Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Works With Charlotte Pipe to Lay New Tracks
MAIZE, Kan. – Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (KO) worked with Charlotte Pipe and Foundry for its new plastic plumbing and irrigation pipe manufacturing facility.
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2025 RT&S Engineer of the Year: Carl Walker
ATLANTA – CSX and the U.S. Navy: Training grounds for a top-flight engineer – Carl Walker, Engineer of the Year, CSX.
Urban Engineers Supports Award-Winning Camden Terminal Rail Improvement
CAMDEN, N.J. – The Balzano Marine Terminal infrastructure upgrade earned the 2025 Distinguished Engineering Award from the New Jersey Alliance for Action.
UP’s Texas MoW Team Marks 23 Years Without Injury
SAN ANTONIO – Union Pacific congratulates its New Braunfels-Taylor Maintenance of Way team for 23 years of injury-free service.
Patriot Rail Thanks GNRR Engineering Team for Siding Project
NELSON, Ga. – Patriot Rail’s Georgia Northeastern Railroad (GNRR) Engineering team completed a siding project in Georgia.
6,600 UP MoW Workers Ratify Contract
NOVI, Mich. – Represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED), 6,600 MoW workers at Union Pacific ratified a five-year contract to guarantee raises of 18.5 percent.
NJDOT Opens Applications for Freight Rail Service Improvement Grants
TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Department of Transportation is accepting applications through Oct. 10 for $25 million in FY2026 grants for freight rail improvements.
R.J. Corman Emergency Divisions Respond to BNSF Recovery Efforts After June Derecho
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. – R.J. Corman Railroad Services’ Emergency Divisions were deployed to help BNSF with recovery after a derecho swept through North Dakota on June 21, 2025 and blew over 832 empty hopper cars.
28-Car Derailment in North Carolina; CSX Investigating Cause (UPDATED 8/20)
ENFIELD, N.C. – CSX is temporarily rerouting trains after a derailment occurred on Sunday, August 17 in Enfield, North Carolina.
Patriot Rail’s Engineering Team Celebrates EPIC Project Milestone
ELKHART, Ind. – Patriot Rail’s Engineering team celebrated the grand opening of a railroad crossing at Blazer Blvd.
CSX Installs Track Panels Along Blue Ridge Subdivision (UPDATED 8/18)
AVERY COUNTY, N.C. – CSX and partners are installing track panels along the Blue Ridge subdivision as part of its recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene.
BNSF Rail Talk: Weeding Out Inefficiencies: AI Helps Vegetation Crews Go to the Right Place at the Right Time
With more than 15,000 crossings across our 32,500-mile rail network, our field crews work diligently to inspect each one to confirm that they meet state and federal regulatory standards.This includes making sure vegetation is under control and trimmed enough to allow full visibility for train crews and
Anthony Evett Named Vice President of Design and Construction at Patriot Rail
JACKSONVILLE –– Patriot Rail announced this week that Anthony Evett will become its Vice President of Design and Construction.
NTSB Issues Preliminary Report on July CN Derailment and Hazardous Material Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The National Transportation Safety Board has released its Preliminary Report on a CN derailment in July that occurred on the Grenada Railroad near Sardis, Miss.
Railway Age Commentary Around UP+NS Proposed Merger – ‘It Will All Come Down to This’
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Cutting to the chase on the 2027 STB merger decision: On July 30, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern submitted to the Surface Transportation Board their prefiling notification, which is basically a heads up on their official merger application, expected in three to six months (between Oct. 30, 2025 and Jan. 29, 2026).
ASLRRA Announces Strong Congressional Support for Rail Tax Maintenance Credit Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– H.R. 516 – The Railroad Tax Maintenance Credit Modernization Bill now has 100 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association.
CSX ‘Elevates Freight Efficiency’ With CSX Howard Street Tunnel Bridge Project
CSX’s Howard Street Tunnel Project “is a pivotal step in enhancing freight transportation along the I-95 corridor,” the Class I reported Aug. 7. The comprehensive initiative includes upgrades to the historic Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, as well as three additional construction projects spanning from Baltimore to Philadelphia, “paving the way for double-stack trains to move seamlessly across the corridor, benefiting customers, the Port of Baltimore, and the state of Maryland.”
BNSF Worker Suffers Major Injury in Derailment
DENVER — A BNSF employee suffered a major injury in a yard derailment this week.
CN Shares Western Canadian Corridor Progress
MONTREAL – CN shares a video on the progress made on projects in the Western Canada Corridor.
Norfolk Southern Uses Goats To Control Kudzu Growth
ATLANTA – Norfolk Southern is using goats to control the kudzu growth at Inman Yard in Atlanta.