ORDC Awards Two Grants for Siding Projects
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission announced approval of grants to Indiana Northeastern Railroad and Kalmbach Feeds for siding projects.
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ORDC Approves Awards for OHCR and IORY To Replace Rail
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission announced it has approved awards to both Ohio Central Railroad and Indiana & Ohio Railway to replace rail.
Construction Work Chugging Along at Howard Street Tunnel
BALTIMORE – CSX continues work on the Howard Street Tunnel. On July 7, FRA Officials took a tour of the tunnel project.
Balfour Beatty Prequalified for Metrolink’s SCORE Program
LOS ANGELES – Balfour Beatty was selected as a prequalified general contractor for Metrolink’s Southern California Optimized Rail Expansion program, or SCORE.
Coastal Rail Resiliency Study Seeks To Refine Concepts
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – OCTA will discuss its Coastal Rail Resiliency Study during a virtual public meeting on July 29. The study is focused on addressing the continued coastal erosion and unstable bluffs in San Clemente.
MDOT MTA Purple Line Project Is 80% Complete
BALTIMORE – The MDOT MTA Purple Line newsletter was released for July 2025. It contains progress updates on the Purple Line in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties.
R.J. Corman Railroad Switching Team Receives Safety Performance Award
WESTLAKE, La. – R.J. Corman Railroad Switching team at the Sasol Lake Charles site was awarded a Bronze Contractor’s Safety Performance Award.
NJ Transit Begins Procurement Process for MoW Facility in Clifton
NEWARK – NJ Transit releases a Request for Qualifications, RFQ, for a new Northern Maintenance of Way (MoW) facility.
SJRRC Spring 2025 Cohort Graduates July 27
STOCKTON, Calif. – San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) announced its Spring 2025 Cohort of the Rail Academy of Central California (TRACC) has graduated.
Amtrak Wraps Up Pile Driving Phase of Seattle Rail Yard Modernization Project
SEATTLE – Amtrak has completed the pile driving phase of the Seattle Rail Yard Modernization Project.
BNSF Rail Talk: BNSF Helps Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad Recover From Bridge Fire
ELBE, Wash. – BNSF Staff Writer Susan Green writes about BNSF’s efforts in helping Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad (MRSR) recover from a bridge fire.
MTA Adds 12 New Stations in Accessibility Expansion
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced 12 additional stations will receive accessibility upgrades under the 2025-2029 Capital Plan. As part of the Capital Plan, 60 stations will be made ADA-accessible.
CTA Celebrates RPM Phase One Project’s New, Fully-Accessible Stations
CHICAGO – Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) opened the Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations.
Meet the ‘Leadership Journeys’ Lineup for Women in Rail 2025
Railway Age and RT&S are returning to Chicagoland on Oct. 15-16 for the third annual Women in Rail Conference. This year’s program features trailblazing women and their allies who are significantly influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit
Port KC Receives $2 Million Federal Grant to Eliminate Dangerous Railroad Crossing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. –– The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration awarded a Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant of $2.5 million to Port KC.
CTDOT Begins Naugatuck Station Construction
NAUGATUCK, Conn. – The Connecticut Department of Transportation, CTDOT, began constructing a new train station located in Naugatuck.
Michael Baker International Taps Shara Castillo as VP and Integrated Design and Advisory – Architecture Design Principal
PITTSBURGH – Michael Baker International, an engineering and consulting firm, announced that Shara Castillo, RA, AIA, has stepped into the role of Vice President and Architecture Design Principal within the Integrated Design and Advisory business vertical.
Federal Railroad Administration Faces Lawsuit from California Over CHSRA Funding
SACRAMENTO, Calif. –– On Thursday, RT&S ran a story about $4 billion federal dollars already allocated to the California High Speed Rail Authority project in the process of being clawed back by the Trump Administration. California is now suing the FRA to prevent that from happening.
Jacobs to Design Light Rail Extension in West Seattle
SEATTLE, Wash.—Jacobs on July 17 reported being selected to provide design services for Sound Transit’s West Seattle Link Extension project, which will add 4.1 miles of light rail from Seattle’s SODO neighborhood to West Seattle’s
Report: UP/NS Merger Afoot?
OMAHA and ATLANTA ––Union Pacific (UP) is in early-stage discussions to acquire Norfolk Southern (NS), “according to people familiar with the matter,” The Wall Street Journal reported July 17. “[T]here are no