The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released an update on the status of the positive train control systems’ (PTC) implementation for the fourth quarter of 2017. PTC systems preven...
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The Union Pacific Railroad’s investments in Illinois are picking up steam and the company now reports intentions to put $103.6 million into the state this year for maintenance and new endeavors alik...
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The train accident rate has declined 28 percent in the last decade, according to the Federal Railroad Administration, and 2017 had the lowest rate on record. The Association of American Railroads (AAR...
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American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently urged the Trump administration to recognize the importance of public transportation and to issue more Transportation Investment Generating Ec...
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Union Pacific Railroad recently announced it will be investing $113 million in its Kansas infrastructure this year. A total of $80 million will be used to maintain railroad track while $8.6 million...
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Union Pacific Railroad plans to invest $127 million in its Arkansas infrastructure this year. The majority of the funds will be used for maintaining railroad track and $9.6 million will go to maint...
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Railroad company Norfolk Southern is revamping its customers’ online capabilities, with the announcement of a next-generation e-commerce tool meant to give customers access to online options. Acc...
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Union Pacific Railroad recently announced it will invest $122.3 million in its California infrastructure this year. The investment is in addition to the railroad’s $985 million investment between 20...
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Spokane Valley, Washington, recently was awarded a $9 million grant through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently ruled that the planned Northern Lights Express Higher Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Project between Minneapolis and Duluth will not have significant...
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Experts in the transportation industry urged members of Congress on Wednesday to take action on funding surface transportation projects now and into the future by ensuring a long-term and stable reven...
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Union Pacific Railroad plans a $450 million investment in Texas infrastructure this year, which reflects part of the company’s long-term plans to strengthen its infrastructure. The company inves...
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Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday that the Trump administration was looking at all funding options to rebuild and repair the...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently leased a report on the head-on collision of an Amtrak train with a stationary CSX Transportation local freight train in Cayce, South Carolina o...
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During a U.S. Senate hearing on implementation of positive train control (PTC) on passenger rail lines on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) said that the patience of members of Congress is runni...
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As many as two-thirds of the nation’s 29 commuter railroads might not be on track to meet deadlines and milestones for implementation of positive train control (PTC) before the year-end deadline, ac...
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Ronald L. Batory was sworn in Wednesday as the 14th Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Batory previously served as president and chief operating officer of the nation’s e...
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With a focus on maintenance for 2018, the BNSF Railway Company announced its capital expenditure program for Illinois this week--a program which will see $150 million invested in the area. A good c...
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The District of Columbia recently received federal certification for its rail transit State Safety Oversight (SSO) Program from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Under the program, D.C. Fi...
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New York rail and port projects that promote safety and spur economic development will be able to compete for more than $26.5 million in state funding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday. ...
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