Bells & Whistles—Canada provides update on key rail bypass project

Bids rejected for South Shore Line Double Track project Stage A of CTA’s modernization project is ready to begin The government of Canada provides an update on Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project It’s

Derailment in Illinois closes roads for up to 48 hours

A Canadian National train derailment in Pesotum, Ill., has taken up to 48 hours to clear, and damage to the track could take weeks to repair.

Crews break ground on new intermodal site in Oregon

Millersburg, Ore., will soon have its Mid-Valley Intermodal Center, as crews began preparing the site where the International Paper mill once stood.

rail bridges

Contractor wants to accelerate summer bridge work in N.D. and use hay bales to block noise

The summer brings longer daylight hours, and one contractor in North Dakota wants to put in more night hours as well.

Bells & Whistles—HART light-rail line might not make it to the end

Amtrak hoping for another $5.4 billion from Congress Single-tracking Purple Line in Montgomery County, Md., will put project at ‘significant risk’ Historic rail bridge in Iowa will be difficult to move, but

Rail Group On Air: CN’s bid for KCS, with JJ Ruest and Rob Reilly

One month after Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced their intent to merge into CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), CN made a counter-offer it said is a “superior proposal” that “will result in a safer, faster, cleaner and stronger railway.”

Historic rail bridge in Iowa will be difficult to move, but county is hoping there is a taker

A 119-year-old Union Pacific steel truss railroad bridge might be too big for any takers.

Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-speed rail takes another hit

Historic Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge one step closer to demolition ‘Inherently dangerous’ Illinois railroad crossing could be wiped out soon NTSB issues preliminary report on investigation of railway employee fatality Will the BART/Millbrae

Rail Group On Air: Commuter Rail Coalition—Four women in rail, four different paths

In this podcast, part of our series sponsored by the Commuter Rail Coalition, Railway Age Executive Editor Marybeth Luczak talks with four women in the rail industry who have taken four different career paths: MTA Metro-North Railroad Director-Operating Rules Lyn Hannah, Metro-North President Cathy Rinaldi, RailUSA President and CFO Barbara Ward Wilson, and Commuter Rail Coalition Executive Director KellyAnne Gallagher.

Rail Group On Air: Canadian Pacific/Kansas City Southern merger with Keith Creel and Pat Ottensmeyer

Early on March 21, the big announcement came: Canadian Pacific Railway will acquire Kansas City Southern in a cash and stock transaction worth $29 billion in U.S. dollars.

‘Inherently dangerous’ Illinois railroad crossing could be wiped out soon

When federal transportation officials call a railroad crossing “inherently dangerous,” a town or city should take note.

Rail Group On Air: Commuter Rail Coalition San Diego Pathing Study with NCTD and BNSF

In this Rail Group On Air podcast, part of our series with the Commuter Rail Coalition, North County Transit District Executive Director and CEO Matt Tucker, BNSF Assistant Vice President Passenger Operations DJ Mitchell and CRC Executive Director KellyAnne Gallagher discuss the San Diego Pathing Study with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono.

Red Line is ‘never going to happen’ in N.C. so officials are against sales tax increase

The plan to expand transit in the city of Charlotte, N.C., and the surrounding areas may never make it off the drawing board.

Bells & Whistles—Brightline faces final deadline for Tampa rail extension

Granted one final extension, Brightline needs to resolve issues for Tampa route L.A. Metro’s Elsie makes another break through for Purple Line Extension Project Purple Line contractor finalists announced; single track requested

BNSF bridge in Minnesota damaged after blaze

Firefighters were busy dealing with a fire on a BNSF bridge in Bemidji, Minn., on March 1.

Class 1 fuel surcharges

Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-rail project digs deeper in trouble

Will New York receive a downpour of federal funding to serve the ‘subway desert’? Going cheap on section of high-speed rail project in Calif. has created hefty cost overruns L.A. councilman calls

Class 1 fuel surcharges

L.A. councilman calls Union Pacific’s effort to clean right-of-way trash

A Los Angeles councilman believes Union Pacific has let itself go and is demanding an intervention at the railroad’s expense.

Rail infrastructure starts moving product at new industrial hub in Ga.

Business and railcars are now moving at the new Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH) in Effingham County, Ga.

Bells & Whistles—Norfolk Southern cancels rail project after city files with STB

New Jersey releases grants for rail/bridge maintenance and new construction Winter weather wallops Class 1 roads MBTA’s Phase 1 work of South Coast Rail is moving along Norfolk Southern does everything right

Norfolk Southern does everything right until city of Atlanta forces withdrawal from rail transfer facility site

Norfolk Southern has announced it has terminated plans to build a rail transfer facility on the site of the former Chattahoochee Brick Company in Atlanta.

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