A federal judge is rejecting a strike order by one of Union Pacific’s bigger unions. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division threatened to walk off the job last month due
Location, location, location means more, more and more money for Sound Transit regarding the light-rail line extension to Ballard, Wash., and West Seattle. Sound Transit announced the construction of a line connecting
NTSB again stresses need for increased protection of high-hazard flammable material tankers, citing two recent derailments ‘Deeply troubled’ Transportation Secretary Chao resigns following D.C. violence Mexican freight train carrying automobiles derailed by
ABB has been awarded a contract by Hitachi Rail to provide traction power equipment for the Hurontario Light Rail Transit (HuLRT) project in Toronto, Canada. Among its roles, Hitachi leads the Systems
Calling the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 “traumatic and entirely avoidable,” Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced she is resigning effective Monday. On her Twitter page, Chao said it was
The city of Charlotte is getting closer to passing a massive transportation plan. A committee voted on Jan. 6 to move forward with an $8-12 billion investment, but some said they wanted
The sudden flip in the Senate could have transit officials doing spinning cartwheels by the end of 2021. Both Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, the Democrats who claimed Senate seats after winning
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Ridership might be down because of the pandemic, but new transit projects continue to be up across the U.S. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is deciding on where it will put
The National Transportation Safety Board issued a safety recommendation in December regarding placement of Department Transportation-111 rail tank cars in high-hazard flammable trains and the use of buffer cars for the protection of train
In response to a plan that was openly criticized a few years ago, Amtrak is responding with a heavy closing statement. The passenger rail service re-issued a plan for fences and gates
Sound Transit, the transit agency for the Seattle, Wash. metropolitan area, offers bus, commuter rail and light rail service. The commuter rail service essentially runs from Tacoma, through Seattle and north to
Too much Union Pacific is not always a good thing. Colorado Pacific Railroad is trying to break up what it believes is a monopoly following the announcement that Rio Grande Pacific and
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 26, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 405,111 carloads and intermodal units,
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced today that positive train control (PTC) technology is in operation on all 57,536 required freight and passenger railroad route miles, prior to
According to Google Analytics, There were a whopping 1.4 million pageviews on the RT&S website in 2020, and in a year that was bombarded by COVID-19 stories it is not surprising that
Editor’s Note: Today’s Association of American Railroads traffic report is similar to the association’s reports for the past several weeks. While intermodal continues to post strong increases over the same periods last
Officials are trying to figure out how a BNSF train carrying crude oil derailed in Whatcom County, Wash., on Dec. 22. The accident caused a fire that lasted well into the night.
Metra and Canadian Pacific, along with the CREATE partners, are pleased to announce the completion of the Canadian Pacific Crossover Upgrades project (B1). This project eliminates commuter and freight train delays by