POLB releases FEIR for on-dock rail facility
The Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) has been released for the Port of Long Beach’s (POLB) proposed redeveloped of a rail yard to transition more cargo to rail.
The Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) has been released for the Port of Long Beach’s (POLB) proposed redeveloped of a rail yard to transition more cargo to rail.
January will see the final five miles of rail installed as part of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Double Track project.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is celebrating the completion of the state’s largest program of rail infrastructure improvements after seven years.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signed an order establishing the governor’s Commuter Rail Advisory Task Force on Jan. 9.
The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) will invest $2.5 million in design and construction of a rail spur and storage tracks for a tire manufacturer in Edgecombe County.
The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) Board approved the Tacoma Dome Link Extension last week, setting a $125.7 million budget for preliminary engineering for the project.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has the “groundwork in place for a much better future,” according to the Third Annual Report of the Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB).
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV, aka, drones) are becoming an important tool in railroad engineering and maintenance. Keolis Commuter Services, which operates regional/commuter rail for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, is among the latest to adopt the technology.
The 5.34-mile (8.6-km) Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Toronto-to-York subway extension opened to the public on Sunday, Dec. 17.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) board has approved a $1.8 billion design-build contract for 3rd Track Constructors (3TC) to complete work on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) expansion project.
Norfolk Southern began operating trains across its new Portageville Bridge on Dec. 11, following two years of construction.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said a key factor in a September 2016 collision between a VIA Rail passenger train and a tractor-trailer in Quebec was an obstructed view of the crossing warning system.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has selected three qualified contracting teams to submit design-build proposals for the first phase of the Red and Purple Modernization Program (RPM) project.
The Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project has officially been concluded.
The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority held a groundbreaking ceremony Dec. 2 for its $1.5 billion Foothill Gold Line light-rail extension from Glendora to Montclair at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif.
Britain’s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has introduced into operation the first two of three 150m (492-foot) long grinding trains, which Loram and Colas Rail are supplying under a £36-million (US$48.6-million) contract.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is gearing up to conduct switch installation work near its Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn as part of its Vanderbilt Yard Reconfiguration project.
Railroad fatalities were up in 2016 as compared to 2015, following the overall trend upwards for total transportation deaths, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Dave Ross joined a group of Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (WSOR) employees recently for a tour of the railroad.
Canadian National is substantially complete with a rehabilitation project on a bridge linking its Minnesota and Wisconsin network.