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The Baltimore & Ohio dieselized its named passenger trains with six sets of Electro-Motive EA-EB passenger diesels in 1937–38. Here, two of the sets rest in Chicago between runs. Baltimore & Ohio photo […]

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NTSB issues report on 2023 CSX yard fatality

Image of scene of fatal accident in rail yard

WASHINGTON — A CSX carman struck and killed by a pair of remote-control locomotives in a September 2023 accident at Walbridge Yard in Ohio failed to look both ways while crossing multiple tracks in the yard, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded in an investigation report issued on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Contributing to the Sept. […]

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More CRISI grants announced

Passenger train crossing bridge

WASHINGTON — Another group of awards were announced today (Monday, Oct. 28) under the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant program, with the latest group led by more than $72 million for work in the Milwaukee area to reroute freight trains away from the city’s primary passenger station. The full list […]

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Projects in Illinois, Virginia receive CRISI grants

Logo for Federal Railroad Administration

WASHINGTON — Two more awards have been announced under the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, or CRISI, grant program. The first of what Washington state’s two senators said will be 122 grants totaling $2.477 billion were announced late last week [see “Announcements of 2024 CRISI grants begin,” Trains News Wire, Friday, […]

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Announcements of 2024 CRISI grants begin

Steel girder bridge over river

WASHINGTON — Elected officials across the country have begun announcing recipients of federal Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement, or CRISI, grants ahead of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s announcement of the full list of grant recipients. Officeholders generally have the opportunity to announce the grants to their constituents ahead of the U.S. DOT announcement. […]

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Nickel Plate Road No. 765’s 2024 season has a fall finish

Riding a steam-powered train through fall foliage

PLEASANT LAKE, Ind. — Finishing off the 2024 operating season for Nickel Plate Road No. 765 was the Indiana Rail Experience’s second annual Fall Color Steam Special on Oct. 19 and 20. The all-day round-trip jaunts drew beautiful weather as the 80-year-old 2-8-4 of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society marched up and down the […]

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Chicago CREATE project receives both Mega, INFRA grants

Map of complex group of rail lines in South Chicago

WASHINGTON — A piece of Chicago’s CREATE project and an element of California’s high speed rail construction are among the 11 recipients of Department of Transportation National Infrastructure Project Assistance, or Mega, grants announced today. Also, the same CREATE project and infrastructure improvements on the Paducah & Louisville Railway are among the 36 projects selected […]

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RRHMA debuts repainted Santa Fe GE locomotive

SILVIS, Ill. — Santa Fe No. 537 sparkled in the paint booth of the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America shops during a Friday night dinner and unveiling of the repainted GE B40-8W at the former Rock Island Railroad Silvis Locomotive Shops. The RRHMA hosted its “Trains & Tractors” event on Friday and Saturday, October 18-19, […]

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UP begins work on Kansas City intermodal terminal

Yellow locomotives moving double-stack cars with container crains in background

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Union Pacific has started construction on a new intermodal terminal in Kansas City, expected to open in mid-2025, the railroad announced. The Kansas City Intermodal Terminal, located in Kansas City, Kan., will be the fourth such facility UP has built in the past few years, and will offer more capacity than […]

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