Bells & Whistles—Is REM behind sinkholes in Montreal park?
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Sept. 10.
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Woman convicted of attempting to use shunts to disrupt signal system, derail trains
The U.S. District Court in Seattle convicted a woman on Sept. 9 who used shunts on BNSF railroad tracks near Bellingham, Wash.
UP bridge designed to withstand flooding is almost done in Nebraska
Union Pacific is putting the finishing touches on a bridge in Colfax County, Neb., and in about two years a highway bridge should be in the completion phase right next to the railroad span.
Sept. NRC column: 2022 NRC Conference will be ‘well worth the wait’
There’s no denying it. The decision to cancel the NRC’s annual conference in 2021 was painful.
Preliminary work advances on railroad overpass in La Porte, Ind.
La Porte, Ind., is moving closer to eliminating an at-grade railroad crossing.
RT&S September issue now available online
The September issue of RT&S features our 2021 Engineer of the Year Justin Meyer from Canadian Pacific and our 2021 Product and Innovation Showcase.
BNSF says a second track will be built in Edmonds, Wash., but details are lacking
BNSF is now confirming it will build a second line of tracks in Edmonds, Wash., in 2023.
Two CN locomotives collide in Ontario, tearing up tracks
Investigators are trying to figure out what happened when two trains collided in Prescott, Ontario, on Sept. 2.
Sagging rail bridge in N.Y. leads to a call to ‘blitz’ all spans in the state
Officials in Dutchess County, N.Y., are wondering about the safety of a CSX rail bridge, and one is insisting the state do immediate inspections on all rail spans.
Hurricane Ida threatens critical rail infrastructure in Louisiana, Mississippi
Hurricane Ida is stretching a shipping industry that is already paper-thin.
Three decades later Calif. site produces another derailment, but this time it’s not lethal
Officials are trying to figure out how a Union Pacific train derailed in Siskiyou County, Calif., at the same site of one of the worst ecological disasters in state history.
Bells & Whistles—Sound Transit spends more to help get out of debt
Holding infrastructure bill hostage in the House sends ‘a terrible message’ Sound Transit reacts to financial gap by making it a little wider As change orders continue, Met Council has no more
Watch: Drone footage shows how floodwaters broke through track bed in Tenn.
A line of railroad tracks might have served as a floodgate in the town of Waverly, Tenn.
CSX denies orphan underpass as its own, but will help with storm water drainage
You can call it the orphan underpass.
Judges rule in favor of BNSF track expansion in Columbia River Gorge
The Gorge Act passed back in 1986 established the Columbia River Gorge as a National Scenic Area.
Bells & Whistles—Union Pacific does not agree with NTSB report
A look at the top stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 20.
UP to NTSB: Flash flood warning was issued after 2019 fiery derailment
The NTSB has concluded that flooding was the primary cause of a Union Pacific derailment in 2019.
Rail spur project will help steel pipe plant in Wisconsin ‘stay competitive’
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin of Transportation have announced the state will be providing Arntzen Corporation a WisDOT Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grant for a rail project.
CSX train derails in Indiana, pushes rail off the ground
A CSX train has derailed in Shelby County, Ind., and officials are still trying to clean up the scene.
August issue of RT&S is now online
The August issue of RT&S contains a job story on the Green Line Extension project in Boston as well as product reviews of the ballast maintenance and rail welding markets.