Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff testified before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on “Challenges and Opportunities for Commuter Railroads.” Rogoff noted Sounder’s 30 percent ridership increase since 2014 and talked about
A coal-powered train operated by Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad started as many as 50 fires in Spring 2018. The biggest one in the region came later, and burned more than
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is trying to sort out the answers a day after a Brown Line train and a Purple Line train collided on the tracks. The accident happened near
Harsco Rail unveiled the TX16 Production/Switch Tamper at Railway Interchange 2019 in Minneapolis.
The education energy was flowing during the second day of the AREMA 2019 conference at Railway Interchange in Minneapolis.
Holland is displaying a new Gage Inspector that offers real-time measurement at Railway Interchange 2019 in Minneapolis.
RailWorks Corp., a rail track construction and maintenance services provider in North America, is introducing RailWorks Insight, a comprehensive digital track inspection management system, at Railway Interchange 2019 in Minneapolis. RailWorks Insight
Railway Interchange 2019 in Minneapolis is holding its outdoor exhibit in a BNSF rail yard. RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson was there to check out the offerings. To see the video, click here.
Encore Rail Systems has been in the tie-plugging compound business for some time, but now they have a name behind the product.
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Norfolk Southern Railway calls its situation with Drummond Coal Co. a case of buyer’s remorse. In federal court this week, the Class 1 railroad company might be the one having second thoughts.
You can make a lot of things out of cotton. In Dallas area, what was once known as the “Cotton Belt” railroad track is now going to be DART’s new Silver Line.
It looks like the Arizona & California Railroad rail bridge that caught on fire on Sept. 14 will be back in service by Sept. 22.
If Miami-Dade County wants to expand its light rail transit line north of Miami, it should not do anything fancy.
The Grafton and Upton Railroad wants to proceed with a storage and transloading yard project in Hopedale, Mass., and does not want any interruptions.
voestalpine Nortrak announced that effective immediately, the company will be known as voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak. The new name—accompanied by a redesigned logo—more accurately reflects the firm’s membership in voestalpine’s global Railway
Over the weekend a historic wooden rail bridge over the Colorado River in Arizona caught on fire and was destroyed. In Airway Heights, Wash., motorists want a wooden vehicular bridge owned by
A rail bridge was almost reduced to ashes and crews are now in the process of building a replacement. The span went over the Colorado River and was owned by the Arizona
You heard of someone in serious debt? What about someone in serious investment? The latter is what the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York City is all about, as the agency announced
The delays have been often for San Francisco’s Central Subway project, and residents, officials and politicians hope they have finally hit the end of the line.