Recently added articles from Railway Track and Structures:
UP wins AREMA's Hay award for second year.(INDUSTRY TODAY)
Oct 01, 2009 ... The William W. Hay Award for Excellence presented at the AREMA 2009 Annual Conference went to Union Pacific, for the second year in a row, for its recovery efforts at the Frazier River Landslide near Oakridge, Ore. Bill Van Trump, UP's senior assistant vice president engineering, and other ...
DART Green Line makes its debut in September.(INDUSTRY TODAY)
Oct 01, 2009 ... The next phase of DART Rail marks the return of rail service to Deep Ellum, Baylor, Fair Park and South Dallas, Texas, after an absence of more than 50 years and brings new opportunities for development and offered new destinations to thousands of new passengers when the first four ...
TriMet's MAX Green Line light rail now in operation.(INDUSTRY TODAY)
Oct 01, 2009 ... TriMet's MAX Green Line in Portland, Ore., opened to the public on Saturday, September 12, and reached a major milestone of connecting all three counties by light rail. TriMet's fifth MAX line extends from downtown Portland to Clackamas County. More than 40,000 trips were taken on the new ...
CSXT's Mobile, Ala., swing bridge now being replaced.(INDUSTRY TODAY)
Oct 01, 2009 ... CSX Transportation awarded a $60-million contract to Scott Bridge Co. for the alteration of the 14-Mile Bridge over the Mobile River. The total project cost is estimated at $72 million, which includes the construction contract to the Scott Bridge Co. The project is being funded largely by ...
Fall transition.(ON TRACK)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Fall is definitely a transition season. We're past the Dog Days of summer, but blissfully ahead of the icy blasts of approaching winter. It's time to enjoy the changing seasons, with mild temperatures, sunny days and hints of fall color spectaculars. Railroad m/w people are starting to ...