12/5/2016
Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation
Railroad News
Dec
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Dec
05
The Chicago City Council has approved the use of a tax-increment financing (TIF) district to allocate funding needed for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Red and Purple Modernization Program (RPM).
Dec
05
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), will establish a new University Transportation Center (UTC) to study rail infrastructure with funds from a federal grant.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) announced the $1.4 million grant on Dec. 1 and said the Tier-1 UTC will improve rail infrastructure in Nevada and throughout the country.
Dec
05
12/5/2016
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
Dec
05
12/5/2016
Rail News: MOW
Dec
05
12/5/2016
Rail News: Safety
Dec
05
12/5/2016
Rail News: Passenger Rail
Dec
02
12/2/2016
Rail News: Supplier Spotlight
Dec
02
12/2/2016
Rail News: Short Lines & Regionals
Dec
02
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff (WSP) has named Michael Harris-Gifford as a senior principal technical specialist for organization’s the Orange, Calif., office.
Dec
02
Harsco Rail, Harsco Corporation’s railway track maintenance division, has announced new sales of its track grinders throughout North America for service in contract rail grinding programs.
Dec
02
Dec
02
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its accident report on the July 2016 derailment of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) train traversing a crossover in the East Falls Church interlocking.
The NTSB report confirms what a WMATA-led preliminary investigation found a few days after the derailment: Deteriorated ties allowed track gauge to widen resulting in the derailment. However, NTSB's official probabe cause places culpability on WMATA's maintenance practices writing in the report, "the probable cause of this accident was a wide track gauge condition resulting from the sustained use of deteriorating wooden crossties due to [WMATA's] ineffective inspection and maintenance practices and inadequate safety oversight."
Dec
02
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) has been released for the B&P Tunnel replacement project, which would rebuild this critical link on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) that was originally built in 1873.
Dec
02
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board of Directors has voted to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for its Airport Metro Connector 96th Street Station.
Dec
02
12/2/2016
Rail News: Passenger Rail
Dec
02
12/2/2016
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
Dec
02
12/2/2016
Rail News: Amtrak
Dec
02
12/2/2016
Rail News: Safety
Dec
01
12/1/2016
Rail News: Supplier Spotlight