Oregon wildfire impacts Union Pacific operations

Union Pacific told customers in a service announcement that a curfew for train movement has been initiated in the area of Oakridge, Ore., due to the Cedar Creek fire.

Bells & Whistles—Southwest Corridor light rail project takes an unexpected hit

The top news stories of the week ending Sept. 9.

Officials are looking to move 3.5 miles of railroad track in Michigan

A “renewed desire” is driving a plan to relocate a portion of railroad track in Manistee, Mich.

Fire in crosstie yard leads to evacuations; officials say heat could be the cause

Firefighters from multiple departments spent much of Sept. 7 battling a crosstie fire in Hazen, Nev.

rail bridges

BNSF, county refuse to take ownership of troubled railroad bridge

The Osage Avenue railroad bridge in Adams County, Neb., is going unclaimed.

Rail project on deck for Kansas City Southern will bolster freight capacity in and out of Mexico

Kansas City Southern will soon begin a construction project that will double the amount of freight trains moving in and out of Mexico.

Cole County, Mo., receives $1.5 million grant for transportation infrastructure

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that its Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $1.5 million grant to Cole County, Mo. for transportation infrastructure that will include a rail spur and other infrastructure needed to build a multi-modal transload facility within the Algoa Industrial Park in Jefferson City.

Record-breaking CRISI funding will help fuel ‘railroad revolution’

The U.S. DOT has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of over $1.4 billion in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) Grant funding.

BNSF’s John Cech named 2022 Engineer of the Year by Railway Track & Structures

John Cech, vice president, Engineering at BNSF, is the recipient of the 2022 Engineer of the Year Award from Railway Track & Structures Media.

UP conductor killed after train hits derailment device

Work done on railroad track earlier in the day on Aug. 29 may have led to a derailment that killed a Union Pacific conductor.

Watch: Crews remove third segment of Merchants Bridge; final installation now complete

The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown St. Louis is nearing completion, and the St. Louis Regional Freightway gave invited guests and the public the opportunity to see one of the last significant milestones in the project firsthand from the special vantage point of a riverboat cruise.

Watch: Demolition of railroad bridge wounds nearby highway bridge

Friendly fire is never sent with the best intentions.

Record flooding in Mississippi leads to train derailment

Heavy rains that have been hitting the southern portion of the U.S. has now led to a train derailment east of Brandon, Miss.

RailWorks acquires H&H Engineering Construction

RailWorks announced it has acquired H&H Engineering Construction to expand its rail infrastructure services.

OmniTRAX named exclusive rail partner of port

OmniTrax announced that it has been chosen as the exclusive rail partner for the Tulsa Port of Catoosa.

Watco scores another win with selection to be rail operations provider

Watco has been chosen by yet another industrial park to be their rail operations provider.

Danos, Sen. Duckworth tour Holland’s University Park, Ill., facility

NRC and REMSA member company Holland, L.P., hosted Peter Danos, Suburban Outreach and Grants Coordinator for U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), on Aug. 18, for a tour of its University Park facility, which manufactures a variety of railroad track components for the railway industry.

Bells & Whistles—Crews are pulling up new track on I-90 floating bridge

The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 19.

BNSF Sandpoint Bridge enters home stretch

Contractors working for BNSF Railway installed the final deck girder segment on the nearly one-mile-long bridge across Lake Pend Oreille near Sandpoint, Idaho, during the first half of August.

Rail Group On Air: Norfolk Southern TOP | SPG operating plan with Cindy Sanborn and Paul Duncan

Norfolk Southern’s TOP|SPG operating plan—which stands for Thoroughbred Operating Plan | Service Productivity Growth—has evolved from NS’s previous plans, TOP 21 among them.

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