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      • NS Begins Allegheny Commons Pedestrian Bridge Replacement
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    • Shortline/Regional
      • PUCO Approves Safety Upgrades
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      • STV Delivers Industrial Water Infrastructure at Amtrak’s Ivy City Yard
      • UIPA Board Approves $500K for Rail Yard Relocation
      • NS Upgrades South Kickback Track at Lamberts Point
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      • January 2026: Construction of the launch box at the tunnel portal in New Jersey. HTP Work Stoppage on the Way?
      • Choppy Air for Brightline
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      • Skanska JV, VPRA Sign Contract to Build Long Bridge North in Washington, D.C.
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      • MBTA Celebrates Foxboro Commuter Rail Station Upgrades
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      • Sound Transit Board Adopts Updated ST3
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      • Federal Transit Administration Announces Funding for Transit-Oriented Development
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      • CHSRA Completes Jersey Avenue Grade Separation
      • IO and Metrolinx Issue RFP for Yonge North Subway Extension
      • NS Begins Allegheny Commons Pedestrian Bridge Replacement
      • Sound Transit Board Adopts Updated ST3
    • Ballast, Ties, Rail
      • Vossloh To Equip High-Speed Rail Line
      • January 2026: Construction of the launch box at the tunnel portal in New Jersey. HTP Work Stoppage on the Way?
      • ST&T’s 30-member team has an “unwavering commitment to safety,” according to owner CPKC, and has increased output from 460,000 ties in 2022 to more than 700,000 in 2024. ST&T Marks Safety Milestone
      • Historic N.C. Rail Line May Be Rebuilt After Helene
  • Track Maintenance
    • ON Track Maintenance
      • UTA Begins Summer Construction
      • MBTA Completes Green Line C Branch Work
      • Merrimac Bridge Project is Complete
      • CSX Shares Day in the Life of a Track Supervisor
    • OFF Track Maintenance
      • MBTA Celebrates Foxboro Commuter Rail Station Upgrades
      • STV Delivers Industrial Water Infrastructure at Amtrak’s Ivy City Yard
      • Historic Prince Station to Receive Upgrades
      • MBTA to Begin Construction at Symphony Station June 6
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  • February 07, 2022
  • Track Construction

Port Authority of Allegheny County closes Saw Mill Run Boulevard Bridge

A Port Authority-owned and maintained bridge that carries the South Busway over Saw Mill Run Boulevard in Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington neighborhood will remain closed indefinitely. Engineers on Friday discovered that a portion of the bridge had shifted.

  • February 07, 2022
  • Passenger

Senators Cantwell, Murray announce $138 million for Washington State transit agencies

U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced that $138 million in federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is now available for transit agencies in Washington state.

  • February 07, 2022
  • Class 1

RELAM announces new rental location near Sacramento, Ca.

RELAM, Inc., recently announced a new MoW equipment rental location near Sacramento, Ca..

  • February 04, 2022
  • Track Construction

Bells & Whistles—Watch video of train derailing and striking rail bridge

The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Feb. 4.

  • February 04, 2022
  • Track Construction

Watch: Santa Fe junction turning into a trouble spot for train derailments

A derailment in Kansas City’s West Bottoms on Feb. 2 damaged a rail bridge support beam, and crews were still busy making repairs two days later.

  • February 04, 2022
  • Track Construction

New York Governor Hochul announces $76.4 million in freight rail infrastructure investments

Governor Kathy Hochul announced $76.4 million in funding for 38 projects to renew and modernize New York’s freight rail infrastructure.

  • February 04, 2022
  • Class 1

Watch and read: Union Pacific’s new Maintenance of Way train completes maiden voyage

Part tie pickup, part brush cutter, part ditch cleaner, the new Maintenance of Way train might just be the most versatile piece of equipment in Union Pacific’s arsenal.

  • February 04, 2022
  • Track Construction

MARTA track replacement project to enhance safety and customer experience

MARTA plans to work on the railroad.

MBTA
  • February 03, 2022
  • Passenger

MBTA plan reallocates $500 million to support critical capital investments

These one-time funds allow the T to accelerate safety investments, advance important workforce and retention opportunities, promote major bus initiatives, and more.

  • February 03, 2022
  • Passenger

Metro appoints Acting Chief of Police to top position

Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Paul Wiedefeld today announced that Interim Chief Michael Anzallo will serve as Metro Transit Police Department’s new chief.

  • February 03, 2022
  • Passenger

STV partners with California High Speed Rail Authority to make first high-speed rail project in L.A. a reality

STV celebrated another significant milestone in the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) program with the approval of its Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the Burbank-to-Los Angeles Project Section by the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA).

  • February 03, 2022
  • Class 1

Steffanie Vagnozzi joins Edna A. Rice Executive Recruiters, Inc.

Edna A. Rice Executive Recruiters announced that Steffanie Vagnozzi has joined the company’s team as Executive Recruiter effective February 1, 2022.

rail bridges
  • February 03, 2022
  • Freight

BNSF back in action on Calif. line following light-rail work

After a year’s absence, freight trains are back on the track in the Los Angeles County region.

  • February 03, 2022
  • Track Construction

Watch: Checking in on the progress of the Merchants Bridge

Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson paid a visit to the Merchants Bridge construction site in St. Louis.

  • February 03, 2022
  • Track Construction

President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law delivers billions in transit funding through formula grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced that nearly $5 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 transit formula funding is available to transit agencies, states, and Tribal governments to support public transportation – and public transportation jobs – throughout the country.

  • February 02, 2022
  • Passenger

L.A. Metro board approves initial segment route for West Santa Ana Branch Project

The Metro Board of Directors approved Los Angeles Union Station as the northern terminus of the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor Project.

  • February 02, 2022
  • Class 1

TuSimple automated trucks will soon haul freight for Union Pacific Railroad

Automated trucks will soon begin hauling freight for Union Pacific in one western lane.

  • February 02, 2022
  • Track Construction

Less than a month after barge collision work begins on Clarksville rail bridge

Repair work has begun on the Clarksville railroad bridge in Tennessee.

  • February 02, 2022
  • Safety

NCTD says STB mediator for Del Mar fence issue would be ‘a waste of the board’s resources’

The North County Transit District has set a date and will move forward with the installation of a safety fence along the Del Mar bluffs.

  • February 02, 2022
  • Passenger

Watch: Take a tour over and into Toronto’s Finch West LRT route in new drone footage

There’s a lot of sides to take in, as the Finch West light rail transit project digs in and moves along one of Toronto’s most iconic roadways. And to see the state of the work, we have new drone footage that includes getting below the frost line.

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