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

Union Pacific reports Q1 2020 financial results

Union Pacific Corporation today reported 2020 first quarter net income of $1.5 billion, or $2.15 per diluted share. This compares to $1.4 billion, or $1.93 per diluted share, in the first quarter

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CSX announces Q1 2020 financial results

CSX Corp. [yesterday] announced first quarter 2020 net earnings of $770 million, or $1.00 per share, versus $834 million, or $1.02 per share in the same period last year. CSX’s operating ratio

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

Troubled Hawaii light rail project gets more troubling news

The first official light rail project for the state of Hawaii has been tarred in controversy for years, but the latest news has the COVID-19 pandemic dumping on the job. Honolulu Authority

Rail Group On Air—An Alaskan Reality: The White Pass Loop Project

Railway Track & Structures magazine Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks to Mark Taylor, Superintendent of Operations at White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad about the White Pass Loop Project. The White Pass Loop

Canadian Pacific reports first quarter 2020 operating results

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited today announced first-quarter operating results, including revenues of $2.04 billion, an operating ratio (“OR”) of 59.2 percent, diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $2.98 and adjusted diluted EPS

Association of American Railroads traffic report for the week ending April 18, 2020

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 18, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 403,283 carloads and intermodal units,

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UPDATED APRIL 20—Rail Group Staff Report: Global railway industry response and impacts to 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

Purple Line

Crash wall, COVID-19 adds time, money to Maryland’s Purple Line project

What was at first lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit is now delay after delay after delay for Maryland’s Purple Line project. It will take an additional five months and over $187 million

Freight cars dumped in Mississippi River after BNSF derailment

Yesterday morning did not start well for a BNSF crew piloting a freight train along the banks of the Mississippi River in East Dubuque, IA. Rolling through this scenic area, the crew

Traffic lull allows for more PTC work

The reduced traffic on railroad and transit lines resulting from COVID-19 has allowed roads, particularly transit operations, to catch up on their installation and testing of positive train control (PTC) according to

Federal Railroad Administration welcomes new Chief Counsel

Gerald A. Reynolds is Chief Counsel for the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).  In this capacity, he serves as the principal legal advisor to the FRA Administrator, and is

Federal Railroad Administration seeking grant requests for $311.8 million funding dollars

On Friday, RT&S reported on the Notice of Funding Opportunity for consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements. Today, the FRA published the process for applying for grant money, along with additional details

Is Ottawa’s Trillium Line the most efficient single-track line in North America? One expert seems to think so

The new light rail line in the city of Ottawa, Canada, has finally been put on the map the way officials had hoped. For months the rail line has been criticized for

Union Pacific train derails in California

A derailment of a Union Pacific freight train in California is being investigated. The train was moving through Emeryville when six cars were knocked off the track on Sunday afternoon. Three of

COVID-19 claims New Jersey Transit’s Ray Kenny

New Jersey Transit Senior Vice President and General Manager Rail Operations Raymond P. Kenny, 69, has died of COVID-19. Kenny, who began his transportation career in 1970 as an MTA Long Island

Class 1 fuel surcharges

Bells & Whistles—4/17/20

Bonds approved for Virgin Trains USA’s rail route from Las Vegas to southern California. Third lawsuit against Maryland’s Purple Line project fails. Union says railroad companies need to use unemployed workers before

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Kansas City Southern reports strong first quarter results

Kansas City Southern reported record revenues of $731.7 million, an increase of 8% from first quarter 2019. Overall, carload volumes were up 4% compared to prior year. First Quarter 2020 First quarter

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