BNSF’s John Cech named 2022 Engineer of the Year by Railway Track & Structures
John Cech, vice president, Engineering at BNSF, is the recipient of the 2022 Engineer of the Year Award from Railway Track & Structures Media.
John Cech, vice president, Engineering at BNSF, is the recipient of the 2022 Engineer of the Year Award from Railway Track & Structures Media.
Work done on railroad track earlier in the day on Aug. 29 may have led to a derailment that killed a Union Pacific conductor.
The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown St. Louis is nearing completion, and the St. Louis Regional Freightway gave invited guests and the public the opportunity to see one of the last significant milestones in the project firsthand from the special vantage point of a riverboat cruise.
Friendly fire is never sent with the best intentions.
Heavy rains that have been hitting the southern portion of the U.S. has now led to a train derailment east of Brandon, Miss.
OmniTrax announced that it has been chosen as the exclusive rail partner for the Tulsa Port of Catoosa.
NRC and REMSA member company Holland, L.P., hosted Peter Danos, Suburban Outreach and Grants Coordinator for U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), on Aug. 18, for a tour of its University Park facility, which manufactures a variety of railroad track components for the railway industry.
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 19.
Norfolk Southern’s TOP|SPG operating plan—which stands for Thoroughbred Operating Plan | Service Productivity Growth—has evolved from NS’s previous plans, TOP 21 among them.
A state-owned railroad corridor in Michigan could be re-energized in the near future.
L.B. Foster is expanding its precast concrete business.
The top news stories RT&S was covering the week ending Aug. 12.
Trucks hitting the bottom of railroad bridges is nothing new, but a hit that completely dislodges a beam is a little bit out of the ordinary.
Union Pacific will replace a bridge on its western Oregon line on Sunday.
Over 160 rail projects have been awarded more than $2 billion in Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) funding.
Why has the Federal Railroad Administration put the brakes on automated track inspection testing?
CSX believes it is time to let go.
When he got up on the morning of Aug. 8, David Starr had no thoughts of being an emergency flagger.
L.B. Foster, a long-time supplier of rail spikes and anchors for the railroad industry, said it is selling this line of business to another company.
Watco’s newest short line, the Texas Coastal Bend Railroad (TCBR), unveiled two locomotives emblazoned with the Port of Corpus Christi logo at a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week.