Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports on 2019 derailment LIRR to install new rail bridge at site of deadly 2019 accident Metro’s Silver Line extension is not open yet, but derailment risk
Focused Technology Solutions —a Marmon/Berkshire Hathaway Company— is releasing their third battery-operated product to the rail market; the LagEase battery-operated lag inserter. Like FTS’ battery-operated tie drill, the DrillEase, the LagEase uses
This week, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) reported that the April 2019 derailment of a VIA Rail passenger train traveling eastward at 60 mph on Canadian National’s (CN) New Castle
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will be constructing a bridge over the weekend, and the agency also hopes it will be demolishing some tragic memories. Crews will be installing a new
Vossloh won a first contract for the supply of rail fastening systems for a heavy-haul line in Mongolia. The about 270 km long line will connect the Tavan Tolgoi with Gashuun Sukhait
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has just released a preliminary report on the investment gap in surface transportation investment, including transit, between what we’re spending now and what we should
Chicago’s Metra is ready to enter the final phase of a $30 million Ravenswood project that includes track and station work. Crews have already renovated 11 rail bridges on the Metra’s UP-N
Washington Metro’s Silver Line extension is already being red-flagged for safety. The second phase of the track is currently under construction and is expected to open in 2021, but Metro has sent
Government and Metra officials gathered yesterday to celebrate the expansion of its 47th/49th Street facilities, which serve as the mechanical shops where passenger cars and locomotives are rehabilitated for restoration to service.
A year after signal and communication improvements at the end of the MAX Blue Line in Gresham began, TriMet will wrap up the project in October. While the work has been ongoing
Regional Transportation District (RTD) crews finished a track rebuild in downtown Denver in 16 days, and the agency is calling it one of it’s most complex engineering feat. What looks to the
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 26, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 518,290 carloads and intermodal units,
Watco has just added to its network of short line railroads in the United States. The railroad is a new subsidiary of Watco called the Elwood, Joliet & Southern Railroad (EJSR), LLC.
Caltrain will host a virtual public meeting to discuss the Marin & Napoleon Rail Bridge Improvement project on Wednesday, September 30. This meeting will allow local residents and community members to learn more
The company behind the Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles high-speed rail project has launched a bond offering of up to $3.2 billion for the initial financing of the $8 billion project. The Xpress West
The TransitAmerica Services Inc./Alternate Concepts (TASI), a subsidiary of Herzog Transit Services, Inc., supplied a System Safety Program Plan (SSPP) to the CTrail Hartford Line that was delivered to the Federal Railroad
Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Railroad will use a $10 million federal grant to make some much-needed improvements to its rail line. The short-line railroad company operates on 200 miles of track in southeast Oklahoma.
With all the forest fires burning out west these days, it’s nice to see aviation doing something other than dumping fire repellent around railroad tracks. In Vermont, a helicopter is being used
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected five projects in two states to receive more than $6.9 million in Special Transportation Circumstances (STC) Grants made available by the
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected five projects in two states to receive more than $6.9 million in Special Transportation Circumstances (STC) Grants made available by the
