BART announces additional cable and rail replacement
BART has announced additional work and maintenance on the railroad.
HNTB names Doug Allen president of Southeast Division
Doug Allen will now lead HNTB’s Southeast Division, based in Atlanta.
What a find: Archaeologists uncover medieval church while excavating for high-speed rail project in England
The scope of our coverage does not go beyond North America, but I found something the other day that I could not help but share … so consider this the exception.
Another seawall set to go up on Del Mar bluffs; next phase to include storm-water drainage improvements
The final stage of emergency construction on the Del Mar bluffs begins this month.
Brightline takes critical step forward on path for service to Orlando
Brightline construction is marching north to Orlando.
Bells & Whistles—Is REM behind sinkholes in Montreal park?
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Sept. 10.
Baltimore admits it is not doing enough to inspect rail infrastructure, vows again to do better
For the second time in as many days, a deteriorating CSX bridge is making headlines.
Bracing for impact: How BNSF prepares for recovery when hurricanes approach
Hurricanes generate some of the most destructive forces on Earth.
Woman convicted of attempting to use shunts to disrupt signal system, derail trains
The U.S. District Court in Seattle convicted a woman on Sept. 9 who used shunts on BNSF railroad tracks near Bellingham, Wash.
Link light rail service will temporarily single-track between Tukwila International Boulevard and Rainer Beach stations Sept. 11 and 12
Sound Transit will be replacing rail on a section of its line this weekend.
Purple Line may have a contractor lined up in the next few months
After a year, it appears that the Maryland Purple Line project will finally have a new contractor lined up in early 2022.
Is Montreal’s REM light-rail project behind the sinkholes?
Birdwatchers in Montreal are regretting that the Reseau express metropolitain (REM) ever got off the ground.
FRA releases PTC Safety Advisory
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a Safety Advisory on a Positive Train Control (PTC) issue recently identified during testing of ACSES II (Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System II) and I-ETMS (Interoperable Electronic Train Management System) technology.
UP bridge designed to withstand flooding is almost done in Nebraska
Union Pacific is putting the finishing touches on a bridge in Colfax County, Neb., and in about two years a highway bridge should be in the completion phase right next to the railroad span.
LIRR crews to perform switch work as part of Main Line Expansion Project
Long Island Rail Road crews will be working on the railroad over the next two weekends.
Sept. Editorial: Palo Alto, Calif., officials need to hurry up and make a choice
Sometimes it is embarrassing to just sit there looking at packs, but when my mind is all twisted, my thinking turns lazy and always rests on the cheapest of the bunch.
Sept. NRC column: 2022 NRC Conference will be ‘well worth the wait’
There’s no denying it. The decision to cancel the NRC’s annual conference in 2021 was painful.
Preliminary work advances on railroad overpass in La Porte, Ind.
La Porte, Ind., is moving closer to eliminating an at-grade railroad crossing.
Homeless camp fire under transit bridge in Calif. has engineers looking for long-term damage
Engineers were expected to return to the site of a fire in Sacramento, Calif., to check the structural integrity of a transit bridge.
CN announces plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees in Canada
Canadian National has joined the ranks of other companies that require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.