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Amtrak plans track work at Penn Station as Portal Bridge cutover continues: news report (updated)
Mar 4, 2026·Maintenance of Way

Amtrak plans track work at Penn Station as Portal Bridge cutover continues: news report (updated)

NEW YORK — Amtrak has scheduled a week of urgent track repairs at New York’s Penn Station to coincide with…

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Worker injured, tracks closed by washout on UP near Santa Barbara
Jan 6, 2026·Maintenance of Way

Worker injured, tracks closed by washout on UP near Santa Barbara

GAVIOTA, Calif. — Union Pacific and Amtrak operations along the Coast Line in Santa Barbara County have been shut down…

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MBTA, Keolis complete rail replacement on Fairmount Line
Nov 25, 2025·Maintenance of Way

MBTA, Keolis complete rail replacement on Fairmount Line

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has completed more than 28 miles of rail replacement on its Fairmount Line,…

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Explosion of maintenance-of-way equipment in Delaware leads to significant damage
Nov 2, 2025·Maintenance of Way

Explosion of maintenance-of-way equipment in Delaware leads to significant damage

BEAR, Del. — No one was injured, but several structures sustained damage following the explosion of a propane tank on…

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Rail-making Steelton, Pa., plant to be closed permanently
Oct 21, 2025·Maintenance of Way

Rail-making Steelton, Pa., plant to be closed permanently

STEELTON, Pa. — The Cleveland-Cliffs Steelton plant, which had been one of just three U.S. locations producing railroad rails, will…

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New York MTA completes first phase of Park Avenue Viaduct rebuild
Oct 6, 2025·Maintenance of Way

New York MTA completes first phase of Park Avenue Viaduct rebuild

NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has completed Phase one of the rebuilding of the Park Avenue Viaduct, the…

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Work begins to add sand to San Clemente beaches to protect rail line
Sep 8, 2025·Maintenance of Way

Work begins to add sand to San Clemente beaches to protect rail line

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Efforts to replenish the beach in San Clemente to protect the Surf Line rail line used…

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NTSB calls for collision-avoidance technology on maintenance-of-way machinery
Sep 3, 2025·Maintenance of Way

NTSB calls for collision-avoidance technology on maintenance-of-way machinery

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has called for on-track rail maintenance equipment to be equipped with collision avoidance…

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Maintenance-of-way union ratifies contract with Union Pacific
Aug 22, 2025·Maintenance of Way

Maintenance-of-way union ratifies contract with Union Pacific

NOVI, Mich. — Members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the Teamsters Rail Conference have ratified…

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Norfolk Southern adds yard goats to its bleet
Aug 7, 2025·Maintenance of Way

Norfolk Southern adds yard goats to its bleet

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has put a different kind of yard goat to work at its Inman Yard in Atlanta.…

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U.S. DOT rescinds $327 million in funding for Boston road/rail project
Jul 20, 2025·Maintenance of Way

U.S. DOT rescinds $327 million in funding for Boston road/rail project

BOSTON — The Trump administration has rescinded a $327 million grant awarded in 2023 or the Allston Multimodal Project, which…

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Metro-North Danbury Branch faces 17-day maintenance shutdown
Jul 18, 2025·Maintenance of Way

Metro-North Danbury Branch faces 17-day maintenance shutdown

DANBURY, Conn. — The Connecticut Department of Transportation has announced a 17-day shutdown of Metro-North’s Danbury Branch, set to begin Aug.…

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