Now it will not be until 2022 when new Purple Line contractor is active
Officials behind the Maryland’s Purple Line project are going to take even longer to have a new design-build contractor in the dirt.
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Stalled work on California Gold Line may need federal funds to get going again
The Gold Line extension in California was paired with the wrong partner, so Washington was called in to see if more officials could work together to get it done.
TriMet’s ‘A Better Red’ mission expected to kick off in the fall
Called “A Better Red,” Portland’s TriMet is getting ready to make better use out of plans to extend the Red Line that have been in the works for years.
Century-old Norfolk Southern bridge set to be repaired in the coming months
The 100-year-old Cobb Street railroad bridge in Lula, Ga., keeps on slipping in and out of consciousness … or in this case serviceability.
What a find: Archaeologists uncover medieval church while excavating for high-speed rail project in England
The scope of our coverage does not go beyond North America, but I found something the other day that I could not help but share … so consider this the exception.
Another seawall set to go up on Del Mar bluffs; next phase to include storm-water drainage improvements
The final stage of emergency construction on the Del Mar bluffs begins this month.
Bells & Whistles—Is REM behind sinkholes in Montreal park?
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Sept. 10.
Baltimore admits it is not doing enough to inspect rail infrastructure, vows again to do better
For the second time in as many days, a deteriorating CSX bridge is making headlines.
Is Montreal’s REM light-rail project behind the sinkholes?
Birdwatchers in Montreal are regretting that the Reseau express metropolitain (REM) ever got off the ground.
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. Editorial: Palo Alto, Calif., officials need to hurry up and make a choice
Sometimes it is embarrassing to just sit there looking at packs, but when my mind is all twisted, my thinking turns lazy and always rests on the cheapest of the bunch.
Preliminary work advances on railroad overpass in La Porte, Ind.
La Porte, Ind., is moving closer to eliminating an at-grade railroad crossing.
Homeless camp fire under transit bridge in Calif. has engineers looking for long-term damage
Engineers were expected to return to the site of a fire in Sacramento, Calif., to check the structural integrity of a transit bridge.
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.
Texas Central CEO is not optimistic construction will start in six months
During a recent interview the CEO of the Texas Central high-speed rail project did not shed much light on progress. Instead, there appears to be some fog developing.
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.
Look: Railroad tracks left hanging in mid air after heavy rains on East Coast
A hole-in-one in golf is usually an once-in-a-lifetime event. So is a sinkhole that leaves railroad tracks suspended in mid air.
Two signal structures installed on Metrolinx transit network in Toronto
PNR RailWorks installed two large signal bridge structures, spanning nine tracks each, and a cantilever structure on a critical piece of Metrolinx transit network in Toronto.
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.