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      • Class 1 fuel surcharges Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-rail project digs deeper in trouble
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      • Class 1 fuel surcharges L.A. councilman calls Union Pacific’s effort to clean right-of-way trash
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      • AAR Week 7: intermodal, carloads post double-digit losses
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      • Coy Beaman, founder and CEO of Advanced Rail Systems, dies
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      • Purple Line Maryland governor likes the private involvement in troubled Purple Line, sees using the approach in the future
      • Designers can’t stand the sight of proposed light-rail section, quit
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      • Despite one city’s opposition, L.A. Metro moves forward with C Line extension
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      • Class 1 fuel surcharges Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-rail project digs deeper in trouble
      • Refinancing DART loan for Silver Line will save agency millions
      • Purple Line Maryland governor likes the private involvement in troubled Purple Line, sees using the approach in the future
      • DART Silver Line construction continues with Josey Lane Bridge in Carrollton
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      • Class 1 fuel surcharges Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-rail project digs deeper in trouble
      • Sound Transit Board approves transfer of surplus property to City of Seattle
      • Refinancing DART loan for Silver Line will save agency millions
      • Purple Line Maryland governor likes the private involvement in troubled Purple Line, sees using the approach in the future
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      • Plasser & Theurer announces new rail grinding technology
      • February issue of RT&S is now digital—track maintenance, winter maintenance, trucks/hi-rail vehicles
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      • Gateway Project 2020 accomplishments
    • Bridge/Retaining Walls/Tunnels
      • Designers can’t stand the sight of proposed light-rail section, quit
      • MTA Will New York receive a downpour of federal funding to serve the ‘subway desert’?
      • Going cheap on section of high-speed rail project in Calif. has created hefty cost overruns
      • Bells & Whistles—Norfolk Southern cancels rail project after city files with STB
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      • MARTA track replacement project on Red and Gold lines successfully completed
      • Bells & Whistles—Norfolk Southern cancels rail project after city files with STB
      • short line railroad New Jersey releases grants for rail/bridge maintenance and new construction
      • Plasser & Theurer announces new rail grinding technology
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      • Class 1 fuel surcharges L.A. councilman calls Union Pacific’s effort to clean right-of-way trash
      • BNSF announces plans for 2021 capital investments
      • Another phase is complete to strengthen Del Mar bluffs and protect railroad tracks in California
      • North Carolina gives short line railroad infrastructure a boost
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Class 1 fuel surcharges
  • February 26, 2021
  • Class 1, Commuter/Regional, Freight, High-Speed Rail, Passenger, Rail News, Railroad News, Rapid Transit/Light Rail, Track Construction

Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-rail project digs deeper in trouble

Will New York receive a downpour of federal funding to serve the ‘subway desert’? Going cheap on section of high-speed rail project in Calif. has created hefty cost overruns L.A. councilman calls

  • February 26, 2021
  • News, Passenger, Rapid Transit/Light Rail

Sound Transit Board approves transfer of surplus property to City of Seattle

The Sound Transit Board has approved a motion to transfer 10 surplus property sites in the Rainier Valley at no cost to the City of Seattle for the development of affordable housing, as a part of a partnership that includes a $10 million commitment from the city to build affordable homeownership opportunities.

  • February 26, 2021
  • Commuter/Regional, Passenger, Rail News, Railroad News, Rapid Transit/Light Rail, Track Construction

Refinancing DART loan for Silver Line will save agency millions

The U.S. DOT is providing a $908 million loan to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) for the Silver Line Regional Rail Project.

  • February 26, 2021
  • Freight, Intermodal, News, Passenger, Technology

Report card for America’s infrastructure to be unveiled next week

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will unveil its 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure next Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 10 a.m. ET through a virtual news conference.

Purple Line
  • February 25, 2021
  • Commuter/Regional, Intercity, Passenger, Rail News, Railroad News, Rapid Transit/Light Rail, Track Construction

Maryland governor likes the private involvement in troubled Purple Line, sees using the approach in the future

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan did not like Red a few years ago, but he has higher hopes for something like a Purple.

  • February 25, 2021
  • Commuter/Regional, Passenger, Rail News, Track Construction

DART Silver Line construction continues with Josey Lane Bridge in Carrollton

Work continues on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line Regional Rail project with the start of construction on the Josey Lane bridge in Carrollton.

  • February 25, 2021
  • Class 1, Freight, News, Safety/Training

CSX and Norfolk Southern trains collide in Augusta, Ga.

WRDW and WAGT News reported that a Norfolk Southern locomotive collided with a CSX train in Augusta, Ga.

Class 1 fuel surcharges
  • February 25, 2021
  • Class 1, Freight, OFF Track Maintenance, Rail News, Railroad News, Track Maintenance

L.A. councilman calls Union Pacific’s effort to clean right-of-way trash

A Los Angeles councilman believes Union Pacific has let itself go and is demanding an intervention at the railroad’s expense.

  • February 25, 2021
  • Class 1, Freight, Intermodal, News, Shortline/Regional, Yards & Terminals

AAR Week 7: intermodal, carloads post double-digit losses

For the week ending Feb. 20, total U.S. rail traffic of 377,904 carloads and containers fell 21.7% vs. the same week last year, reported the Association of American Railroads on Feb. 24.

  • February 24, 2021
  • Bridge/Retaining Walls/Tunnels, Intercity, Passenger, Rail News, Railroad News, Rapid Transit/Light Rail, Track Construction, Track Structure

Designers can’t stand the sight of proposed light-rail section, quit

Design firms of the REM light-rail system in Montreal can’t stand the sight of a section of track, so they have decided to walk.

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