CSX and Norfolk Southern trains collide in Augusta, Ga.

WRDW and WAGT News reported that a Norfolk Southern locomotive collided with a CSX train in Augusta, Ga.

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Norfolk Southern suffers derailment in Pennsylvania

A Norfolk Southern train derailed on Monday evening in Pennsylvania. Amtrak tweeted that two of it’s trains that run on this line were canceled.

MARTA track replacement project on Red and Gold lines successfully completed

Just shy of a month ago, RT&S reported that the Metropolitan Atlanta Transit Authority (MARTA) was beginning “state of good repair” work on it’s heavy rail lines north of the Lindbergh Center, running through Buckhead and Lenox stations.

Despite the terrible weather, MTA slogs through

Ed. Note: We’ve been covering the impact of the U.S. weather on Class 1s this week, and thought you might enjoy this coverage on how MTA is fighting through the snow, delivering service to those who must travel. We encourage you to click on the “availalbe here” MTA link below for a series of photographs that really bring home the impact of the storm on MTA workers, as well as rail workers around the country. DCL

Winter hammers rail operations—Metra is a good example

Railroads that operate in northernmost regions in the U.S. face horrific winter conditions almost every year.

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Goderich-Exeter Railway, a Genesee & Wyoming road, suffers runaway and derailment

A Goderich-Exter Railway (a short line owned by Genesee & Wyoming) freight train that runs between Goderich and Stratford, Ont. yesterday began rolling backward down a hill toward Goderich Harbor yesterday, collided

HDR-Gannett Fleming team will be Program Consultant for TTC’s Line 2 Subway

An HDR-Gannett Fleming led team has been selected as the program consultant on the Toronto Transit Commission’s Subway Capacity Enhancement Program for Line 2. The team will provide advisory, planning and engineering

Extending road will eliminate rail crossing in South Carolina

It has taken two decades to come up with a final solution for a railroad crossing in Hanahan, S.C., but the project is about to kick off. With the South Carolina Department

NTSB blames Union Pacific for fatal Wyoming train crash; air brake tests could have prevented accident

The National Transportation Safety Board determined on Jan. 25 that an airbrake failure caused the fatal, Oct. 4, 2018, collision between two Union Pacific trains in Granite Canyon, Wyo. The collision occurred when

MARTA track replacement project to enhance safety and customer experience, extend life of rail system

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is investing approximately $225 million in State of Good Repair work on its heavy rail lines that will enhance the safety of the rail system,

Rail Group On Air: NJ Transit’s Kevin Corbett on completing PTC

New Jersey Transit met the December 31, 2020 federally mandated deadline for implementing Positive Train Control. NJT President and CEO Kevin Corbett discusses the project’s complexity, and the “come from behind” coordination and

BART begins replacing 50-year-old track at Richmond Station

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has begun a project to replace track components at the agency’s Richmond Station. Replacement of an interlocking is the focus of the project. As most readers know,

Bells & Whistles—High-speed rail project lacking the land

MOW union demanding more safety precautions at Union Pacific during pandemic, but judge rules it can’t strike Price of Sound Transit projects expand more than 50 percent ‘Beyond comprehension’: Contractor of California’s

U.S. DOT grants $40 Million to improve safety at highway-railway crossings 

The U.S. Department of Transportation today provided $40 million in grants to States seeking to improve safety where highways and rail lines cross. The grants, awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Amtrak locomotives return to deadly derailment site in state of Washington

Positive Train Control (PTC) could have prevented the Amtrak derailment over I-5 that killed three people in DuPont, Wash. The technology was not yet installed in 2017. It’s there now, and officials

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MOW union demanding more safety precautions at Union Pacific during pandemic, but judge rules it can’t strike

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

Bells & Whistles—A huge resignation and vandals derail a freight train

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

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Union Pacific train derails in Oregon – UPDATED with Union Pacific statement

According to KGW-TV 8, the local NBC affiliate, a Union Pacific freight train derailed between Canby, Ore. and Oregon City (about 25 miles southeast of Portland) yesterday morning. The train ran into

NTSB again stresses need for increased protection of high-hazard flammable material tankers, citing two recent derailments

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

Controversial Amtrak plan becomes more, well, controversial

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

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