RT&S has reported on the troubles of the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Purple Line several times over the past year. Recent news indicates there may be a glimmer of hope.
Even though this accident was caused by a derailment, we are stepping outside of our normal coverage zone by featuring this NTSB report on tank car structural integrity because it has received so much attention over the past few years. NTSB did not determine probable cause for the derailment and did not publish a brief or report.
The Palestine Herald-Press reports there is more drama surrounding the proposed closure of Union Pacific’s Palestine car shop.
Watco’s Wisconsin and Southern line has gained a new customer.
We now have a confirmed administrator of the Federal Transit Administration.
The Lynnwood Link extension is making good progress.
ASLRRA is very enthusiastic about the Senate’s Surface Transportation Investment Act.
HNTB recently announced a new member of their Atlanta office team.
The FRA and California are ready to work together again toward the development of high-speed rail.
Caltrain’s Board of Directors approved its operating and capital budgets for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 at the rail agency’s monthly board meeting.
Originally scheduled for June 14, Union Pacific has announced it will close car shop earlier.
Several leadership changes have been made at the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
The Vice President of the Rail Security Alliance has written a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today highlighted how transit agencies across the country are helping people in their communities get access to COVID-19 vaccines.
As RT&S reported in a story by Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson on March 17, MBTA experienced a derailment of a new six-car train on the Orange Line in a work zone at Wellington Station on March 16. No one was hurt, but officials have been trying to determine what went wrong.
The Réseau express métropolitain (REM) is a major public transit project under construction.
Something stinks at MTA, and the agency’s Inspector General is furious.
Robert Street in Roslindale will be closed from 8 PM on Friday, June 4, 2021, to 4 AM on Monday, June 7, 2021.
Grade crossing improvements are coming to two areas in Illinois.
A major LIRR project has been completed in New York.