OAKLAND, Calif. – The NTSB released a Railroad Investigation Report after a collision between Amtrak train 531 and a Union Pacific Roadway Maintenance Machine in July of last year.
NEW LONDON, Conn. – Current efforts to expand rail in eastern Connecticut are hindered by funding and limitations of a rail bridge over the Thames River.
LOS ANGELES – Today, The LA Metro released new photos of construction at its Transit Connector station located near Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street.
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Sound Transit’s South Bellevue Station needs repairs on its broken platform tiles.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced more than $11.4 million in 30 grants will be invested for local transportation initiatives.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved grants for Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway and Newburgh & South Shore Railroad.
CHICAGO – The Chicago Transit Authority has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Red Line Extension and four stations.
MIAMI ––Following multiple delays of the start of its much-anticipated Miami-to-Orlando service, Brightline has announced that service to Orlando International Airport will officially begin on Sept. 22
KINGSTON, ONTARIO – An inspection by CN found part of the crossing that collapsed earlier this year had seen a “significant drop in condition.”
TORONTO – Metrolinx has been working on the railroad.
NEW YORK – Just over a week ago, Monday, September 11, 2023, the nation observed the 22nd anniversary of the horrific attacks on the United States that brought down the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York with two airliners, crashed a jetliner full of passengers in a Pennsylvania field, and another jetliner into the side of the Pentagon. Over three thousand people were killed, which is slightly more than were killed at Pearl Harbor.
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Supreme Court denied FORB’s request that the court take jurisdiction over the Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge.
BOSTON – The MBTA and Keolis announce track repairs in Leominster are complete following flash floods last week.
ONTARIO – Kontrol Technologies has been selected to provide emissions and air quality monitoring for Ontario rail expansion infrastructure.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta heard arguments in an eminent domain case regarding Amtrak and Union Station.
HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn. – Met Council and Hennepin County approved a grant agreement and the Blue Line Extension Corridor Management Committee support the analysis of the staff-recommended light rail track route.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On December 18th, WMATA announces it will “begin a two-week construction project on the Red Line to perform critical safety repairs.”
L.B. Foster Vice President of Rail Sales Doug Combs has been named to the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) Board of Directors. Combs assumes a recently vacated seat on the
SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. – A report shows that a fire started in Washington this past Summer came from brake debris and carbon emission particles from a BNSF locomotive engine.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On Monday, CSX released a service bulletin to state it is “monitoring the path of Hurricane Lee, which could bring severe weather to the East Coast later this week.”
