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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Model railroaders and railfans can now support the preservation of an Erie Lackawanna SDP45 when they purchase the HO scale version of it. The Athearn Trains announced on Sept. 28 that for every HO scale EL No. 3639 or Conrail No. 6670 sold, the model train manufacturer will make a donation to […]
Bob Johnston/ TRAINS: Steve Sweeney JASPER, Alta. — VIA Rail Canada will drastically alter the Canadian’s train’s schedule and days of operation next spring and summer. Beginning April 29, 2019, westbound and May 1 eastbound, VIA’s Toronto to Vancouver, B.C., flagship train will revert to tri-weekly service after the bi-weekly cutback ends, but only on […]
U.S. President Donald Trump The White House WASHINGTON — The railroad industry was pleased that the U.S. and Canada were able to strike a free trade deal on Sunday, ending nearly two years of uncertainty between two of the world’s largest trading partners. Independent rail analyst Anthony B. Hatch of ABH Consulting says details in the […]
Shay No. 1, seen in July 2016, will co-star with Shay No. 15 at the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad’s photo day Oct. 28. Trains: Jim Wrinn FISH CAMP, Calif. – A tourist railroad that has not operated a special for photographers has set Oct. 28 as the day for an event featuring its two […]
CSX No. 3415 honors the Georgia Railroad, a predecessor line. Dean Mastoras CHICAGO — CSX Transportation today honored predecessor Georgia Railroad with a modern locomotive featuring the logo of the Peach State railroad famous for its Atlanta-Augusta main line, mixed trains, and sold black diesel paint scheme. Two-year-old General Electric-built ET44AH No. 3415 got the […]
The New Mexico Railrunner won’t make extra trips this year for the balloon festival. Trains: Jim Wrinn Albuquerque, N.M. — Visitors to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Oct. 6-14 will have to look for a different option if they intended to take the Railrunner train to this year’s event. In the past, the Santa Fe-to-Albuquerque […]
Former CSX President Clarence Gooden Submitted photo TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Clarence Gooden, the CSX Transportation president who retired last year amid the management coup led by E. Hunter Harrison and his hedge fund partner, is never one to miss an opportunity for a joke. Gooden spoke last week about his four-decade career at CSX, including […]
Officials broke ground on Oct. 1 for a nearly $500 million rail improvement project in Chicago near 75th Street in the city. Locomotives from the railroads affected include: CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Belt Railway of Chicago, Metra, and Union Pacific. Dean Mastoras CHICAGO — Railroad, U.S., and Illinois state officials today announced nearly $500 million […]
FORT WORTH, Texas – Capacity projects around three crew-change points on BNSF Railway’s busy Southern Transcon will help the railroad gain operational flexibility on its key route linking Los Angeles and Chicago. This month BNSF placed in service 5 miles of fourth main track on the Hereford Subdivision through Amarillo, Texas. Next month BNSF expects […]
WASHINGTON – The Railway Supply Institute, partnering with the Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association, Railway Systems Suppliers Inc., and Railway Tie Association, has released the results of a major study quantifying the economic and workforce impact of the products and services produced by the railway supply industry. This report, Tracking the Power of Rail Supply: The […]
Crews work to clean up the derailment Wednesday afternoon. Chris Hughes BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana Rail Link’s former Northern Pacific main line across Montana is closed today following a derailment near Columbus, about 40 miles west of Billings. A westbound coal train derailed on single track at approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. MRL spokesman Jim Lewis […]
NEW YORK — Track construction and maintenance firm RailWorks Corp. is acquiring NARSTCO, which manufactures steel ties and turnout sets. NARSTCO, baed in Midlothian, Texas, makes ties from recycled steel, which eliminates the need for creosote, spikes, gauging, anchors, and tie plates. The firm, founded in 1996, has approximately 90 employees. It will continue to […]
