The Troy Drive Railroad Bridge in the city of Madison, Wisc., will be replaced thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as part of the 2022 Freight Rail Preservation Program.
The saying, “It just needs a coat of paint,” takes on a little more sting when the cost is $150,000.
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Feb. 18.
A dangerous route has Sound Transit changing its design stance on future light-rail projects. Well, for the most part anyway.
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.
Brightline has completed its first major construction zone (Zone 2) on its 170-mile extension from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport (OIA).
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will use Nicholson Construction for a railroad bridge replacement project in Jackson, Mich.
CSX believes a cul-de-sac is the way to go in southwest Philadelphia, but the city wants to continue to give life to the Cemetery Avenue bridge.
Progress continues to be made on a pair of railroad bridges that will be built across the Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
Tempe, Union Pacific reach settlement involving derailment, bridge collapse MTA announces Catherine Rinaldi to serve as interim president of MTA Long Island Rail Road Utah county says road projects are being held
The city of Tempe, Ariz., and Union Pacific have come to terms on a lawsuit settlement that involved a derailment in Tempe Town Lake in 2020.
Illinois lawmakers are once again trying to rally state transportation agencies in an attempt to create a Quad Cities-to-Chicago passenger line.
The February issue of Railway Track & Structures magazine features a project update on some of the major rail construction jobs in the U.S., and product overviews of the rail grinding, winter maintenance, and hi-rail/truck markets.
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Feb. 4.
A derailment in Kansas City’s West Bottoms on Feb. 2 damaged a rail bridge support beam, and crews were still busy making repairs two days later.
Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson paid a visit to the Merchants Bridge construction site in St. Louis.
Repair work has begun on the Clarksville railroad bridge in Tennessee.
The saga of the Southwest light-rail project in Minneapolis is looking more and more like a soap opera series.
A Vermont town sued a railroad contractor for covering a manhole, and the case went as deep into the judicial system as it could go.
The top news stories RT&S was covering the week ending Jan. 28.