SUGAR CREEK, Ohio — The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum has announced a successful test run of its first of its steam locomotives rehabilitated into an operational state. On July 16 and 17, staff at the Age of Steam Roundhouse completed a test run of Morehead & North Fork No. 12, an 0-6-0 built […]
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Analysts ask why Union Pacific isn’t more like CSX NEWSWIRE
OMAHA, Neb. — CSX Transportation’s financial turnaround — including a record-low quarterly operating ratio of 58.6 percent — may increase Wall Street pressure on the rest of the American railroad industry. Analysts compared Union Pacific’s second-quarter results with those of CSX and during the railroad’s earnings call on Thursday asked executives why UP doesn’t measure […]
Amtrak dome car returns for fall trips in New England NEWSWIRE
Amtrak’s last remaining dome car will again see service on the Adirondack this fall, and will also spend time on the Downeaster. Amtrak NEW YORK — Amtrak’s last remaining dome car is again set to run on two routes during the fall foliage season in New England. Great Dome No. 10031, built in 1955 by […]
CSX CEO: Service improvements will require cultural change at railroad NEWSWIRE
CSX Transportation CEO James Foote CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s key performance metrics continued to improve in the second quarter, except for the measurement that matters most: On-time performance. Compared to a year ago, CSX’s on-time originations fell 2 points, to 83 percent, while on-time arrivals dropped 2 points, to 59 percent for […]
Executive: CN working on new operating plan to return to its “roots” NEWSWIRE
Doug MacDonald, Canadian National bulk products vice president, speaks before the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers summer meeting in Lake Geneva, Wis., on July 17. TRAINS: S. Sweeney LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — Canadian National leaders are working on a new operating plan that could be unveiled as soon as this fall, says one executive. Doug […]
Metra to re-issue RFP for new railcars NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO — After receiving only one response to its request for proposals for new coach cars, Metra said Wednesday it will issue a new RFP that it hopes will be more competitive and attract different, more modern designs. “I think we’ve had about 70 years of service from this design,” Metra Chairman Norm Carlson said […]
More intermodal changes coming to CSX Transportation NEWSWIRE
Late CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison gestures during a Surface Transportation Board hearing in 2017. Harrison gained notoriety among shippers for up-ending the railroad’s intermodal network. Harrison’s successor, James Foote, says there is still more work to do. R.G. Edmonson JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is in the midst of another revamp of its […]
Schedule set for UP steam trips; passenger cars delivered to Cheyenne NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific’s salute to armed forces unit, No. 1943, powers a Monday deadhead move delivering passenger cars to Cheyenne, Wyo., for excursions this weekend. Brad J. Williams Union Pacific is preparing to run its only steam excursions of the year, the Cheyenne Frontier Days special and a subsequent trip, after a deadhead move on Monday […]
Story behind the decal on CN’s new GE units NEWSWIRE
CN’s nose decal about aboriginal people will adorn 200 new GE units. This one was in Wisconsin earlier this month. Trains: Jim Wrinn MONTREAL — Canadian National’s newest locomotives feature a logo celebrating the company’s ties to Aboriginal communities across its network. The first locomotives to feature the logo, a group of ES44ACs starting with […]
Amtrak, historical society to negotiate on future home of GG1 NEWSWIRE
Canadian National C40-8M No. 2408, C40-8M leads an eastbound Norfolk Southern road freight past former-Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 No. 4859 in Harrisburg, Pa., in April 2014. The GG1 was temporarily located outside the depot to accommodate past Amtrak work at the Harrisburg station. An Amtrak representative says the railroad looks forward to working with the local […]
Historic photos, ceremonial spikes featured in transcontinental railroad anniversary exhibit NEWSWIRE
Andrew J. Russell (American, 1830-1902), East and West Shaking Hands at Laying Last Rail, 1869, albumen print. The ceremony spotlighted Union Pacific locomotive No. 119 meeting Central Pacific locomotive Jupiter. From left, shaking hands, are Samuel S. Montague, chief engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad, and General Grenville M. Dodge, chief engineer of the Union […]
Amtrak adds hot-meal option on Lake Shore, Capitol NEWSWIRE
Amtrak is adding a hot-meal option to the boxed lunch and dinner choices it offers on the Lake Shore Limited and Capitol Limited. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Amtrak is adding a hot-meal choice to lunch and dinner food service for sleeping-car passengers on the Lake Shore Limited and Capitol Limited. Beginning this week, slow-braised beef […]
