Portal Bridge Construction has a New Chief of Construction Management
SEACAUCUS, N.J. – NJ Transit’s chief of construction management for the new Portal Bridge construction, Mohammed Nasim, was fired and replaced with Frank Corso.
SEACAUCUS, N.J. – NJ Transit’s chief of construction management for the new Portal Bridge construction, Mohammed Nasim, was fired and replaced with Frank Corso.
Editor’s Note: John E. Bromley was a long-time press representative for Union Pacific. I imagine many readers either knew him or knew of him, either as a professional, an enthusiast, or both.
SAN DIEGO – HDR announced that it will provide “environmental clearance and advanced conceptual engineering for SANDAG’s San Diego LOSSAN Rail Realignment Project.”
RAYMOND, Minn. – On Monday, October 16th, NTSB Newsroom announced via Twitter that it has opened a docket “for its investigation of the March 30, 2023 derailment of a BNSF Railway freight train on the Marshall District in Raymond, Minnesota.”
CHICAGO – Union Pacific has issued a Request for Qualifications, or RFQ, to provide property acquisition services for UP and NS’s part of CREATE Project EW2.
SELMA, Calif. – California High-Speed Rail Authority recognized 17 students from the Central Valley Training Center pre-apprentice program.
CHICAGO – Chicago Transit Authority announces its Forest Park Branch Blue Line Track has fully reopened.
FORT WORTH, Texas – BNSF gave an update on capital projects its engineering teams have been working on since spring.
The production of new Amtrak Airo™ trains is “boosting business nationwide as manufacturing ramps up,” benefiting communities across the country through the creation of new, sustainable, engineering and manufacturing jobs with more than 3,500 parts manufactured by nearly 100 suppliers in 31 states, the passenger railroad company announced Oct. 12.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Granite Peak Plastics, a plastic recycling company, has launched Triton Ties. Triton Ties will “manufacture a new fiber-reinforced polymer composite tie product line.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, WMATA, releases news surrounding construction on its escalator replacement project.
TOPEKA, Kan. – Watco has been awarded a combined $47 million in federal funds for two rail projects.
TORONTO – Metrolinx gives a look into the progress of its Eglinton Crosstown LRT project.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, or PUCO, has approved rail safety upgrades at crossings in both Brown and Stark counties.
PERE MARQUETTE TWP., Mich. – Harsco Rail has reopened its refurbished plant in Pere Marquette Township on South Jackson Road.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Plasser American announced its opening and ribbon cutting at its new 82,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility, located at 2428 Josef Theurer Ln., Chesapeake, Virginia.
INDIANAPOLIS –– Brent Laing, Vice President of Engineering at Canadian National, was presented with the Railway Track & Structures’ Engineer of the Year Award at the general session of the annual AREMA conference on Monday, October 2.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The estimated cost of VTA BART to Silicon Valley has risen due to inflation and other factors.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit Board has identified its preferred alternatives for both its West Seattle Link and Ballard Link Extensions.
TORONTO – Metrolinx is making improvements around its Milliken GO Station in northeast Toronto.