Michael Baker International, an engineering and design consultant, has hired two well-known veterans of the California high-speed rail scene to help build its business in the West. Thomas Post, P.E., will serve
CN will invest approximately a record $2.94 billion (C$3.9 billion) in its capital spending program. But only $1.2 billion (C$1.6 billion) is targeted toward track and railway infrastructure maintenance — the same
The derailment of a Via passenger train on July 5 could have been averted if local authorities and the railroad had communicated about flood waters. That’s the finding of an investigation of
The Port of Memphis will receive a $1.7 million grant to add track at the public terminal on President’s Island. The funds will pay for 4,900 feet of new track and four
R. J. Corman Railroad Group LLC announced a slew of changes in its executive suite, including a new president and a new vice president in charge of signals. Ray Goss is now president of R. J. Corman
A report from Hawaii’s state auditor suggests inadequate oversight of third-party consultant HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) may have contributed to cost overruns in the project to build a transit system for Honolulu. At
A joint venture of of Mott McDonald and PGH Wong Engineering has won the contract to provide general engineering services for Phase II of the 16-mile, six-station Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Engineering giant WSP is expected to give its support to a controversial plan to repair the MTA’s storm-damaged Canarsie Tunnel without shutting down service. On Tuesday, representatives from WSP will appear before a
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) will replace an aging traction-power substation at its San Leandro station. BART says the project will take some 14 months to complete. The plan for the
CN says it met its year-end deadline to install positive train control (PTC) equipment across its system. The Class 1 also announced it is seeking a two-year extension “to complete deployment and
Eleven projects to implement positive train control (PTC) systems will split more than $46 million in grants from the Federal Railroad Administration. The winning PTC projects include a wide variety of rail
The nation is in the throes of a partial shutdown of the federal government. But the effects on the rail community appear not to be significant, at least for now. The Department
Norfolk Southern has filed a lawsuit seeking $1.1 million from the city of Pittsburgh to cover damages and repairs from two landslides in 2016.
Floyd Mason, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen union, will retire on Jan. 1., after only four months in the role. The move was unexpected. Mason had been elected on Aug. 18
The Regional Transportation District has released a 35-page plan outlining the steps it will take to resolve issues with crossing gates on the line that serves the Denver International Airport. The plan is
Paresh Patel, P.E., has joined HNTB Corp. as an Associate Vice President and Project Director, Transit and Rail, based in New York City. Patel comes to HNTB following more than 30 years
Forest-products powerhouse Georgia-Pacific is building a rail link to connect a new plant to the mainline of the Georgia & Florida Railway, LLC (GFRR.) Construction of the new subsidiary rail line and related
Spokane wants to build an underpass so that vehicular traffic can avoid the BNSF grade crossing on Pines Road. The proposal comes as work is set to begin on a different grade-crossing
Charles N. “Charlie” Marshall, a former executive at Genesee & Wyoming Inc. and Conrail, is giving $600,000 to support Penn State University’s Rail Transportation Engineering (RTE) degree program.
Updates story to include comments from Capital Rail Constructors in fifth and sixth paragraphs. Hundreds of concrete ties set for use on Washington, D.C.’s Metro Silver Line are flawed, according to a