Well, The Cat’s Out of the Bag: Merger Talk Arrived Sooner Than We Thought
ATLANTA – From the August 2025 issue of RT&S, Editor-in-Chief David Lester writes about Class I merger chatter.
ATLANTA – From the August 2025 issue of RT&S, Editor-in-Chief David Lester writes about Class I merger chatter.
ELBE, Wash. – BNSF Staff Writer Susan Green writes about BNSF’s efforts in helping Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad (MRSR) recover from a bridge fire.
GAINSVILLE, Texas – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Eunice Archila details a day in the life of a track inspector at BNSF’s Gainesville, Texas yard office.
ATLANTA – Railway Track and Structures July 2025 issue features an article from Jeff Tuzik on a Wheel/Rail Interaction Conference presentation.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – BNSF thanks its engineering team in Great Falls, Montana for its commitment to safety.
Each year, we ask the railroad industry to nominate those young engineers it sees as being the leaders of tomorrow. Of course, with all the engineers in the industry, there are many
MAMMOTH SPRING, Ark. – BNSF crews respond after severe weather hit the Thayer North and South Subdivisions in Arkansas.
STOCKTON, Calif. – The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) approved $14 million in Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funding for SJRRC’s Stockton Diamond Grade Separation Project.
TULSA, Okla. – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Stephen Manning writes about BNSF’s Engineering Team in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
DENVER –– OmniTRAX, the Broe Group’s rail and real estate affiliate, has named Colby Tanner as its new CEO.
ATLANTA –– The South and Midwest have been inundated with storms and heavy rainfall for the past several days.
FORT WORTH, Texas –– BNSF reported this week that much of its network, particularly the Southern Transcon which runs from Los Angeles to Chicago, has been affected by “excessive and extended winds” that often exceed 75 m.p.h.
CHICAGO, Ill. – Metra on March 18 detailed its program for the 2025 construction season, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and signal/communications improvement projects along the Chicagoland commuter railroad’s 11 lines totaling
ATLANTA –– As we reported last week, our Virtual Conference focused on Crossties & Fasteners will be held on Thursday, April 10 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – BNSF will begin repairing a rail bridge that collapsed last summer in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
FENNER, Calif. – BNSF announced that it has worked to replace a 350-foot-long, double-track concrete beam bridge with new steel beams and track panels.
Northstar commuter rail service between Minneapolis and Big Lake, Minn., may be replaced by bus service, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune and other local media outlets. “MnDOT’s recent Twin Cities – St. Cloud-Fargo/Moorhead Corridor
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released the final report for its investigation of the Oct. 15, 2023, accident involving a BNSF train that struck and partially collapsed a bridge that crosses over
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – Metra says crews were working to make emergency repairs after the extreme cold temperatures caused broken rails.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Engineers from Kansas State University are working to develop advanced technology to monitor stress in tracks without physical contact.