Ohio Rail Development Commission Awards Grants to OHCR, Metalico, Inc.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved grants for both the Ohio Central Railroad and for Metalico, Inc. for rail maintenance and improvements.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved grants for both the Ohio Central Railroad and for Metalico, Inc. for rail maintenance and improvements.
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA will start track replacement and other refurbishments along its F line starting next weekend.
SEATTLE – SoundTransit debuts photographs of light rail stations construction in Shoreline.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Metropolitan Council has announced a new General Manager, Lesley Kandaras, for Metro Transit.
MONTREAL – The REM opened its first branch this past weekend in Montreal after a speedier construction compared to other Canadian transit projects.
YONKERS, N.Y. – Kawasaki begins testing of its locomotive mounted autonomous track geometry monitoring system with BNSF.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The NTSB found the grade crossing design to blame for the collision that occurred last year in Missouri, and Gov. Parson will sign House bill 4 to address passive railroad crossings in the state.
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Senator Sherrod Brown sent additional letters to Norfolk Southern and CSX asking for proposed plans to fix five crumbling rail bridges in Ohio.
FORT WORTH, Texas – The first bridge in BNSF’s double track project has opened to freight and passenger trains in North Texas.
RICHMOND, Va. – The federal funding received last month will allow Virginia to improve four grade crossings with ‘four-quad gates’.
PHILADELPHIA – SEPTA announces it has awarded a design contract for the ADA improvements to three of its stations.
LOS ANGELES – The Fairway Drive Grade Separation finishes construction of a roadway underpass in Rowland Heights after eight years.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – Track relocation is a possibility after historic rainfall, eroding bluffs, and landslides have posed a danger to the existing line.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Pandrol has extended its partnership with Sicut North America, Inc. Pandrol is still Sicut’s sole North American distributor.
NOVA SCOTIA – Canadian National rail track suffered damage after torrential rainfall hit Nova Scotia.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Metro-North announced a girder buckled on the Bronx River Parkway overpass when crews were performing maintenance work.
TORONTO – Metrolinx is working on new rail bridges, retaining walls, and noise barriers for three new stations on its Ontario Line.
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA announces the installation of elevators with security systems at two of its stations, one in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan.
LUDLOW, Vt. – The Green Mountain Railroad and the New England Central Railroad experienced moderate to severe damage after Vermont experienced historic flooding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WMATA announced closures of several Green Line stations to allow for crews to install fiber-optic cables.