Clamp It Down!
RAILWAY AGE, OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: There’s more than one way to secure rail to crossties, from traditional spikes to a wide variety of clips, to suit any application. Gauge-holding capability, resiliency, noise
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PTC: Best Practices, Lessons Learned
RAILWAY AGE, OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: This report focuses on CSX’s track record with Positive Train Control, some four years after it was fully deployed. How has PTC impacted safety at CSX? What
Electrified Rail Vehicle Testing at the TTC
TTC OPERATED BY ENSCO, RAILWAY AGE OCTOBER 2024 ISSUE: Electrification has been a long-standing method for propulsion energy for the rail industry. The first electrified line in the U.S. opened 129 years
LA Metro Board Approves Joint Development, Measure M and R Transportation Projects
The LA Metro Board recently authorized entering into a Joint Development Agreement with NOHO Development Associates, LLC, an affiliate of Trammel Crow Company (TCC) and High Street Residential (TCC’s subsidiary), to build
SERTC Announces 2025 Course Schedule
The Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC), a division of MxV Rail, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), on Oct. 2 announced the complete 2025 lineup
Transit Briefs: Metrolinx, City of Edmonton, Amtrak, MBTA, NYMTA, Sound Transit
Work is now under way across all contracts that make up Metrolinx’s Ontario Line project. Also, AECOM has been selected as design partner for the Capital Line South Light Rail Transit Extension project in Alberta; Amtrak and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) launch separate rail marketing campaigns; New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) breaks ground on Grand Central Madison’s 45th Street entrance; and Seattle’s Sound Transit advances the Kent Station Parking and Access Improvements project on the Sounder S Line.
RA/RT&S 2024 Light Rail Conference Coming to San Diego
The 2024 edition of the Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures Light Rail Conference will take place this November 13-14 in San Diego, where modern LRT in the United States emerged
Small-Road Briefs: Universal Logistics Holdings, G&W, LongWater Partners, Watco
Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc., acquires rail terminal operator Parsec, LLC, Parsec Intermodal of Canada ULC, OB Leasing, LLC (Parsec). Also, Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) adds Mobile, Ala., railcar repair shop to its footprint; LongWater partners with industry executives to form Cypress Rail Solutions (Cypress); and Watco tests new railroad ties.
Liberty Development Partners Acquires Property to Expand Gulf Inland Logistics Park
Liberty Development Partners has completed the acquisition of 1,149 acres of prime industrial real estate in Dayton, Texas, along the Grand Parkway, south of Highway 90, from seller Sammi Damek to further expand Gulf Inland Logistics Park, which is in its second phase of a three-phase expansion that will total 3,800 acres.
People News: Tacoma Rail, HNTB
Alan Matheson is the new Superintendent at Tacoma Rail, which serves 43 customers on 43 miles of track in two operating divisions within Pierce County, Wash. Also, Christopher Coulter rejoins infrastructure firm HNTB Corporation as Group Director of Aviation and Rail/Transit.