$204MM Secured for Assembly Street Railroad Separation Project (UPDATED 1/27)
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The city of Columbia received $204 million in federal funding for a separation project.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The city of Columbia received $204 million in federal funding for a separation project.
BREMO BLUFF, Va. – CSX is rerouting trains temporarily due to a 25-car derailment in Bremo Bluff, Virginia.
PITTSBURGH – Along with Michael Baker International, Norfolk Southern has released the designs of four projects in Pittsburgh to allow for double-stacked freight cars.
FORT WORTH, Texas – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Jason Lamers writes about BNSF’s use of LiDAR technology across its network.
PLAINS, Ga.–The 39th President of the United States, James Earl Carter, Jr. died peacefully at his home in Plains earlier today.
CORONA, Calif. – BNSF worked with the City of Corona to build a suspension bridge as a way to reduce traffic congestion in the McKinley Street intersection.
FORT WORTH, Texas – BNSF has completed a new section of double track on its Fort Worth Subdivision.
BISMARCK, N.D. – BNSF gives an update on the construction of the bridge that crosses over the Missouri River.
FORT WORTH –– BNSF announced this week that the last 3.5 of approximately 51 miles of new double track were cutover, about halfway across the railroad’s Southern Transcon.
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. – The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced last week that a federal grant of $11,249,000 was awarded to the Ports of Indiana-Mount Vernon so the Ports can begin building a $16 million rail yard and transload facility.
OSAGE, Iowa – CN’s engineering team has finished work on replacing a bridge on the Osage line.
BRITISH COLUMBIA and MONTREAL ––
A lockout on western Canadian ports. A strike on two eastern Candian ports. Not a good situation for early November.
ATLANTA –– Norfolk Southern Corporation announced the appointment this week of Joseph H. Carpenter IV as Vice President Law. Carpenter brings more than 22 years of experience in the rail industry, with expertise in managing complex litigation and driving strategic legal initiatives.
CALGARY, Alberta and JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Canadian Pacific Kansas City, CSX Corporation (CSX) and Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today said the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved CSX’s and CPKC’s respective applications regarding their acquisition of the rail lines operated by G&W’s Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR), which will result in the creation of a new direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Susan Green writes about BNSF’s solution to a roadbed drainage issue.
ATLANTA ––After Hurricane Helene swept through the southeast in late September, bringing with it historic flooding, unprecedented damage, and unanticipated topography changes to parts of the region, hundreds of railroaders from Norfolk Southern got to work, restoring service and helping the Norfolk Southern network recover from the storm’s impact.
ATLANTA –– SMART-MD has ratified agreements with BNSF, CSX, and NS.
SACRAMENTO –– The ongoing challenges with the LOSSAN Corridor, the 351-mile stretch of railroad running from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, are going to see increased attention from the state’s Secretary of Transportation.
ATLANTA — Dockworkers at major ports along the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States went on strike at Midnight Tuesday, October 1.
JACKSONVILLE & ATLANTA –– CSX and Norfolk Southern have each donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts needed in the wake of Hurricane Helene.