Union Pacific derailment comes close to striking large propane tank

Union Pacific has not set a timeline on when a line of track in Albany County, Wyo., will be reopened following a 57-car derailment over the weekend. The cars that left the

railroad tracks

Montana county uses grant money for Class 1 rail project

Silver Bow County in Montana is welcoming a $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Economic Development Administration, and the money will go towards a Class 1 rail project. An $11

Sacramento stakes reputation on shorter streetcar line

A shortened streetcar project is expected to protect the city of Sacramento’s reputation. Officials originally planned for a 4.4-mile line connecting West Sacramento Civic Center to Midtown Sacramento. However, when bids came

LA Metro

L.A. Metro looks at three light-rail routes to get to Hollywood

Los Angeles Metro officials are trying to decide which option is going to get celebrity status on a new light-rail line that will travel north of Hollywood. Three alternatives for the Crenshaw/LAX

FTA provides Caltrain second installment of funding, which is not nearly enough

Caltrain will take whatever it can get at this point, and whenever it can get it. The Federal Transit Administration will be giving the struggling rail service another $15.3 million in aid.

St. Louis plans to take hard look at north-south light-rail line

St. Louis wants to take a closer look at a north-south transit expansion. Mayor Lyda Krewson announced the city would look to get a feasibility study going on a proposed line. The

short line railroad

FRA refutes index ranking regarding train derailments

24/7 Wall Street, using numbers from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Association of American Railroads, has created an index ranking the best and worst states when it comes to rail

New FTA guidance on transit joint development projects

The U.S. DOT’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced new guidance that increases flexibility for transit agencies to work with developers to build projects that benefit transit systems and their communities. A notice

Progress Rail

Some in Minnesota are not ready to give up on original Blue Line route

Minneapolis suburban mayors and others refuse to give up on BNSF. Just about a week after officials announced it was stepping away from negotiations with the Class 1 company regarding the Bottineau

LIRR rejects FRA’s interoperability claim with Positive Train Control

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is doing pretty well with implementing Positive Train Control. The latest report from the Federal Railroad Administration shows LIRR has PTC on just over 72 percent

Colbert County, Ala., residents look over five options to improve rail traffic

Enjoying fresh air, residents of Colbert County, Ala., viewed options to remove rail traffic from the street level. Due to the coronavirus, officials held the public meeting outside at the Colbert County

FRA encouraged by significant advancements in PTC implementation

The U.S. DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress, as of June 30, 2020, toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC) systems by Dec. 31,

Design for rail interchange project in Wash. complete; more funding for construction could be on the way

Representatives of the Washington State Department of Transportation have indicated that the track and infrastructure design for the Connell Rail Interchange Project is 100 percent completed. The Connell Rail Interchange is a

Brightline breaks away from Virgin Trains USA

By David Peter Alan, Railway Age Contributing Editor The honeymoon between Brightline, the private-sector luxury passenger train in Florida, and the Virgin brand is over. It lasted for fewer than two years.

Metro-North still dealing with wrath of Tropical Storm Isaias

Tropical Storm Isaias put parts of the Metro-North Railroad in timeout for days. The railroad was finally operating on weekday schedules on Aug. 10 after crews had most of the debris off

Southwest light-rail project in Minn. could receive large federal grant

A federal grant could be on its way to the Southwest light-rail project in Minneapolis. Congress needs to approve the $929 million grant, and that review lasts 30 days. The Southwest project

Watch: News videos on the train derailment in Tempe

The Union Pacific train derailment in Tempe, Ariz., last week received a lot of media attention. The following are clips from other news outlets to give you a better viewpoint of the

Rescue attempt for Caltrain back on; new resolution to address governing structure

A clean start is exactly what Caltrain needed. Not long after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors refused to consider putting a tax increase on the November ballot to help save the

New York City transit shuts down due to Isaias

Isaias was being difficult on Aug. 4. The tropical storm ripped upward along the East Coast and hit New York City transit particularly hard. Gusting winds, some exceeding 70 mph, took out

High-speed rail project connecting L.A. and Las Vegas records another win

Plans for a new high-speed rail line that will connect southern California to Las Vegas are forging ahead after the project has been awarded another critical public funding allocation. The XpressWest rail

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