Railworks

Lori Tobias - Mon February 20, 2017

WSDOT Expects to Have Point Defiance Bypass Operational This Fall

When Friday rolls around, crews on the Point Defiance Bypass Project are ready to attack their job building new rail line, but when Monday arrives, it's back to business for the railroad. It's a tightly synchronized operation of a $150 million project that will make rail travel all that more efficient in the corridor stretching from Vancouver, B.C....

Jeff Sturgeon - Tue February 14, 2017

Construction Begins on Virginia Amtrak Platform

Crews started building a $10.9 million Amtrak boarding platform in downtown Roanoke on Monday. They worked to relocate exhibits and the performance stage along the David R. & Susan S. Goode Railwalk, the sidewalk attraction running along the train tracks dotted with exhibits such as signals, train parts, a small hopper of coal and mounted historic photos and reports....

Juliet Linderman - Wed February 08, 2017

USDOT Investigates Decision to Cancel Maryland Rail Line

The U.S. Department of Transportation has expanded its investigation of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's decision to cancel a railway line, saying the probe will now include all of the state transportation agency's programs to determine whether federal law was violated....

Wed January 18, 2017

Construction Begins to Convert Viaduct Rail Track Into Park

Construction has begun on converting an abandoned and overgrown elevated rail track in Philadelphia into a green park. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf joined Mayor Jim Kenney and state Rep. Michael O'Brien, among others, for a groundbreaking ceremony for the $10.3 million rail park....

Fri January 06, 2017

FRA Recommends Upgrades for Northeast Corridor

After four years of working with the Northeast states, federal and state partner agencies and dozens and dozens of public meetings, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recommended a vision to build a better and stronger Northeast Corridor (NEC) over the next 30 years....

Brad Broberg - Fri November 18, 2016

King Street Station Upgrades on Track

Nobody is happier about the improvements under way at the King Street Station than the conductors aboard the trains that stop at the historic Seattle terminal. The improvements will automate 21 switches that conductors currently must throw by hand....