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Posts by Kyra Senese

Kyra Senese, Managing Editor, Railway Track & Structures

RailPros COO Marco Loureiro

RailPros Selects Marco Loureiro as COO

RailPros announced April 25 the appointment of Marco Loureiro as Chief Operating Officer (COO), based in the company's corporate headquarters.
Image Courtesy of ENSCO

FRA Awards Automated Track Inspection Program Contract to ENSCO

ENSCO Inc., a provider of railway track inspection and measurement technology, has announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded the company a new five-year contract to carry out…

G&W Workforce Votes to Join BMWED Union

Approximately 70 maintenance of way employees from Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) Railroad Engineering Services voted April 13 to join the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED). The new…

TSB: Unstable Track Subgrade Indicated in 2020 Derailment Near Ignace, Ontario

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) of Canada has released its investigative report (R20W0102) regarding the 2020 derailment of a Canadian Pacific (CP) freight train near Ignace, Ontario.
(Brightline Photograph)

Brightline Reaches 130 mph, Completes CRISI Grant Program

After hitting speeds of 130 mph, Brightline is officially the fastest train in Florida and the Southeastern U.S.
The province of Alberta is where the most collisions at rail crossings happen in Canada.

Authorities Call for Better Oversight Along Canada’s Provincially Regulated Railways

With the release of investigation documents surrounding a 2019 accident in which a GO Transit train struck two people at a public crossing in Ontario, officials from the Transportation Safety…
An artist rendering of the approved North Brunswick Train Station concept design. The design is subject to change upon completion of the final design. (Rendering Courtesy of Middlesex County)

Middlesex County Releases Design for Northeast Corridor’s North Brunswick Train Station

The Middlesex County Improvement Authority has unveiled the initial concept design for the North Brunswick Train Station project, which would add a new station to the Northeast Corridor Line.

Biden Visits MTA, Announces Funding at LIRR West Side Yard

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) welcomed President Joe Biden Jan. 31 to the Long Island Rail Road West Side Yard at Hudson Yards.
President Biden on Jan. 30 helped kicked off the project to replace the 150-year-old Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel, addressing the largest rail bottleneck between Washington, D.C., and New Jersey. (Photograph Courtesy of FRA, via Twitter)

Biden Kicks Off Baltimore Rail Tunnel Replacement

President Joe Biden traveled to Baltimore, Md., on Jan. 30 to join Amtrak, U.S. Department of Transportation and the state of Maryland to kick off the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P)…
(CTA Photograph Courtesy of the Federal Transit Administration)

Chicago, Philadelphia Transit Leaders Sign Deal to Support Minority-Owned Businesses

A first-of-its-kind agreement struck Jan. 9 by the heads of the transit systems in Chicago and Philadelphia is intended to make it simpler for minority-owned companies to do business with…
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