ATLANTA – Railway Track & Structures is pleased to announce the appointment of an Editorial Board comprised of industry experts. While I, as Editor-in-Chief and Jennifer McLawhorn, as Managing Editor, will be responsible for the content and production of RT&S our Editorial Board will provide guidance and support to make RT&S more useful to our readers and the railroad industry.
CHESTERTON, Ind. – For the past two years, the South Shore Commuter Line, formally known as the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, or NICTD has been working on double-tracking its line between Michigan City and Gary, Ind.
ROANOKE – Norfolk Southern’s (née Norfolk & Western’s) locomotive shops in Roanoke, Va., originally known as the Roanoke Machine Works was the city’s largest employer and manufactured some of the best, most advanced steam locomotives to ride the rails.
RT&S JULY 2023 ISSUE – The short line industry is being battered about these days by proposed federal legislation that is slow to move and overly aggressive state legislation that borders on being laughable.
RT&S JULY 2023 ISSUE – If you are a regular reader of our sister magazine, Railway Age, you likely read editor Bill Vantuono’s note on page 2 of the June issue that Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures have entered a new partnership with the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) to present the “Outstanding Railroad Historic Preservation Award.”
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. Daily Pacific Surfliner service through San Clemente will resume starting Monday, July 17.
RT&S, JULY 2023 ISSUE – Setting the Example: Bringing technical expertise and hard work to rail engineering.
NEWARK, N.J. and NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) announced last week that the Hudson Tunnel Project has entered the Engineering Phase of the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program and that the FTA had updated the project to receive an up to a $6.88 Billion CIG Program grant.
WASHINGTON – Amtrak service on the Northeast Corridor was delayed this morning due to an issue with overhead power.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded grants to the state of New Jersey to assist with projects associated with work on the New Jersey side of the Gateway Tunnel Project.
NEW YORK – It is generally agreed that one of the major indignities hurled at railroad history and American architectural history is the destruction of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Pennsylvania Station in 1963.
ATLANTA – The digital edition of the July issue of Railway Track & Structures is now online.
CARLSBAD, Calif. – The Carlsbad City Council is going to contribute $5.2 million toward a project to trench and double-track the railroad through Carlsbad Village.
CHICAGO – The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its Final Report on a Chicago Transit Authority employee fatality.
CHICAGO – Metra announced this week that Union Pacific tie work will delay some trains by 30 minutes.
WHITBY – The Ontario government has awarded a contract to advance planning to extend GO train service to Bowmanville, marking another milestone in the province’s plan to deliver more transit options, connect communities and save families time and money in Durham Region and across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).
WASHINGTON – A little over a week ago, RT&S reported that Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) reintroduced H.R. 3782 – The Short Line Railroad Relief Act with several of his colleagues. This legislation authorizes the establishment of a disaster relief program to provide much-needed immediate financial assistance to our nation’s short line railroads.
ATLANTA – A major challenge for the railroad industry is that it operates outside. Railroads build, own, and maintain their infrastructure, and when bad weather hits, it’s up to them to plan for and deal with it with their personnel and money.
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. – After years of delays, the South Carolina legislature has approved funding for a Palmetto Railways extension to a Volvo plant in Ridgeville.
ORANGE, Calif. – The geologic problems along the rail line at San Clemente seem to be getting worse. OCTA has now declared a Rail Emergency.