Seattle just built the world’s first light rail on a floating bridge

Seattle’s new Crosslake connection uses creative solutions to close a gap in the area’s transit system. If you live in ...
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'Beautiful moment' as steam train crosses bridge

Crowds turned out to watch a replica of a historic steam engine cross the oldest railway bridge still in use for trains in the world. Locomotion No 1 is recreating the first British passenger rail ...
Times of San Diego

U.S. railroads’ aging bridges are self-inspected, with findings kept secret

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis, home to ...
Finance & Commerce

Transportation Department to train inspectors for rail bridge safety

OMAHA, Neb. — The Transportation Department is going to train 163 track inspectors to dramatically increase the number of people who know how to spot critical problems with railroad bridges, but the ...