The westbound Empire Builder prepares to leave Minot, N.D. on March 1, 2007. North Dakota has been largely spared of heavy snowfall totals this winter. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Not mentioned in reports of cancelled flights and accident-strewn snowbound highways as a major winter storm moved from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic region last weekend […]
CHICAGO — Newly released video taken from the cab of a Metra commuter train shows the train narrowly missing a vehicle as it passed through a crossing where the gates had not lowered. It was the second video of a harrowing close call that took place Nov. 9 on the Metra Rock Island Line tracks at […]
CHICAGO — Not one but three Metra trains passed through a grade crossing in Mokena, Ill., where the gates and signals had failed to operate properly, narrowly missing several vehicles, Metra officials acknowledged Wednesday. The incidents took place Nov. 9 on Metra’s Rock Island line at the 191st Street crossing. A near hit involving one […]
BNSF Executive Chairman Matt Rose TRAINS: David Lassen LOMBARD, Ill. — Matt Rose continues spiking hard on Precision Scheduled Railroading. Speaking before the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers on Wednesday, BNSF Railway’s executive chairman laid out additional considerations and problems he sees with the continued roll-out of PSR. He spoke candidly on the topic a […]
A Denver RTD light rail train approaches the University of Denver station in September 2018. The system is slated to open a 2.3-mile extension in 2019. TRAINS: David Lassen This is part two of Trains News Wire’s look at transit projects in 2019. Tuesday’s part 1 is available here. Today’s article focuses on light rail […]
The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden hopes to cover more of its outside exhibits in 2019. Trains: Jim Wrinn SACRAMENTO, Calif. and GOLDEN, Colo. – Two prominent western U.S. railroad museums made significant progress in 2018 and are moving ahead with ambitious plans for 2019. In Sacramento, the California State Railroad Museum created an exhibit […]
A Big Eagle Railroad coal train, operated by train crews with Appalachian Railcar Services, hauls loaded CSXT hoppers to the CSX interchange at Chesapeake, W.Va., along the former Winifrede Railroad’s 6-mile branch line. Chase Gunnoe CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Watco Cos.’ Kanawha River Railroad is expanding its presence in southern West Virginia with the operation of […]
A TEXRail train passes the station at Grapevine, Texas. The first new transit system of 2019, TEXRail began full service on Jan. 10. Lance Lassen Denver RTD’s G Line, using the same equipment shown on the A Line route serving the airport, is expected to open in 2019. TRAINS: David Lassen First of two parts […]
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The Canadian Transportation Agency announced on Monday that it will investigate rail freight performance in the area of Vancouver, British Columbia — the first time it is using its new authority to launch such investigations. Canadian National and Canadian Pacific responded with statements defending their performance in the Vancouver area, with CP […]
Milwaukee Road “Buffeteria” 126 Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum has begun a fundraising campaign to transport a former Milwaukee Road “buffeteria” car from Chamberlain, S.D., to the museum grounds. The car, former Milwaukee Road No. 126, was built in 1948 by the Milwaukee Shops as a standard 48-seat diner. In […]
A Metra Heritage Corridor train approaches the Lemont, Ill., station in April 2016. Service on the line has resumed after Monday’s cancellations because of a freight derailment. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra and Amtrak service have resumed on Canadian National’s line between Chicago and Joliet following a one-day interruption because of a freight-train derailment. […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Rail Runner ridership continued to decline in fiscal 2018, marking its eighth straight year of decreases, and a report issued ahead of the start of the state legislative session suggests ways to stem the decline. The Associated Press reports that the more than 750,000 rides in the most recent fiscal […]
