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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved a grant on July 25th of $1 million to Indiana & Ohio Railway (IORY) to go toward addressing vertical clearance concerns.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Camp Hall Rail project is in phase two of five in South Carolina. The project is still expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
ATLANTA – The August 2024 issue of Railway Track & Structures is available online.
Less than one year after completion of BNSF Railway’s Sandpoint Junction Connector project in northern Idaho, one can hardly tell that there was an army of workers and machinery stationed there for roughly four
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The VTA continues work on its light rail system to bring it to a state of good repair.
CHICAGO –– STV, a prominent professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced that Kitts Christov has joined the firm as senior vice president and Midwest district manager for the firm’s transportation south/central group.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Rail Division will invest $1.8 million to match funding that will improve rail infrastructure on three short lines.
HONOLULU – Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit (HART) plans to award a contract to build the elevated rail line through Honolulu’s city center in August.
DENVER –– Carey Wilson, PE, has joined HNTB as senior project director and vice president in Denver.
DALLAS – DART has finished repairing the overhead catenary system after a major accident incurred damage to the system on July 21, 2024.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – After tornados in Missouri, a Union Pacific employee processed downed trees to turn into rail tie-ready logs for local mills.
DENVER – RTD continues rail repairs on its E, H, and R lines. On the E and R lines, it has removed southbound speed restrictions between Orchard and Arapahoe at Village Center stations.
SAN FRANCISCO – Crews will work on replacing track switches in Oakland during the weekend of August 17th and 18th.
SACRAMENTO – SacRT celebrated the beginning of construction on the Watt/I-80 Transit Center Improvement Project.
BOSTON – The MBTA announces its Red Line Braintree branch service will be suspended for 24 days to allow for improvements.
PERRYVILLE, Md. – Work on Amtrak’s $2.7 billion Susquehanna River Rail Bridge Project on the Northeast Corridor in Maryland has begun with pre-construction work that includes removal of remnant bridge piers from the Susquehanna River and utility upgrades in the town of Perryville, Md.. This work sets the stage for start of actual bridge construction later next year.
BOSTON – The MBTA announced service changes on several lines so it can continue its work in maintaining track infrastructure across its system.
BALTIMORE – Amtrak on July 18 unveiled new renderings of the future West Baltimore MARC Station that will be built as part of the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program.
MOUNT LEBANON, Pa. – On the Red Line Project, contractors have finished rail replacement work at the Alfred Street grade crossing.