The Federal Railroad Administration Monday said Amtrak has joined FRA’s Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C3RS), a safety pilot project that permits rail employees to voluntarily and anonymously report “close call” incidents
New Jersey Transit has suspended further work on two new Hudson River commuter rail tunnels for least 30 days at it re-examines prospects for funding the $8.7 billion project. The Federal Transit
The Ohio Rail Development Commission says it has approved a staff recommendation for the Commission to act as the public sponsor for a $750,000 dollar grant from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. The
In a decision released Friday, the Surface Transportation Board authorized U S Rail Corp. to build and operate a three-mile line in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, N.Y., that will connect with the Long Island Rail
New York City’s Department of Transportation and Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) announced late Thursday a $295,000 study to evaluate a longstanding proposal to reintroduce streetcar service in Brooklyn, specifically designed to bolster
Hill International said Thursday a joint venture of Hill, Systra Engineering, and Gannett Fleming has received a contractfrom the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PA) to “provide expert professional planning, project management,
Union Pacific’s historic steam locomotive, Northern type (4-8-4) No. 844, will travel more than 2,300 miles from its base in Wyoming on a 15-day, three-state tour to the Pacific Northwest to celebrate
SCI Verkehr, the German railway and logistics consultancy, has released a new edition of its World Market for Railway Technology that calls for global railway investment to increase from a currently estimated
Lawrence J. Beal, founder and chairman of National Railway Equipment Company, died Monday, Sept. 6, 2010, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He was 72. Beal established NREC, headquartered in Mt. Vernon,
The Association of American Railroads Thursday said U.S. weekly rail carload freight volume set a new 2010 record for the second consecutive week, with carloads for the week ended September 4 up
Cincinnati city officials Wednesday said Vine Street will host the $128 million streetcar route from Over-the-Rhine to the Uptown areanear the University of Cincinnati. A route along West Clifton Avenue was theother choice being evaluated in recent days after the two were selected from alarger list.
Cincinnati city officials Wednesday said Vine Street willhost the $128 million streetcar route from Over-the-Rhine to the Uptown areanear the University of Cincinnati. A route along West Clifton Avenue was theother choice
Portland, Ore.’s TriMet says the Portland Streetcar will be suspended for two weeks, beginning Sept. 13, to allow construction to connect the new eastside streetcar line to the existing westside line in
Russian Railways Vice President and Federal Passenger Company General Director Mikhail Akulov said Wednesday plans are set to launch high speed rail service between St. Petersburg and Helsinki, Finland’s capital, in December. Allegro
A study released Wednesday by the public/private partnership of the City of North Charleston, S.C., CSX Transportation, and Shipyard Creek Associates concludes that a proposed intermodal rail and warehousing complex would create $73.4 million in
Colmar USA, Inc. says it has sold its first Hi-Rail machine T7000 to a North American customer, to the Toronto Transit Commission, making TTC the company’s first North American customer. The introduction
Transit vehicle tracking system developer Eta Phi Systems, Boynton Beach, Fla., has changed its name to ETA Transit Systems. “Everyone who has ever traveled via mass transit knows how important the ‘estimated
Support continues to be voiced for a proposal by President Obama, announced Monday, to invest $50 billion in U.S. infrastructure needs, including rail. Late Tuesday American Public Transportation Association President William Millar
Virginia Beach, Va., city officials said Tuesday they were close to agreement with Norfolk Southern to acquire 10.6 miles of railright-of-way for $40 million, and could complete the deal by month’s end.
The Raleigh, N.C., City Council Tuesday failed to endorse either of two alternatives envisioned to serve the North Carolina capital with higher speed rail (HrSR), asking the state Department of Transportation for
