Change orders are two words that can be used to describe progress on the Metropolitan Council’s Southwest Green Line extension project this summer in Minnesota.
RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson goes over the top stories of the week.
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 13 that the North Carolina Railroad Co. is not required to share records with the public, even though it is owned by the state.
Sound Transit will open three new stations this fall, and testing of the new line is at a fever pitch. Below is a story prepared by Sound Transit’s Zee Shaner about the new line and preparations.
The August issue of RT&S contains a job story on the Green Line Extension project in Boston as well as product reviews of the ballast maintenance and rail welding markets.
Clean-up efforts are continuing down in Florida after there was a 300-gal diesel fuel spill at the Brightline railroad bridge construction site at the Eau Gallie River.
Opposition for a high-speed maglev train line in the Washington D.C./Baltimore area is beginning to stack up.
MTA has completed the Third Avenue bridge renewal project in Mt. Vernon.
The process of Ring Road in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, becoming a clear road when it comes to railroad tracks has been a long one.
The Senate passed a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill by a 69-30 count. The legislation now moves on to the House, where it could sit for months.
Under a $124 million development plan, a significant portion of the Ardmore Industrial Airpark will become an international, state-of-the-art multimodal logistics facility.
Human infrastructure might get in the way of transportation infrastructure.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s August 2021 Construction Update highlights the progress being made on the nation’s first high-speed rail project.
Short line railroads in North Carolina are about to get a financial shot in the arm for infrastructure improvements.
The Sound Transit board approved the Affordable Schedule on Aug. 5, but it will only cost the public access to new light-rail lines as a number of projects now face a delay.
The grade separated crossing at East 25th Avenue in San Mateo has been reopened to all modes of traffic.
The US Senate’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill increases Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding for MARTA and other transit agencies by 65 percent over previous levels and includes important policy changes that will positively impact transit expansion in the metro Atlanta region.
Two notices in the Federal Register last week announce that Canadian National and CSX both petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in July for the extension of previous approval that allows both railroads to temporarily suspend some visual track inspections.
Pettibone has introduced X-Command, a new telematics program available for the company’s X-Series telehandlers, Cary-Lift pipe and pole handlers, and Speed Swing rail maintenance machines.
After weeks of battling wildfires and floods, Union Pacific is seeing a bit of a reprieve from the fires. RT&S has reported on this situation for the past several weeks, and it’s nice to share some good news on this front.