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[ October 11, 2025 ] NJ Transit Prepares for Nor’easter, Agency Asks Customers to Limit Travel Commuter Rail
[ October 10, 2025 ] Greater Anglia the Latest Railroad to Enter Into Public Ownership World
[ October 10, 2025 ] Authorities Probing Tillamook County, Oregon, Railroad Bridge Fire Miscellaneous
[ October 9, 2025 ] Fink Confirmed as Federal Railroad Administration Administrator FRA
[ October 8, 2025 ] Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society Swap Collections, Including Central of Georgia Railway Collection Miscellaneous

Officials Unveil New Approach on Replacement Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel

June 24, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

Local, state and federal officials have broken ground on a project to replace the 1.4-mile-long Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) tunnel on the Northeast Corridor.

Cuomo nominates Feinberg to chair MTA board, Lieber as MTA president

June 8, 2021 The Center Square

Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated Sarah Feinberg, who has served as New York City Transit’s interim president since March 2020, as the new chair of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board.

Workers wrap civil construction on $11 billion East Side Access project in New York City

May 28, 2021 The Center Square

Crews in New York City have completed “civil construction” on the East Side Access project, an $11 billion endeavor to build a 350,000-square-foot passenger station beneath Grand Central Terminal to allow the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to enter the complex.

Pair of decisions by feds boost chances for $11.6 billion Hudson Tunnel project between New York, New Jersey

May 28, 2021 The Center Square

A pair of federal agencies issued the Final Environment Impact Statement and Record of Decision for the multibillion dollar Hudson Tunnel Project.

Feds OK Funding for $1.5 Billion Railway Project in Bronx, Cuomo Says

May 14, 2021 The Center Square

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that a major project to connect the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro-North line to Penn Station would resume.

Texas Central Railway Signs Contract for Controversial Dallas-Houston High-Speed Rail Line

May 7, 2021 The Center Square

The Texas Central Railroad (TCR) signed a $1.6 billion contract with Kiewit and its affiliate, Mass. Electric Company, on Monday to install the electrical system that will operate the controversial high-speed rail from Dallas to Houston.

A N.J. Transit train in Montvale, N.J., in March 2018.

N.J. Transit Advancing $250 Million of the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden

April 28, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

N.J. Transit is moving forward with a $250-million overhaul of the Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden with the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) to design a new facility to replace the current terminal.

New Jersey Senators Want Even More Federal Dollars for Garden State Transportation Infrastructure

April 26, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

After securing approximately $2 billion in pandemic relief from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for N.J. Transit, U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, said they want more federal tax dollars to help modernize New Jersey’s aging transportation infrastructure.

CN Makes Unsolicited Bid to Acquire Kansas City Southern Following CP Deal

April 21, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian National Railway submitted an unsolicited proposal to acquire Kansas City Southern in a cash and stock transaction valued by CN at $325 per KCS share.

N.J. Transit Prepares First of 25 New ALP-45 Dual-Power Locomotives to Enter Service

April 6, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

N.J. Transit marked the beginning of testing the first of 25 new ALP-45 dual-power locomotives manufactured by Alstom during a ceremony held on Track A at Newark Penn Station.