Elsie and Phyllis, two huge tunnel boring machines named after distinguished ladies in British Columbia history, are set to work on the metropolitan Vancouver Broadway Subway Project. Elsie has already started tunneling, and Phyllis is expected to begin in early 2023.
Readers may recall that MARTA has been without a permanent General Manager & CEO since the untimely death of the previous CEO, Jeffrey Parker, on January 14. In the interim, Collie Greenwood has served as the interim CEO.
NJ Transit has begun its annual battle against leaves on the rails.
The MBTA Orange Line may be slower than it was this summer.
The first segment of the LA Metro K Line opened on Friday, Oct. 7.
Grade crossing safety improvements are at top of mind for most railroad planners, whether in the government or private sector.
Canadian National reported that a fire on a major bridge on the Grand Cache subdivision near Latornell, Alberta, has shut down rail traffic moving in and out of the Grand Prairie area until further notice.
Savage is a global provider of industrial logistics infrastruture and supply chain services. The company employs about 4,000 people in over 200 locations.
BNSF recently announced that its engineering team and other partners have successfully completed the new second main line track, now in service, across the Emporia Subdivision, which runs from Kansas City to Wellington, Kansas. This is part of the railroad’s multi-year work on its Southern Transcon.
The ongoing Chicago CREATE project partners accounced that Norfolk Southern has chosen Benesch to provide final track design services for the EW3-Segment B.
After many months of laying track and building grade crossings, Brightline will begin testing trains running up to 110 m.p.h. on sections of the newly constructed line.
The Santa Fe Railway’s historic Barstow Yard in southern California has long been a vital part of the rail network in the southwestern U.S. Now, a new BNSF facility will be even larger – much larger.
The Warm Springs/South Fremont Station West Access Bridge and Plaza Project has been selected to receive the 2022 Outstanding Transportation Project award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – San Francisco Section.
MBTA officials have announced that another $1 billion will be needed to complete repairs on the agency’s Orange and Red lines.
Caltrain has determined that the San Francisquito Bridge, built in 1902 and which supports trains moving between Menlo Park and Palo Alto, is nearing the end of its service life and needs to be replaced.
The Green Line Board has approved the release of the Request for Proposals (RFP) to select a proponent to design, construct, and finance Phase 1 from Shepard to Eau Claire of the Green Line LRT.
As Hurricane Ian begins to hammer Florida, Brightline has taken precautionary measures to ensure the safety of its operation and passengers.
The short line network Patriot Rail announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase Delta Southern Railroad, Inc.
The SEPTA board has approved the purchase of land for the King of Prussia line project.
Texas commuter rail TEXRail, a subsidiary of Trinity Metro, the transit agency for Tarrant County in north central Texas, got a visit from the FTA this week.
