Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports on 2019 derailment LIRR to install new rail bridge at site of deadly 2019 accident Metro’s Silver Line extension is not open yet, but derailment risk
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) will be constructing a bridge over the weekend, and the agency also hopes it will be demolishing some tragic memories. Crews will be installing a new
Chicago’s Metra is ready to enter the final phase of a $30 million Ravenswood project that includes track and station work. Crews have already renovated 11 rail bridges on the Metra’s UP-N
Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with RT&S 2020 Engineer of the Year Ed Boyle about his outstanding career, working with COVID and the challenges that lie ahead in the
September 21 is the last day the public in Lafayette County, Ark., can comment on a proposed bridge project by Union Pacific. The Class 1 railroad company is looking to replace Bridge
Watch: Tawatina Rail Bridge in Edmonton now connected MTA sends notice to major suppliers; needs $12 billion in fed funds BUILD grant will help decompress most congested rail junction in Calif. BNSF
A milestone was reached at the Tawatina Bridge project in Edmonton, Canada, when the gap between the north and south banks was filled. For approximately three hours crews poured concrete to close
Amtrak has built a more disciplined process to plan and coordinate major track outages, but more steps could be taken to reduce service disruptions and maximize the amount of time it has
Railway Track & Structures’ Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks to William Ibbs, a professor of civil engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, to get a feel for how the QC/QA process
Metro Transit (Minn.) is getting ready to receive the last batch of federal funding for the Green Line extension project. The Federal Transit Administration approved over $928 million in federal money for
Ed Boyle is a calculated bull in a china shop … with riders on his back. Norfolk Southern’s vice president of engineering sees a target and he charges full speed. He is
Sound Transit construction manager Ginger Ferguson provided an update of the Lynnwood Link on Sept. 9. Ferguson spoke to reporters at the construction site for the 130th Street station in Seattle. Crews
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the conclusion of the environmental planning process for the Long Bridge rail project.
Arizona bridge that partially collapsed could be up and running by Aug. 14. High-speed rail bridge in Calif. is a standing disaster. FRA encouraged by significant advancements in PTC implementation. Design for
The rail bridge that partially collapsed after a derailment in Tempe, Ariz., may be back open to Union Pacific traffic by Friday. Crews have begun working on a foundation that will support
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has released a time-lapse video showing the first phase of placing girders at the Wasco Viaduct. Each of the girders are 18 ft long and weight 165,000
The public-private partnership fueling the Purple Line light-rail project in Maryland might be reduced to just public. The private portion is showing signs of leaving, and the partnership could be all but
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Instead of a handful, Norfolk Southern is picking just one. The Class 1 railroad company released plans on replacing the Merchant Bridge in Pittsburgh, but opponents want other bridges along the same
We have three great videos to show tonight. The first is a flyover update on the Eglinton Crosstown project in Toronto, Canada. The next video shows a time lapse of night and