Freightwaves .com - Tue November 02, 2021
Port of Long Beach Sets Up Inland Port Project With Utah
The Port of Long Beach recently launched a modified inland port project with the state of Utah to help convert containers normally headed to the Mountain West region by truck to rail in an effort to push out cargo faster and reduce backlogs that have impacted business around the country....
California High-Speed Rail Authority - Tue October 19, 2021
California High-Speed Rail Authority Board Approves Latest Portion of 500-Mi. Project
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) board of directors approved the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the approximately 80-mi. Bakersfield to Palmdale project alignment section....
Joe Jancsurak – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue October 19, 2021
Contractors Solve Logistical Challenges On Coastal Project
Talk about close calls. When a coastal bluff in Del Mar collapsed earlier this year, the resulting landslide came within feet of rendering the only train route between San Diego and Los Angeles, and the rest of the West Coast, inoperable....
Ohio Rail Development Commission - Tue October 12, 2021
ORDC Approves Three Grants to Improve Rail in Ohio
On Sept. 15, 2021, the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) approved grants of nearly $420,000 for projects submitted by the Austin Powder Company (APC) Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (W&LE), and to CASTLO Community Improvement Corporation (CASTLO)....
Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Wed September 01, 2021
Kansas Awards Funds for 10 Short Line Rail Improvements
On Aug. 17, Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced 10 projects, totaling more than $5.2 million, were awarded as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Short Line Rail Improvement Fund Program....
Brightline - Wed August 11, 2021
While Construction Continues, Brightline to Resume Service in Miami Area
During a virtual media update, Brightline President Patrick Goddard announced Aug. 10 that the high-speed rail company's reopening schedule between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach is set to start the first half of November....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu July 15, 2021
Walsh Construction Presses Forward On Long Slip Fill, Rail Enhancement Project
Construction of Phase One of NJ TRANSIT's Long Slip Fill and Rail Enhancement, or "Long Slip," project is making steady progress as crews from Walsh Construction Company are working in an area with active rail operations....
Associated Press - Wed July 14, 2021
Infrastructure Plan Spurs Rail Construction Projects
(AP) Proposed federal infrastructure funding for rail projects has transportation planners taking another look at a Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas passenger route that Amtrak stopped in 1997 and at a high-speed rail line along the congested Interstate 15 corridor to Victorville, Calif....
Fluor Corporation/Business Wire - Tue June 22, 2021
Fluor JV Breaks Ground On CTA Red Line Stations, Tracks
Fluor Corporation announced June 2 that its joint venture with Walsh Construction Company broke ground on station house and track structure reconstruction for the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Lawrence to Bryn Mawr Modernization Project, part of the $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Program (RPM), the largest capital project in CTA's history....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 16, 2021
Granite Construction, Mahaffey Drilling Fix Railroad Issue in Encinitas
People living on or near North Vulcan Avenue in the Leucadia district of Encinitas had a problem. This beachfront community in north coastal San Diego County is home to Coast Highway 101 and Los Angeles to San Diego (LOSSAN) railroad tracks, which carry 37 passenger and freight trains per day....
