Commuter Rail

WASHINGTON — Dates and locations of public outreach meetings to solicit input toward the development of the nation’s first National Rail Plan were announced by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

LAS VEGAS — The Surface Transportation Board reaffirmed its jurisdiction over DesertXpress, a planned high-speed rail line linking Las Vegas and Victorville, Calif.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Unitrac Railroad Materials, a wholly owned subsidiary of Healey Railroad Corporation and a specialty trackwork manufacturer and distributor of new and relay rail, has received a three-year contract to supply special trackwork to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).