L.B. Foster’s Combs Joins NRC Board
L.B. Foster Vice President of Rail Sales Doug Combs has been named to the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) Board of Directors. Combs assumes a recently vacated seat on the
L.B. Foster Vice President of Rail Sales Doug Combs has been named to the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) Board of Directors. Combs assumes a recently vacated seat on the
CLEVELAND – The city of Cleveland issues 99 first-degree misdemeanor violations for CSX- and Norfolk Southern-owned railroad bridges.
CHESTERTON, Ind. – The South Shore Line in northern Indiana has been testing trains at a lowered speed and “expects to return commercial train travel to a 14-mile stretch of track.”
CHICAGO – East Chicago Rail Terminal announced it has completed a track expansion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Work on a rail bridge over the Potomac River begins this Fall. The rail bridge, costing $2.3 billion, will expand passenger rail capacity over the next ten years.
PITTSBURGH – L.B. Foster is discontinuing its fabricated bridge grid deck manufacturing and commercial operations in Bedford, Pa.
BOSTON – MBTA details its critical track work that will take place over 16 days in October on the Red and Mattapan lines.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Private investment firm Auxo Investment Partners on Aug. 23 announced that it has acquired Cariboo Central Railroad Contracting, a Western Canada-based railroad construction service provider to Class I railroads, short-line railroads and industrial customers.
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Department of Transportation releases two timelapse videos showing the replacement of two railroad bridges in Jackson.
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. – Brightline VP spoke to Martin County Commissioners to support construction of a double-tracked railroad bridge that crosses over the St. Lucie River in Florida.
BISMARCK, N.D. – Friends of the Rail Bridge takes its argument of the Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge ownership to the North Dakota Supreme Court.
SECAUCUS, NJ – Amtrak continues with its Portal North Bridge Project that is slated to be completed in late 2027.
CHICAGO – The CTA is finishing up its first phase of construction on its Blue Line this weekend with service updates.
NEW YORK – A Long Island Rail Road train derailed on August 3 and investigators have determined that an improperly aligned switch was the cause.
KERN COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority has finished its seventh high-speed rail structure, and the Merced Avenue overcrossing is now open.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – Today, Union Pacific starts a tie replacement project along 10 miles of its North Line, totaling roughly 3,000 ties between Highland Park and Wilmette.
RT&S AUGUST 2023 ISSUE – ATLANTA – While track maintenance has more than its fair share of challenges, it could perhaps be argued that rail welding is among the most challenging.
SANDPOINT, Idaho – A four-year, multi-faceted project to widen a single-track chokepoint on BNSF’s Northern Corridor at Sandpoint, Idaho, is now complete, following the cutover of new track during a 16-hour work
RT&S AUGUST 2023 ISSUE – MINNEAPOLIS – Friction management works. Whether at the gauge face or top of rail, the benefits are widely known and widely quantified.
FORT WORTH, Texas – The first bridge in BNSF’s double track project has opened to freight and passenger trains in North Texas.