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Kansas program will help fund 13 short line rail projects
The Kansas Department of Transportation has handed short line railroad companies $5 million in grants that will help fund 13 railroad projects. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced
Construction of rail port a game-changer for Texas town
A game-changer for San Angelo, Texas, could quickly become a game winner for the local economy there. City officials approved ratifying a $600,000 real estate contract and performance agreement with South Plains
Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Railroad will use federal grant to upgrade tribal land track
Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Railroad will use a $10 million federal grant to make some much-needed improvements to its rail line. The short-line railroad company operates on 200 miles of track in southeast Oklahoma.
Safety and rehabilitation are the focus on two lines in Louisiana
The New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway is going to use money from the U.S. DOT’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement Grant (CRISI) for safety upgrades and rehabilitation. The short-liner received
Elma Junction, Wash., CRISI funding will help improve safety, congestion
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, this week announced that Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad (PSAP) would receive $1,374,399 from the
Another fire destroys nearly 100-year-old railroad bridge
Labor Day weekend fires were working their way through territory in the western U.S., and one of them engulfed a Yakima River railroad bridge in the state of Washington. The wooden trestle
Pennsylvania short-liner will use federal grant to upgrade aging line
Delmarva Central Railroad, Oakmont, Pa., is getting ready to receive a U.S. DOT grant to help out a track that is nearly 100 years old. The railroad is set to receive $18.8
FRA refutes index ranking regarding train derailments
24/7 Wall Street, using numbers from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Association of American Railroads, has created an index ranking the best and worst states when it comes to rail
Design for rail interchange project in Wash. complete; more funding for construction could be on the way
Representatives of the Washington State Department of Transportation have indicated that the track and infrastructure design for the Connell Rail Interchange Project is 100 percent completed. The Connell Rail Interchange is a