the state of Washington and Oregon failed years ago.
Rail Group On Air: Grand Slam tunnel project still taking its swings
Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with AmeriStarRail’s Scott Spencer about the potential of the Grand Slam rail tunnel project.
Greater Golden Horseshoe will receive more train horsepower in the future
Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe will be saddled up for more passenger rail service in the future.
Federal funds will be delivered to California light-rail project, which will cost billions
The East San Fernando Valley light-rail project in California has received some federal funding.
Metra bridge showing severe decay will be repaired; 11 more spans also in the plan
Chicago’s Metra is responding to concerns that some rail bridges in the area are showing signs of dangerous decay.
Tired of failed grants, officials try to set up new funding formula for rail bridge replacement in Calif.
The collapse of the First Street railroad bridge in San Bernardino County, Calif., would be catastrophic, and just over the last few months two incidents have flirted with that possibility.
Metro Council changes route of Blue Line extension
After years of failed negotiations with a Class 1 company, Metro Council has come up with a route for its Blue Line extension that the Minnesota agency believes will be a bigger success.
Lease of dormant Tennessee Pass Line still very much alive
Plans to revive a dormant rail line between Pueblo, Colo., and Dotsero, Colo., are still alive, but what version it will be is in question.
Residents get first look at portion of Project Connect Orange Line
A virtual discussion was held to unveil how a portion of the Orange Line of Project Connect in Austin, Texas, would look like.
Light-rail tunnel work not to blame for condo damage in Minneapolis
Some air might be let out of the ballooning cost of the Southwest light-rail project in Minneapolis.
MBTA suspends Blue Line to save millions on tunnel project
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Blue Line service will be suspended for a number of days to help accelerate work in the harbor tunnel and on a pedestrian bridge.
Go Triangle still pushing passenger line to help move 750,000 more people by 2040
With 750,000 people expected to move to the Triangle in North Carolina over the next 20 years, more needs to be done in terms of movement.
Industry-Railway Suppliers partners up with Milwaukee power tools
Industry-Railway Suppliers, Inc. (IRS), a North America railroad distributor of AREMA track tools, abrasives, heavy railroad equipment, work equipment wear parts, and mechanical shop tools, announced its official partnership with Milwaukee, making Industry-Railway Suppliers an authorized distributor of Milwaukee tools to the railroad industry.