BISMARCK, ND – The non-profit group, Friends of the Rail Bridge, appeared before the North Dakota Supreme Court on November 16th to argue against tearing down the 140-year old structure.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Cathcart Rail announced it has partnered with the Indiana Rail Road (INRD) to handle its railcar interchange inspection and repair needs.
DEL MAR, Calif, – Del Mar City Council asks SANDAG to study rail realignment option.
BOCHUM, Germany – Stantec on Nov. 14 announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ZETCON Engineering, a 645-person engineering firm headquartered in Bochum, Germany.
NEW YORK CITY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has received feedback on the Interborough Express, one of its proposed projects.
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. – The FRA has selected 10 projects across the state of Connecticut to receive funding for “rehabilitation and modernization.”
FRESNO, Calif. – BNSF is celebrating its California North Construction Gang for 10 years without a single reportable injury.
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific is undergoing a switch modernization project.
PUEBLO WEST, Colo. – The National Transportation Safety Board is conducting an ongoing investigation into a BNSF railway derailment that occurred on October 15, 2023 at around 3:24 p.m.
DEL MAR, Calif. – The city of Del Mar will hold events for the rail relocation project on November 6th and 15th.
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LOS ANGELES – The Metro Source focuses on Eleanor Sillerico, Construction Manager for Tunnels Section 3 of Metro’s Purple (D) Line Extension Transit Project.
SCARBOROUGH, N.Y. – The MTA Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line experienced a mudslide on October 21st and crews worked for 43 hours to clear the soil and debris.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, or WMSC, released its 44-page safety audit of WMATA’s Roadway Maintenance Machine Program.
Norfolk Southern (NS) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) on Oct. 19 announced a partnership to create the Signal Safety Collaboration initiative, a one-year pilot program developed with input from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA),
PIERRE, S.D. – There are $58.8 million in Special Transportation Circumstances grants available from the FRA, and these are provided to states that don’t have regular passenger train service.
SEACAUCUS, N.J. – NJ Transit’s chief of construction management for the new Portal Bridge construction, Mohammed Nasim, was fired and replaced with Frank Corso.
SAN DIEGO – HDR announced that it will provide “environmental clearance and advanced conceptual engineering for SANDAG’s San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project.”
SELMA, Calif. – California High-Speed Rail Authority recognized 17 students from the Central Valley Training Center pre-apprentice program.
The production of new Amtrak Airo™ trains is “boosting business nationwide as manufacturing ramps up,” benefiting communities across the country through the creation of new, sustainable, engineering and manufacturing jobs with more than 3,500 parts manufactured by nearly 100 suppliers in 31 states, the passenger railroad company announced Oct. 12.
