Recently added articles from Railway Track and Structures:

Breaking ground.(ON TRACK)

Jun 01, 2008; Judge, Tom ... Groundbreaking can be fun. Sure, it's a routine occurrence for news photographers and reporters, but even jaded railroad journalists such as yours truly can feel the positive emotions on such occasions. A groundbreaking means something is getting started. The talking and the planning and ...

UP back on track after major Oregon mudslide.(INDUSTRY TODAY)

Jun 01, 2008 ... After 105 days and 19 million cubic feet of mud, Union Pacific completed the Herculean task of restoring all rail service through the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. The mudslide occurred on Jan. 19, 2008, eight miles southeast of Oakridge, Ore., and wiped out 3,000 feet of track in three ...

Harriman Awards honor 12 railroads for safety records.(INDUSTRY TODAY)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Last year was another strong year for safety on the nation's railroads, with records being set in two key safety measurements, while a third fell just shy of setting a record. "Over the years, the railroad industry has developed a strong safety culture," said Edward R ....

CN seeks STB EJ&E decision by December.(INDUSTRY TODAY)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Canadian National Railway filed a 54-page request with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board seeking a timeline, including a December 1 deadline for a final decision on its proposed purchase of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. The company is concerned that a dragged-out process will ...

CSX National Gateway to improve traffic flow.(INDUSTRY TODAY)

Jun 01, 2008 ... CSX Corporation launched the National Gateway, a $700-million public-private infrastructure initiative to create a highly-efficient freight transportation link between the Mid-Atlantic ports and the Midwest. When completed, the National Gateway would provide greater capacity for product ...

NS, Pan Am expand New York/New England capacity.(INDUSTRY TODAY)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern have agreed to create an improved rail route between Albany, N.Y., and the Greater Boston, Mass., area called the Patriot Corridor. Investments in the Patriot Corridor are expected to improve track quality and customer service, boost train speed and ...

CTA three-track work to be completed by yearend.(INDUSTRY TODAY)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Chicago Transit Authority is accelerating construction work to realign the tracks at the Belmont and Fullerton Brown Line stations, allowing the agency to restore the southbound track to service by the end of 2008, six months earlier than previously announced. Southbound Brown, Red and ...

CREATE partners break ground for project.(INDUSTRY TODAY)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Public and private sector partners involved in the CREATE Program (Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program) broke ground on a $4.2-million railroad modernization project that will upgrade the signal system and help mitigate conflicting use of tracks among freight ...

ARINC Incorporated.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... ARINC Incorporated won a contract to design and deliver a Centralized ...

Belden, Inc.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Belden, Inc., has consolidated its affiliated companies Belden Europe, HEW-Kabel, Hirschmann ...

Boatwright Enterprises, Inc.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Boatwright Enterprises, Inc., Birmingham, Ala., has ...

Citizant.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Citizant a five-year, $14-million contract to provide ...

Dow AgroSciences.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Milestone [R] VM Plus from Dow AgroSciences is now ...

ENSCO.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Canadian Pacific Railway signed a contract with ENSCO for ...

Extreme CCTV.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Extreme CCTV's IP Infrared Imaging is now compatible with products from DVTel. Also, Extreme CCTV's REG [R] IP License Plate Capture camera is now compatible with ...

HNTB Corp and Pistorino & Alam Consulting Engineers Inc.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... The Miami-Dade Transit Authority has awarded the team of HNTB Corp. and Pistorino & Alam Consulting Engineers Inc. the construction engineering, inspection ...

Honeywell.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Honeywell acquired Norcross Safety Products, L.L.C., a ...

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and its joint venture partner, LiRo Engineers, Inc., received a contract from the New York Metropolitan ...

Parsons transportation group.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... METRO in Houston, Texas, has engaged Parsons ...

PNR Railworks Inc.(SUPPLIER NEWS)

Jun 01, 2008 ... PNR RailWorks Inc., based in Abbotsford, B.C., acquired Entretien de Voies Ferrees Coyle ...