Gateway Project completes geotechnical investigation
Geotechnical investigation work is now complete on the Gateway Project.
Recently opened Carolina Connector helping to bolster supply chain
Just a few months after opening, the Carolina Connector intermodal transportation facility is already making a dent in the supply chain issue.
Heads up: upcoming weekend closures in March on A and E Lines in DTLA for Regional Connector work
L.A. Metro will be working on the railroad for the next couple of weekends.
Sound Transit announces March 2022 service changes
Service changes for Sound Transit will take effect next month.
Bells & Whistles—MARTA under estimates cost of new light-rail projects
The top stories we were following this week.
Sound Transit names Brooke Belman as acting CEO following Peter Rogoff’s May 31 departure
While the Sound Transit Board continues its national search for the agency’s next CEO, it voted unanimously to appoint longtime agency leader Brooke Belman to the role of Acting CEO upon CEO Peter Rogoff’s departure on May 31.
Metrolink announces new executive leadership team appointments
Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle announced the appointments of Don Filippi as chief operations officer and Arnold Hackett as chief financial officer, and the addition of Paul Hubler as chief strategy officer.
RTD selects consultant to study feasibility of ‘peak service’ rail to northwest communities
RTD announced its selection of HDR Engineering Inc. to study the feasibility of implementing a “peak service” rail schedule between Denver Union Station and downtown Longmont.
Port of L.A. has busiest January on record
The Port of Los Angeles processed 865,595 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in January, a 3.6% increase compared to last year. It was the Port’s busiest January in its 115-year history and a new milestone for a Western Hemisphere port.
Cost to repaint rail bridge has Casper, Wyo., officials looking for alternatives
The saying, “It just needs a coat of paint,” takes on a little more sting when the cost is $150,000.
MARTA study could wipe out proposed light-rail lines due to higher costs
An engineering study conducted by MARTA has revealed proposed light-rail lines would be more expensive than original estimates.
U.S. DOT announces funding to strengthen port infrastructure
The U.S. DOT’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced nearly $450 million in newly available grant funding for port-related projects through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP)—by far the largest investment in the program ever.
Santa Cruz RTC becomes a goat herder for sake of railroad tracks
Goat milk, goat cheese, and goat track cleaners. The last one could be on its way to becoming an official product used by railroad companies and transit agencies.
New Michigan rail passenger line would boost downtown economies
Called a downtown-to-downtown connection, a new proposed passenger line in Michigan could do wonders to help central business districts.
NTSB issues final report on 2020 Watco employee death
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report on the 2020 death of an employee of the Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad, a Watco railroad.
BNSF suffers derailment in Minnesota
On Thursday, Feb. 17, at around 9:00 a.m. a BNSF freight train derailed in the town of Frazee, Minn. which is approximately 170 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Watch: CN’s distributed braking cars help the railroad run trains more safely in the winter
Through the coldest winter conditions every year, the CN fleet of distributed braking cars, or Air Cars, keep goods moving safely and with reliable service.
Brightline West secures right-of-way for Vegas high-speed rail route; line expected to be electrified
The missing link for Brightline West’s Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles high-speed rail service now appears to be in plain site.
Watch: CN’s autonomous track Inspection program
Over the past couple of years, RT&S has reported on Canadian National’s automated track inspection program.
CSX train derails north of Atlanta on Thursday morning
A CSX freight trained derailed the morning of Thursday, Feb. 17 in Kingston, Ga., just northwest of Atlanta.