SACRAMENTO – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is inviting feedback on draft contract documents for the upcoming Construction Manager/General Contractor for Track and Overhead Contact System construction on the 171-mile Early Operating Segment from Merced to Bakersfield.
ATLANTA – From the January 2025 issue of Railway Track & Structures, Joe Daloisio writes the NRC Chairman’s Column.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit is getting closer to completing light rail stations in Kent and has begun testing and operations.
BREMO BLUFF, Va. – CSX is rerouting trains temporarily due to a 25-car derailment in Bremo Bluff, Virginia.
Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year is CSX President and Chief Executive Officer Joe Hinrichs, who joined the railroad industry in September 2022 and in a little more than two years has
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A Portland & Western Railroad (PNWR) railcar fell into the Marys River after a trestle bridge in Oregon collapsed.
MONROVIA, Calif. – The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority announced it has completed its $1.5 billion, four-station Foothill Gold Line light rail project on budget and on time.
KERN COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority kicked off its Railhead Project in Kern County.
SELMA, Calif. – California High-Speed Rail Authority recognized more than a dozen students that completed the Central Valley Training Center pre-apprenticeship program.
ATLANTA – The January 2025 issue of Railway Track & Structures is now available to read online.
PITTSBURGH – Along with Michael Baker International, Norfolk Southern has released the designs of four projects in Pittsburgh to allow for double-stacked freight cars.
BETHESDA, Md. – In the Purple Line Newsletter, Purple Line Senior Project Director, Ray Biggs II shared construction updates in both Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.
SUGAR LAND, Texas – HCSS, a provider of construction management software, announced it has partnered with Propeller to integrate Propeller’s mapping and data visualization capabilities with HCSS’s suite.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) released that it has finished its Downtown Metrorail construction early.
HONOLULU – Hitachi Rail has sued Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) over project delays.
FORT WORTH, Texas – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Jason Lamers writes about BNSF’s use of LiDAR technology across its network.
PLAINS, Ga.–The 39th President of the United States, James Earl Carter, Jr. died peacefully at his home in Plains earlier today.
PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced two rail projects will begin January 2nd that will help improve reliability and safety.
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released an investigation report into the 2023 derailment near Dunsinane, New Brunswick.
DECATUR, Ill. – Norfolk Southern’s Engineering team has completed major infrastructure upgrades in 30 hours across two states last November.