PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction as relief from the Oregon Department of State Lands. The complaint alleges the state agency interfered with a reconstruction project and violated the company’s constitutional rights. Oregon Coast Scenic is the lessee and operator of the Port […]
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Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Experimental ‘Arrowedge’ container receives unexpected durability testing NEWSWIRE
One of UP’s eight Arrowedge experimental containers rests near the tracks on Milwaukee’s South Side after striking an overpass on Monday morning. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Mike De Sisti MILWAUKEE — Union Pacific is investigating how one of its eight experimental “Arrowedge” containers ended up striking three bridges in Wisconsin before falling off the train. […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Organization buys more of the East Broad Top NEWSWIRE
MOUNT UNION, Pa. — The East Broad Top Preservation Association has completed the purchase of another segment of the legendary narrow gauge railroad from the Kovalchick family. The purchase includes track and right-of-way from Mount Union to the Aughwick Creek bridge, about four miles, according to Association President Larry Salone. “It has been a long […]
FreightCar America receives first TTX intermodal order NEWSWIRE
One of TTX’s new Dynastack well cars sits outside the Alabama plant. Chris Guss CHICAGO – FreightCar America has landed its first order for its Dynastack five-unit intermodal car. The order is for 50 five-unit, 40-foot well cars for delivery to TTX beginning in early 2014. The cars feature a lower tare weight than traditional […]
Cosmetic restoration completed on Wabash E8 No. 1009 NEWSWIRE
No. 1009 Norfolk Southern CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Norfolk Southern has completed the cosmetic restoration of the Virginia Museum of Transportation’s Wabash E8 No. 1009. The unit was the 10,000th diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, commemorated on June 14, 1951, at its La Grange, Ill., facility. The locomotive saw service pulling streamliners such […]
SD40-2, caboose placed at Pomona museum NEWSWIRE
No. 3105, a boxcar, and a caboose are placed at the Rail Giants museum in Pomona. UP gave the equipment to the museum as part of the deal to reacquire 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. Bob Miller POMONA, Calif. — Workers placed Union Pacific SD40-2 No. 3105 and two pieces of rolling stock at the […]
CSX releases new Huntington-built GP38-3 and GP40-3 locomotives NEWSWIRE
GP38-3 No. 2000 and GP40-3 No. 6500 lead a coal train after release from the Huntington shop earlier this month. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX has released the first rebuilt GP38-3 and GP40-3 locomotives constructed at its Huntington locomotive shop. The four-axle locomotives, similar to the Huntington-designed SD40-3 project, include upgraded cabs, electronic handbrakes, […]
US government offering surplus locomotives, passenger cars for sale NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON – The federal government is offering surplus locomotives and passenger cars for sale though a bidding process at its at its website for disposing of surplus property. Included in the sale are Baldwin and GE locomotives located at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah, which closed its base railway in May 2011. Bidding […]
Rare BL2 locomotive moving to New York NEWSWIRE
Saratoga & North Creek No. 52 already in operation on the railroad. John Sesonske NORTH CREEK, N.Y. – Iowa Pacific Holdings will soon add another rare EMD BL2 to its operating diesel fleet. The company is moving former Bangor & Arookstock BL2 No. 56 to its Saratoga & North Creek Railway, where it will join […]
New railroad in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula NEWSWIRE
The Mineral Range Railroad. Dave Schauer ISHPEMING, Mich. – For years, the railroad news out of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been one of contraction and abandonment, as mines and paper mills closed. Now there is a positive story: the new Mineral Range Railroad. Owned by Mineral Range, Inc., a privately held corporation, the company purchased […]
Trains News Wire VIDEO: Interview with Ed Dickens on moving Big Boy No. 4014 NEWSWIRE
POMONA, Calif. – Trains Editor Jim Wrinn interviews Union Pacific steam manager Ed Dickens on moving 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 across the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in and on to Cheyenne. […]
UP Big Boy No. 4014 will roll Jan. 26 NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific moved No. 4014 across the fairgrounds in November in anticipation of January’s move from the park. Jim Wrinn POMONA, Calif. – The long awaited day when Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 will return to the national rail system is at hand. Mark Jan. 26 as a red letter day in the history […]
