The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued a safety recommendation to the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association about the importance of maintaining dynamic weather alert criteria in railroad operations.
More than nine years after the horrific derailment of a crude oil unit train at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec that claimed 47 lives and led to new regulations for railroad hazmat tank cars, the
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Oct. 21.
RT&S reported on Oct. 4 that Hurricane Ian had devastated the Seminole Gulf Railway, and the degree of damage might keep the railroad shut down until early 2023.
In an increasingly dangerous cyber world, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued additional cybersecurity directives for U.S. railroads.
OmniTRAX’s purchase of the San Luis & Rio Grande (SLRG), a former Iowa Pacific shortline, is essentially complete.
The Iowa Transportation Commission this week approved $6.3 million in funding for six rail infrastructure and related rail development projects under the Railroad Revolving Loan and Grant (RRLG) Program.
With the first proposal of one end of a wildlife crossing over Ojibway Parkway in Windsor, Ontario, looking more like a zoo, city officials have agreed to take another look at the structure’s footprint.
The top news stories of the week ending Oct. 7.
The ongoing Chicago CREATE project partners accounced that Norfolk Southern has chosen Benesch to provide final track design services for the EW3-Segment B.
They are harvesting rainbows, aren’t they?
It may not be until next year when the Seminole Gulf Railway sees carloads moving again on track.
On Dec. 1, 2021, the U. S. DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity on the availability of Special Transportation Circumstance (STC) program funding.
The short line network Patriot Rail announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase Delta Southern Railroad, Inc.
James J. Florio, the former Governor of New Jersey and eight-term congressman who was the principal author of the 1980 Staggers Rail Act that partially deregulated the industry, died Sept. 25. He was 85.
With the glory days now history, Cedar Falls officials are now planning an un-ceremonial end to rail track that runs through the downtown area.
OmniTRAX, the short line railroad company that owns and operates over 20 railroads in the U.S., has signed a letter of intent to purchase the bankrupt San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad.
If your company is on the fence about whether or not to take sustainability or ESG initiatives by Class 1s, short lines, and transit railways seriously, let me encourage you to get on board.
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) has developed a program to assist contractors with compliance requirements set forth by Part 243.
The U.S. DOT has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of over $1.4 billion in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) Grant funding.
