Purple Line

Workers set to leave Maryland’s Purple Line project

Frustrated by one delay after another, the builders currently working on Maryland’s Purple Line project say they will leave the project because the state is not paying for the delays and cost

Bells & Whistles—5/1/20

Union Pacific train derails in downtown Rockford, Ill. Groups want transit, not highway work, in New Jersey. Repairs to Ottawa light rail line will be done sooner. Sound Transit tries to figure

Class 1 fuel surcharges

UP derailment happens right down Madison Street, rips up pavement

Sometimes when you are moving down the street you become the Grand Marshal of the unexpected. On Monday, a Union Pacific train derailed in downtown Rockford, Ill., and the Class 1 railroad

Contractor of Ottawa’s Confederation Line will be addressing problems sooner

A drop in ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic is allowing the contractor who constructed the city of Ottawa’s Confederation Line to come up with a cure for several problems on the light

UPDATED APRIL 28: Rail Group Staff Report—Global railway industry response and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Following is a staff report from the editors at Railway Age, Railway Track & Structures and International Railway Journal that will be continuously updated with the latest developments surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 has Sound Transit’s capital plan reeling

As the COVID-19 pandemic chews a bigger hole in the purses of public transit agencies across the country, Sound Transit is taking a hard look at its capital plan and will be

AAR Research Review will be held in webinar format

To ensure that social distancing will not be an obstacle to sharing the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) important industry research, the 25th Annual AAR Research Review will be held in a new all-digital webinar format.

railroad tracks

All aboard the dirt dump train! Hauling dirt between two projects in Maryland

Why have several dump trucks when you can have a dump train? Officials in New Windsor, Md., are seeing the benefits of using rail for a stormwater project, which began in mid-April

Groups that prefer light rail transit over tolls fight with N.J. officials

Instead of paying tolls, certain groups in New Jersey want to pay fares. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority did not have on its April 28 meeting agenda a toll plan to spend

Watch: Latest progress video on high-speed rail construction in Calif.

Progress continues to be made on high-speed rail construction in California. The California High Speed Rail Authority recently released video on construction near Kimberlina Road and S.R. 43. For the latest news,

Herzog Contracting, Stacy and Witbeck, Inc. awarded streetcar extension project in K.C.

KC Streetcar Constructors (KCSC), a joint venture of Herzog Contracting Corp. and Stacy and Witbeck, Inc., has been awarded the Construction-Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) contract to begin preconstruction activities for the Kansas City Streetcar

Look: Metra fixes tightest track curve; workers wear masks during pandemic

Chicago Metra workers have been busy replacing the Canal Street crossing just north of Chicago’s Union Station. It is the tightest track curve in the system. Once completed, it will provide a

With venues opening in Georgia on April 27, MARTA will deal with a new challenge

On the eve of Georgia’s grand re-opening, the one the entire nation is talking about, MARTA has an incredible task on its hands. Last week the transit agency had its first COVID-19-related

Special Podcast Series—The Coronavirus and the Rail Industry: Amtrak responds to COVID-19

Highlights from Amtrak’s April 23, 2020 press conference with new President and CEO Bill Flynn, Board Chair Tony Coscia and Senior Executive Vice President Stephen Gardner. The three answer questions about Amtrak’s

Watch: Investigators try to determine cause of Pa. train derailment

A train derailment in Marysville, Perry County, Pa., was still on display on Friday as investigators work to find out exactly what happened. Crews and the Norfolk Southern police were looking into

California provides funding for “transformative” rail and public transportation projects

Seventeen “transformative” rail and public transportation projects in California received $500 million in capital grants from the California State Transportation Agency. The San Francisco Bay Area and southern California were the big

Watch: RT&S 2020 Top Project White Pass Loop Project in finished form

Railway Track & Structures magazine has named the White Pass Loop Project in Alaska a 2020 Top Project. Yesterday a podcast was released interviewing Mark Taylor, Superintendent of Operations at White Pass

BART puts small businesses to work on the railroad during pandemic

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is taking unprecedented steps to increase the opportunities available to small businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, helping to continue essential construction projects and keeping small business employees

Progress Rail

Motorists complain about potholes at Durham, N.C., railroad crossing; one side gets fixed while the other does not

When the problem is half-fixed, you still have a problem remaining. That is the case for a pair of railroad tracks in Durham, N.C. CBS 17 did a story on the crossing

Strictly fantasy: A look at Bay Area transit in 40 years

What could transit look like in northern California, specifically the San Francisco Bay area? Over the next decade, Caltrain electrification and the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) extension to San Jose will

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