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.
Bells & Whistles—Fatal light-rail route has Sound Transit changing design approach
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Feb. 18.
Sound Transit looks to improve deadly MLK route; future designs will be aerial or tunnel guideways
A dangerous route has Sound Transit changing its design stance on future light-rail projects. Well, for the most part anyway.
Watch: Metrolinx begins advance work on the ‘push box’
Metrolinx continues to work on the railroad with state-of-the-art construction methods.
Norfolk Southern appoints Paul Duncan vice president network planning and operations, John Friedmann to retire
Norfolk Southern Corporation announced that Paul Duncan has been appointed vice president network planning and operations.
Key rail projects across the U.S. make significant progress
Railway Track & Structures magazine takes a closer look at four rail projects going on this year.
Property issues spook high-speed rail board into changing its ways for two new sections
Property acquisitions, or lack thereof, have killed the momentum of the high-speed rail construction project in California.
NTSB releases initial report on Norfolk Southern contractor death in December 2021
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the death of a contractor to Norfolk Southern working with a track gang. The accident took place on December 8, 2021.
Watch: Amtrak rolls out new, cleaner locomotives in Chicago
Amtrak and Siemens Mobility North America came together at Chicago’s Union Station to launch the next generation of locomotives.
TTCI opens door to 30 years of railroad technology research
For the first time, the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., (TTCI) is providing open access to three decades of its railroad technology research performed under the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Strategic Research Initiatives (SRI) program.
FRA Administrator Bose urges STB to support Amtrak Gulf Coast service
FRA Administrator Amit Bose testified on behalf of the Department at the Surface Transportation Board Hearing on Amtrak’s application seeking to restore passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast (Docket No. FD 36496).
Ceres Terminals and JAXPORT announce long-term, $60 million investment in TraPac Jacksonville container terminal
The JAXPORT Board of Directors unanimously approved a 20-year, $60 million agreement between Ceres Terminals and JAXPORT for the lease and modernization of the TraPac Jacksonville container terminal in Jacksonville, Florida.
Pennsylvania to invest additional $246 million in Port of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania has made an additional significant investment in the Port of Philadelphia.
Brightline achieves first major construction milestone
Brightline has completed its first major construction zone (Zone 2) on its 170-mile extension from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport (OIA).
Contractor selected for retaining wall, abutment work on rail bridge project in Michigan
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will use Nicholson Construction for a railroad bridge replacement project in Jackson, Mich.