NEW YORK CITY – Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) leaders and Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated the groundbreaking of the major construction stage of the Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 project.
TORONTO – The Ontario government has started tunneling the Ontario Line.
NEWARK, N.J. – Construction on the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP), a key component of the Gateway Program, will “pause if disbursements of federal funds do not resume in the coming days,” the Gateway Development Commission (GDC) reported
NEWARK/NEW YORK – The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) announced that manufacturing and testing of the first two TBMs for the Hudson Tunnel Project are complete.
MONTREAL – The tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the upcoming Blue Line extension has arrived at the Port of Montreal.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) confirms the large single bore as the preferred tunnel configuration for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II project.
NEWARK/NEW YORK – The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) Board of Commissioners has authorized the use of the delivery partner model to deliver the Hudson Tunnel Project on schedule and on budget.
ROANOKE, Va. – Genesis Rail unveiled its Track Cleaner with TrackSweep™ System at AREMA.
TORONTO – Metrolinx takes a look at the types of cranes used for subway construction in downtown Toronto.
ASHTABULA, Ohio – Delta Railroad Services introduces a Rail Unloader Car (RUC).
NEWARK/NEW YORK – The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) announced on Aug. 20 the tunnel boring machines that will build the first mile of the new rail tunnel under the Hudson River are almost complete.
DENVER – Union Pacific’s Equipment Shop has rebuilt its 100th tamper machine.
FORT WORTH, Texas – DavRail Inc. announces its partnership with Affective Rail & Plant allows DavRail the distribution rights to Affective Rail & Plant’s rail handling and logistics equipment in North and South America.
Rail transit properties around the world all contend with the same general issues. The corrugation on track in San Francisco is the same as corrugation on track in New Delhi. There may
BARAGA, Mich. – Pettibone Traverse/Lift, LLC is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Cary-Lift, which became the world’s first forward-reaching, rough-terrain material handler upon its invention by Phil LaTendresse in 1949. Shortly after its origin, the Cary-Lift product line was acquired by Pettibone, and it remains an industry-leading solution for pipe, pole and log handling to this day.
ATLANTA – Railway Track & Structures, April 2024 Issue: There are many forces that work to deteriorate track geometry over time. These forces don’t begin and end at the wheel/rail interface; they are transmitted to the vehicles and their components and into the track structure and its components. On ballasted track, ballast absorbs these forces, and its maintenance is critical to preserving and correcting several types of track geometry defects.
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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.
ONTARIO – STRABAG Inc. was awarded the $255 million contract for the second underground segment of the extension.
FORT WORTH, Texas – DavRail’s new partnership with McCulloch Group allows it to distribute McCulloch’s rail handling and logistics equipment.
