New Video Details Purple Line Project Progress
BALTIMORE – In a video, Maryland Purple Line Senior Project Director Ray Biggs II gives a progress update on the Purple Line project.
Editor’s Notebook: The Marvel of Railroad Engineering
ATLANTA –– It doesn’t take much looking around to appreciate the amounts of creativity and ingenuity that go into our nation’s transportation infrastructure.
Reports: Feds to Pause $18B in NYC Infrastructure Project Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The POTUS 47 administration will “withhold” approximately $18 billion in funding previously awarded for at least two rail-related infrastructure projects in the New York City area, according to reports in The New York Times and CNBC on Oct. 1.
Remembering Don Phillips
ATLANTA –– From the October 2025 Issue of Railway Track and Structures.
Port of Los Angeles Issues RFP for Potential New Terminal
LOS ANGELES – The Port of Los Angeles is seeking proposals for the pre-development of Pier 500.
Railway Track and Structures October 2025 Issue Now Online
ATLANTA – The October 2025 issue of Railway Track and Structures is now available to read online.
U.S. Government Shuts Down; What Railroaders Need to Know
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The federal government entered a partial shutdown at 12:01 a.m. ET on Oct. 1, 2025, after both Republican and Democratic funding proposals failed in the Senate.
Lee Nelson Appointed Executive Director of SERTC by MxV Rail
PUEBLO, Colo. –– Association of American Railroads’ subsidiary MxV Rail, announced this week that Lee Nelson has been selected as Executive Director of the Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC). Nelson brings over two decades of hazardous materials emergency response expertise and returns to SERTC during a period of transformative growth and modernization.
BMWED, A&S Ratify Agreement
ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) American Rail System Federation members on the UP-owned Alton & Southern Railway (A&S) ratified a 5 year collective bargaining agreement.
GDC Advances Public-Private Infrastructure Delivery Contract
NEWARK/NEW YORK – The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) Board of Commissioners has authorized the use of the delivery partner model to deliver the Hudson Tunnel Project on schedule and on budget.
L.B. Foster Developed and Delivered the First 320’ Rail to Lake State Railway
L.B. Foster is proud to announce the successful development, delivery, and unloading of the first 320’ rail train, also known as a consist, on Lake State Railway (LSRC) in Michigan. Rolled in 320’
MassDOT Provides $1.1 Million in Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP) Grants
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) this week announced two Industrial Rail Access Program (IRAP) grants totaling $1.1 million. These grants will enhance freight rail access, job growth, and economic opportunity across the state. Grant recipients include companies in Spencer and Lawrence.
‘Injustice in Jacksonville’
JACKSONVILLE –– CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year, has been suddenly and unexpectedly railroaded by his own collectively myopic Board of Directors, and for no reason other than, sooner or later, refusing to join the transcon merger fray. I’m not the only one who wholeheartedly agrees with CNBC’s Jim Cramer that there has been an “injustice in Jacksonville” based on short-sightedness and hedge fund pressure. Call me naïve, but I didn’t see it coming. Nor did many others.
LACMTA Awards Phase 1 Preconstruction Services Contract
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) awarded the Phase 1 preconstruction services contract for the Link Union Station Project Phase A to FlatironDragados.
Amtrak Shares ERT Progress
NEW YORK CITY – Amtrak offers an update on the East River Tunnel Rehabilitation project.
Joe Hinrichs Has Left The Building at CSX
JACKSONVILLE –– In a move that surprised most of the railroad industry, CSX announced today that CEO Joe Hinrich’s has “departed” the company.
Genesis Rail Unveils TrackSweep™ System
ROANOKE, Va. – Genesis Rail unveiled its Track Cleaner with TrackSweep™ System at AREMA.
RTD Starts Track Surfacing Work September 29
DENVER – Regional Transportation District (RTD) is beginning track surfacing work along the N Line from Union Station to Eastlake/124th Station in Thornton.
CSX Reopens Howard Street Tunnel (Updated 10/3)
BALTIMORE – CSX reopened the expanded Howard Street Tunnel on September 26 in Baltimore.
Metropolitan Council Proposes Steps To Limit Disruption from Blue Line Construction
MINNEAPOLIS – Metropolitan Council says it is working to minimize impacts to property during construction of the Blue Line Extension project.