PITTSBURGH –– Less than a week after announcing the acquisition of Evident’s Inspection Technlogy Division, Wabtec this week announced the company’s acquisition of Frauscher Sensor Technology Group.
PHILADELPHIA – From July 11 to August 11, SEPTA will close the trolley tunnel as part of the 2025 Trolley Tunnel Blitz. This is the thirteenth consecutive year SEPTA has held the Blitz.
BALTIMORE – CSX is working on the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore where it has removed and lowered 3,400 feet of flooring.
Skanska, in a joint venture with FlatironDragados, announced on July 7 that it has signed a $658 million contract with the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) to build the Long Bridge North project in Washington,
Without volume and market share growth, the Class I’s may be at risk—or be forced to look at merging. Investors continue to await the next leg of Class I railroad earnings growth. While
ATLANTA – Celebrating fourteen dedicated women in rail engineering, these winners make the fourth annual list for this award.
MINNEAPOLIS – The Metropolitan Council will launch a video series that seeks to explain the Blue Line Extension project as it moves through the design and engineering process.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority announced it has been awarded $100 million in state grants for BART Silicon Valley Phase II.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking applicants for its Minnesota Highway Freight Program funding.
ATLANTA – The July 2025 issue of Railway Track and Structures is now available to read online.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amtrak has opportunities to better ensure contracts that it awards are in its best interest, an Amtrak Office of Inspector General Report released today found.
Drawn from our 2025 Rail Insights conference, this edition of Railway Age’s podcast series features Surface Transportation Board Chair Patrick Fuchs in conversation with Editor-in Chief William C. Vantuono. Now in his second five-year
NEW YORK –– If you’ve looked out at the Hudson River recently, you may have wondered what that big, metal rectangle in the middle of it is. It’s the cofferdam enclosing the Hudson River Ground Stabilization (HRGS) Project work area – a key part of the Hudson Tunnel Project. (All images courtesy of Gateway Development Commission).
PITTSBURGH –– Wabtec Corporation announced [this week] that it completed the acquisition of Evident’s Inspection Technologies division (Inspection Technologies), formerly part of the Scientific Solutions Division of Olympus Corporation, a global leader in Non-Destructive Testing, Remote Visual Inspection and Analytical Instruments solutions for mission critical assets.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –– Wheel Rail Seminars named Mike Roney, Principal of Iron Mustache Consulting, and retired General Manager, Track and Structures and Chief Engineer with Canadian Pacific, the recipient of the 2025 Worth Award.
POMONA, Calif. – After the dedication of four new stations from Glendora to Pomona, the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority has issued the first of two Request for Proposals, or RFPs, for the final project segment from Pomona to Montclair.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Salud Carbajal and Mike Lawler reintroduced the Railroad Yardmaster Protection Act.
ETOBICOKE NORTH, Ontario – Metrolinx is partnering with the Ontario government and Woodbine Entertainment Group to build a new transit station.
WILMINGTON, Mass. – The MBTA will open its North Wilmington Station on June 30th on the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line.
FORT WORTH, Texas – Through its subsidiary, American Track, North American Rail Solutions acquires Georgia-based Rapid Track.
