NS C44-9W No. 9732 leads empty grain train W49 at Selma, N.C., in March 2019. Michael S. Murray NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk Southern on Wednesday reported lower third quarter profits and revenue amid broad traffic declines. The railroad’s operating income fell 2%, to $996 million, as revenue declined 4%, to $2.84 billion. Earnings per share […]
New Mexico U.S. Senate Candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver speaks of the importance of rail transportation and the influence of train travel in her life growing up. Thomas Scalf LAMY, N.M. — The New Mexico Rail Passengers Coalition held a rally at the old depot in Lamy, N.M. to Save the Southwest Chief. Fifty people gathered in […]
Soo Line 4-6-2 No. 2719 pulls a special mixed train on the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s North Shore Scenic Railroad at Knife River, Minn. on Sept. 8, 2011. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – After years of negotiations between the City of Eau Claire, Wis., and Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad Museum, an agreement has been reached […]
This button was created by a group opposing a Canadian National plan to double track a portion of the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Richard Wronski HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — A suburb northwest of Chicago has gone on record opposing Canadian National’s plan to double track a portion of the former […]
A Metro-North New Haven-bound express train with Kawasaki M-8 railcars emerges from the tunnel leading to Grand Central Terminal. PTC transponder installation problems with the M-8 cars are among the issues that could keep Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road from meeting the deadline for PTC implementation. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan […]
The Washington Park & Zoo Railway, shown in June 2017, could gain national historic status. The half-mile, 2.5-foot gauge railroad features a 5/8 scale replica of GM’s Aerotrain. Scott A. Hartley PORTLAND, Ore. — A zoo railroad in Oregon could soon be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On Oct. 18, the State […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Virginia Railway Express will modify its pass program, offering seven- and 31-day passes while phasing out its current five-day pass and limiting sales availability of its monthly pass to paper-ticket sales only. Prices for the new passes will be the same as the current five-day and monthly passes, with the 31-day pass […]
WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway will be able to continue testing unmanned geometry cars in the Powder River Basin after a federal appeals court shot down a petition from one of the nation’s largest maintenance-of-way employee unions. On Oct. 11, federal appeals court judges in Washington D.C. ruled against a lawsuit filed by the Brotherhood of Maintenance […]
Canadian Pacific’s new heritage locomotives make their first revenue run, leading train No. 197 as it departs St. Paul, Minn., at Hoffman Avenue on Oct. 18, 2019. Dan Kwarciany Canadian Pacific train No. 197 arrives at Shoreham Yard in Minneapolis to pick up intermodal traffic on Oct. 18, 2019. Dan Kwarciany ST. PAUL, Minn. – Canadian […]
An RTD R Line light rail train approaches the Aurora Metro Center station in September 2018. The Denver transit agency is considering cuts to light rail and bus service because of a lack of operators. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — The Denver-area Regional Transportation District may have to cut light rail and bus service because […]
Tank cars placarded for alcohol bring up the rear of a Canadian Pacific train passing the Elmwood Park, Ill., Metra station. While many flammable materials may be moved by tank car, liquefied natural gas is not currently among them; a Department of Transportation proposal would change that. The tank cars shown are not the type […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority debuts its pilot program offering commuter service to Foxborough, Mass., today as part of its fall revision of commuter train schedules. The Foxborough trains, serving a community which had previously only seen trains for New England Patriots football games and other special events at Gillette Stadium, are being […]
