CHICAGO — Metra, the Chicago Transit Authority, and bus operator Pace have announced a new “Regional Connect” pass for buyers of the new Metra monthly pass unveiled earlier this month. The $30 Regional Connect pass, available to those who buy Metra’s new $100 Super Saver monthly pass, will combine to give holders of both passes […]
WASHINGTON — Carload traffic, which had been the positive aspect of U.S. rail traffic, continues to edge downward as overall rail volume remains below 2021 levels, according to the latest statistics from the Association of American Railroads. Traffic for Week 22 of of 2022, ending June 4, shows overall traffic at 475,513 carloads and intermodal […]
Milwaukee, Racine & Troy American Car & Foundry 2,970-cubic-foot capacity two-bay Center Flow covered hopper Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $27.99 Era: early 1990s+ Manufacturer: Produced by Accurail, available from Kalmbach Hobby Store, KalmbachHobbyStore.com MR&T hopper features: One-piece injection-molded plastic body Separate underbody Modeler-installed outlet gates, hatch covers, and brake appliances Roller-bearing trucks Plastic wheelsets Steel […]
Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific are teaming up to deliver Hapag-Lloyd international containers from the Port of Virginia to destinations on the West Coast. The new service, said to be a first and dubbed OceaNS Bridge Express, was announced on Wednesday but was launched in April. Importers are struggling with congestion that has caused lengthy […]
ELY, Nev. — The Nevada Northern Railway has acquired a Baldwin VO diesel prime mover to be used in restoration of the railroad’s VO1000 locomotive built in 1942. In a series of posts on the Nevada Northern Facebook page, the railroad says it found the engine, built in 1945, at a New Jersey firm that […]
Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern want to haul produce grown in Mexico to destinations in the Midwest and Canada. The railways ran an interline intermodal train from Laredo to the Midwest this week to test the truck-conversion concept, CP Chief Marketing Officer John Brooks told an investor conference on Tuesday. The train — CP […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Santa Fe No. 5704, the SD45-2 locomotive cosmetically restored to its bicentennial paint scheme, will be displayed at Union Station Kansas City June 14-19 to coincide with the convention of the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society on those dates in Overland Park, Kan. The locomotive, which has been donated […]
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The National Museum of Industrial History and Reading & Northern Railroad are partnering for a July excursion by Budd Rail Diesel Car, featuring the first visit by an excursion train to Tremont, Pa., in more than two decades. The July 29 trip, departing from Outer Station in Reading, Pa., at 9 a.m., […]
What was your first train set (or locomotive)? Meet John Ciesla: I grew up with my father’s prewar American Flyer trains. These were the famous S scale, O gauge trains that came out in the late 1930s. With the advent of WWII, new cars and locomotives were nonexistent, but he still managed to find a […]
WASHINGTON — Brightline trains to Orlando aim to be in operation “hopefully by Christmastime,” Fortress Investment Group co-CEO and Brightline chairman Wes Edens said Tuesday. Edens made the comment during a “Washington Post Live” event on the future of transportation. He also said he hoped construction would be under way on the Brightline West project […]
SARNIA, Ontario — Canadian National has returned some GE Dash 8 locomotives to service after most had disappeared in early 2021. Ex-Chicago North Western C40-8 No. 2131 led Chicago-Toronto train 148 on Sunday, June 5, providing the first look at a standard-cab Dash 8 on the mainline in well over a year. This unit and […]
DEL MAR, Calif. — The Del Mar City Council is asking the California Coastal Commission to intervene in plans to build a seawall along the Del Mar Bluffs to prevent erosion that threatens the rail line between San Diego and Orange County. The San Diego Union Tribune reports the city council will send a representative […]
