The North Carolina Ports Authority and 13 short line railroads will be improving their rail infrastructure thanks to approximately $10.9 million in matching grant funds being awarded as part of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Freight Rail and Rail Crossing Safety Improvement program (FRRCSI).
Amtrak personnel recently spent a series of consecutive weekends in March remediating damage to the benchwall system in the South Tube of the North River Tunnel.
After 20 years off the grid, the Aransas Pass railroad is back in business in Texas.
The Sound Transit board will use a closed-door executive session on May 9 to discuss candidates to replace outgoing CEO Peter Rogoff.
Rail lines and water lines are both important in Bellingham, Wash.
The deadline to nominate your top project in North America for the 2022 RT&S Top Projects list is May 7.
There is plenty of rail maintenance and construction activity going on at the International Port of Coos Bay in Oregon, and an important phase was recently completed.
The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) has announced a new award program to recognize organizational achievement by a REMSA member.
Starting April 19, Link light rail trains will be single tracking at the Roosevelt, U District and UW Stations from 11 p.m. until end of service for rail maintenance work.
Plans to revive a dormant rail line between Pueblo, Colo., and Dotsero, Colo., are still alive, but what version it will be is in question.
Nominations are now open for RT&S’s 2022 Women in Railroad Engineering list.
CSX is facing a lawsuit connected to the Waverly, Tenn., floods last August.
The April issue of RT&S features the magazine’s 10 under 40 list recognizing the top young talent in the Maintenance-of-Way industry.
Railroad contractors are an opinionated bunch, but they will agree on this point: Having the right equipment makes all the difference when it comes to working safely, productively, and profitably.
The Railway Track & Structures 10 under 40 list honors some of the most talented and bright people in the railroad Maintenance-of-Way industry.
Holland, Mich., is famous for its Tulip Day Festival every year. Right now, the town is fearful of other things that have been popping up over an at-grade railroad crossing.
If residents in the Seattle area want light-rail projects to be executed a little quicker they may have to be faster on the draw with their pocketbook.
Goat milk, goat cheese, and goat track cleaners. The last one could be on its way to becoming an official product used by railroad companies and transit agencies.
Called a downtown-to-downtown connection, a new proposed passenger line in Michigan could do wonders to help central business districts.
For the first time, the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., (TTCI) is providing open access to three decades of its railroad technology research performed under the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) Strategic Research Initiatives (SRI) program.