Artificial Intelligence and What it Means for the Rail Industry
RAVENSWORTH, Va. –– FROM THE MARCH 2024 ISSUE OF RAILWAY TRACK AND STRUCTURES –– TTC Operated by Ensco.
RAVENSWORTH, Va. –– FROM THE MARCH 2024 ISSUE OF RAILWAY TRACK AND STRUCTURES –– TTC Operated by Ensco.
LOS ANGELES – Skanska, a leading construction and development firm, is piloting a zero-emissions electric compaction roller on its Los Angeles Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project.
ATLANTA –– Railway Track and Structures begins accepting nominations for the annual Top Projects recognition today through May 9.
LANHAM, Md. –– AREMA will hold its 2024 Annual Conference & Expo from September 15-18 in Louisville, Ky.
MARKHAM, ONTARIO –– The Government of Canada is making a significant investment in rail safety in Ontario.
DALLAS — today announced that an AECOM-led team has been selected by Amtrak to support the development of the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Project (SRB).
ATLANTA –– Sudden brittle fracture of a loaded steel component occurs when a crack in the steel grows unstoppably at a speed of 3.7 miles per second—roughly the speed of sound in
SEATTLE – STV, a professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced that it has signed a contract with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to provide comprehensive engineering and advisory services to progress the agency’s statewide Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Program Plan.
LOS ANGELES – The Volvo EC230 Electric excavator was used in a 90-day pilot program by Skanska on LA Metro’s Purple (D Line) Extension Transit program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– In Safety Bulletin 2024-2, issued February 13, the Federal Railroad Administration notified railroads of a software error and malfunction in the Interoperable Electronic Train Management System (PTC).
PITTSBURG, Kan. – CDL Group of Companies welcomes Jon Broadway as the new general manager of railroad construction within its railroad construction division.
JUNEAU, Alaska – The State of Alaska reports a successful deployment and detonation of two CIL explosives on an unmanned UAS by the Alaska Railroad Corporation and Alaska DOT&PF.
BALTIMORE – Amtrak has achieved a major milestone for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program with the selection of a Kiewit/J.F. Shea Joint Venture to build the brand new, state-of-the-art passenger rail tunnel that will serve electrified Amtrak and MARC commuter trains.
ATLANTA – Railway Track & Structures, February 2024 Issue: A pair of speakers from different continents discussed the benefits of autonomous track geometry collection and the advantages of monitoring revenue-service vehicles’ response to track conditions at the 2022 Wheel/Rail Interaction Conference. Development and the rate of implementation is ongoing.
CHICAGO –– CN Vice President Engineering and Railway Track & Structures’ 2023 Engineer of the Year is among the featured speakers at Railway Age’s Next-Gen Freight Rail 2024 Conference, to be held March 12, 2024, at the
JACKSONVILLE, Fl. – Duos Technologies Group Inc enters into a multi-year agreement with a Class I railroad to implement advanced AI-Based Defect Detection models.
Louisville, Ky. – I have spent more than 50 years in the rail industry, all of it in the Communications & Signals segment. I will be retiring after the joint REMSA/RSSI Exhibition
ATLANTA –– Happy New Year! The January 2024 Issue of Railway Track and Structures is now online.
WILMERDING, Pa. — The Pittsburg Post-Gazette has reported that Wabtec Corp. will lay off 94 workers in the first quarter of 2024 with the closure of it’s Wilmerding plant, which is set
NEWARK, N.J. – Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has selected Doppelmayr to design and construct new AirTrain technology and vehicles at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) as part of the AirTrain Newark Replacement Program.