The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $4,140,000 Project Grant under the Railroad Crossing Elimination (CFDA 20.327) federal grant program to the County of McKinley, New Mexico. The purpose of the grant is to fund planning activities for the McKinley County-BNSF Rail Crossing Elimination Project. The project will identify, analyze, and select preferred alternatives to improve approximately eight existing highway-rail grade crossings in McKinley and...
This $5,862,244 federal Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program is intended to accomplish several goals for the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp. The key objectives are to improve the reliability, safety, capacity, and efficiency of the rail line, as well as reduce maintenance costs and increase track speed. The project will involve track and infrastructure upgrades such as installing...
This $6,667,978 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (CFDA 20.325 - Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements) is intended to improve the reliability, safety, capacity, and efficiency of the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway's rail infrastructure. Key objectives include enhancing the track system to support heavier 286,000 lb. railcars, reducing maintenance costs and slow orders, improving switching...
This $1,600,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) will fund the construction of a 2,000-foot controlled siding on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express system. The project will include new subgrade, ballast, ties, rail turnouts, switches, centralized traffic control and positive train control systems, as well as improvements to adjoining grade crossings. Additionally, a dilapidated industry track adjoining the...
This $11,412,150 Federal Railroad Administration Project Grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, is part of the National Infrastructure Investments (CFDA 20.933) program. The grant funds the replacement of 29 miles of bolted rail with new continuously welded rail, the surfacing of 4.8 miles of embedded continuously welded rail, and the replacement of approximately 20 grade crossings along a 33.8-mile right-of-way. The project aims to rehabilitate the infrastructure and upgrade the track to FRA Class 4...
This $5,000,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program will fund the Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) to complete final engineering design and construction activities necessary to rehabilitate two of the four rail lines it operates in Texas. The key products and services to be delivered through this funding include: 1) Upgrading approximately 28 miles of the Mission Line from excepted track to FRA...
The New Hampshire North Coast Corporation was awarded a $6.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration on July 19, 2021 to support the New Hampshire Northcoast Infrastructure Project. Funding will support infrastructure improvements through December 31, 2026 under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program. The CRISI program aims to fund projects that enhance safety, efficiency, and reliability of...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,998,348.36 was provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program (CFDA 20.325). The grant will fund the construction of transportation infrastructure improvements in Plankinton, South Dakota, including an approximately 989-foot locomotive shop track, two transload tracks (2,295 and 2,601 feet), a 396-foot aggregate loading track, a...
This federal Formula Grant award of $417,329.34 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the second phase of the Railroad Crossing Assessment project for the Carlsbad Rail Line in New Mexico. The project aims to evaluate railroad crossings along the corridor from Lake Arthur to Loving for safety improvements. The grant was awarded on May 21, 2025 to the New Mexico Department of Transportation's (NMDOT) Transit...
This $130,726.86 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) is funding transportation infrastructure improvements in San Miguel County, New Mexico. Specifically, the grant will be used by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Transit and Rail Division to add gate arms to an existing railroad crossing signal system and extend the crossing surface at Railroad Crossing...