ATLANTA — PR NewsWire reports that Norfolk Southern is elevating the power of technology and innovation to drive its transformative, balanced strategy as it brings onboard Anil Bhatt, a technology leader recognized for pioneering cutting-edge solutions to advance and shape the direction of enterprises.
BROOKLYN – The $57 million project includes a complete station renewal that will add three elevators, widen the mezzanine space, refurbish seven staircases, and install four new turnstiles.
CHICAGO – The CTA announced it is expected to receive $764 million in 2025, which is an increase of $396 million in funding.
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. –– Watco has started operating a new transload facility for the New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway Corporation (NYSW) in North Bergen, New Jersey.
CRETE, Ill. – The engineering-based company has announced a new president, Chris Vazzana, will take over after its current president, Jordan Wolf, retires in January 2025.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX is monitoring its infrastructure as tropical storm Debby moves up the east coast.
SAN FRANCISCO – The FTA has committed a grant totaling more than $5 billion for the final phase of the Silicon Valley BART Extension project.
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DIAMOND BAR, Calif. –– A Southern California Air Quality regulatory agency has issued a new rule targeting locomotive emissions generated in rail yards.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Last week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced legislation called the Rail Bridge Safety and Transparency Act to strengthen oversight of railroad bridge safety.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington Metrorail Safety Commission issued a safety audit of WMATA’s Metrorail Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) Program.
Transit Services general manager Renee Amilcar wrote in a memo that Michael Morgan will remain with OC Transpo until the fall “to ensure a smooth transition,” according to a report in CTVNews. In
TORONTO – The TTC will have preventative maintenance work take place on sections of Lines 1 and 2 to repair minor track issues.
BOSTON – MBTA’s progress has allowed it to remove nine speed restrictions on its Red Line.
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern announced this week that it is making significant capacity improvements that will enhance a critical rail corridor, and open additional opportunities for statewide business and economic growth
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has awarded an initial tunnel boring contract and issued a Notice to Proceed on the first heavy construction phase of the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP), one of
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Funding has been made available for the construction of a flyover for a CSX rail crossing in Massachusetts.
HOPKINS, Minn. ––Digi International, a provider of IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity products and services, on Aug. 1 announced a collaboration with Cylus to integrate the company’s CylusOne cybersecurity solution into the Digi TX64 5G Rail celluar router solution, “delivering an unprecedented level of cyber protection for rail networks worldwide.”
OMAHA ––The PCC Mobile Welding Outreach & Skills Training Center in Partnership with Union Pacific recently visited the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation in Warm Springs, Oregon, bringing hands-on learning to members of the community.
ATLANTA –– Tank car issues are not usual topics for RT&S. However, given the years-long concerns about DOT-111 tank cars that remain on the railroad today, and the urgency around upgrading them to DOT-117R standards, I felt our readers would be interested in this development. This was reported today by our colleagues at Railway Age. DCL
