Caltrain completes grade crossing improvement projects in Menlo Park and San Mateo

Caltrain is continuing to finish grade crossing improvement projects. The latest are in Menlo Park and San Mateo.

Lacking support, Congressional leaders push back vote deadline on infrastructure bill

With the House of Representatives delaying a vote on a long-term infrastructure bill late last week, the Senate is now looking at a different deadline.

Schumer: ‘A jury-rigged bridge is hardly a long-term solution’

The CSX rail bridge on the Hudson River that is being temporarily reinforced is receiving more attention … and officials want it permanently fixed.

Metrolink to resume passenger rail service in southern Orange County and Oceanside

Metrolink is back in business in Southern Orange County.

Bells & Whistles—Calif. lawmaker goes to Transportation Secretary to reject coal rail project

RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson covers the top news stories of the week.

After getting the boot from BNSF, Metro Blue Line will now have to use County Road 81

With BNSF not allowing the use of tracks for the Metro Blue Line Extension Project in the Minneapolis suburbs, officials are now in the process of going door to door.

Metra starts work to rebuild Grayland Station, replace bridge over Milwaukee Ave.

Metra is working on a key rebuilding and replacement project on the railroad.

SEPTA working on long-term vision for regional rail

SEPTA announced last week plans to develop a vision for Regional Rail through a yearlong analysis and public feedback process.

Watch: Time-lapse video of truss removal and installation on Merchants Bridge

Railway Track & Structures magazine has obtained time-lapse video of the first truss removal and the first new truss installation of the Merchants Bridge in St. Louis.

New study says transit options need to be fed to Baltimore’s Black Butterfly

Baltimore’s Black Butterfly needs to get out of this non-transit cocoon.

Holland Partners With Cordel Inc.

Company partnerships can enhance service for customers.

Calif. governor, lawmakers make it easier for Valley Link light-rail project

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have gift-wrapped everything for the Tri-Valley/San Joaquin Valley Regional Authority.

FTA, TriMet and partners officially break ground on ‘A Better Red’ MAX extension and improvement project

TriMet and partners are moving forward with “A Better Red.”

Rail Group On Air: RT&S 2021 Engineer of the Year Justin Meyer

Railway Track & Structures magazine Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with Canadian Pacific’s Vice President of Engineering Justin Meyer.

U.S. Department of Transportation announces up to $36.4 million TIFIA loan to fund two infrastructure projects in Louisiana

U.S. DOT has announced TIFIA loan to help infrastructure projects is Louisiana.

World-class engineering under ground keeps trains quiet on UW campus above

Sound Transit is bringing new technology to the University of Washington campus.

Statement from Amtrak CEO on Empire Builder derailment

One of Amtrak’s most popular long-distance trains has derailed.

Original limestone saved as historic Guelph rail bridge gets major refit

Metrolinx is strengthening a historic bridge over the next several weekends.

Investigators looking at switch, rail as possible causes of deadly Amtrak derailment

A full 24 hours after a derailment of an Amtrak train that killed three passengers near Joplin, Mont., theories were spreading on the cause of the accident.

Portland’s Red Line project lands federal construction grant

The U.S. DOT’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a construction grant award of $99.9 million to the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) for “A Better Red,” the MAX Red Line Extension and Reliability Improvements Project in the Portland metro area.

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