Union Pacific Issues RFQ for CREATE Project EW2
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.
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.
SPRINGFIELD, Va. – On October 6th, ENSCO has announced it was awarded a contract with Long Island Railroad (LIRR).
CHICAGO – After the rebuild of the inbound side of the facility, Metra officials dedicated the new Ravenswood Station on the UP North Line.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. – Union Pacific crews anonymously reported concerns over an unsafe behavior at a crossing in Sacramento County, California.
FORTH WORTH, TEXAS – BNSF gave an update on Facebook about the Trinity River bridge replacement in Fort Worth, Texas.