BLUEMONT, Va. — Well-known Federal Railroad official Ken Lawson passed away at home in Bluemont on June 19, 2019. He was 90. Born in Chicago in 1928, Ken graduated from Northwestern University in 1951 with a degree in electrical engineering. He served as a gunnery officer on the U.S.S. Healy during the Korean Conflict. Following […]
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MBTA makes $10 weekend fare permanent NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s on-again, off-again trial of $10 weekend commuter-train tickets has been made permanent. The weekend fares, for unlimited Saturday and Sunday travel, were made permanent as part of a fare increase that went into effect on July 1, despite some protests across the MBTA system. [See “Elected officials join […]
‘Precision railroading’ helped railroads ‘do well’ in the eyes of logistics managers, report says NEWSWIRE
E. Hunter Harrison, in this Canadian Pacific file photo, is credited with popularizing Precision Scheduled Railroading. Railroads that use the operations method are perceived as doing well according to a report from a logistics managers organization. CP LOMBARD, Ill. — Precision Scheduled Railroading is helping to lift shippers opinions of railroads according to the recently […]
Shortline company Regional Rail sold NEWSWIRE
LOS ANGELES — Shortline company Regional Rail LLC is being sold. The company formed in 2007 currently includes the East Penn Railroad, a 109-mile operation at two locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania; the Middletown & New Jersey, which operates 43 miles in Southeastern New York, and the Tyburn Railroad, which includes a terminal switching operation […]
Trucking company signs up for new CSX intermodal services NEWSWIRE
INDIANAPOLIS — Truckload and intermodal carrier Schneider has begun Midwest-to-East Coast intermodal service from the CSX Transportation Indianapolis ramp. The new service is designed to serve shippers in central and southern Indiana, Cincinnati, and Louisville, Ky. Eastbound traffic moves six days per week from Indianapolis to North Bergen, N.J., and Worchester, Mass., with two- to […]
Weather disrupting Amtrak service near Washington NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Service on and south of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor is being disrupted by flooding near Washington, D.C. About 10 a.m. EDT, Amtrak said on its Northeast Corridor alerts Twitter feed that all trains travelling south of Washington were stopped because of severe weather conditions. Tracks began to be cleared for traffic about two hours […]
NS cleaning up derailment at Horseshoe Curve NEWSWIRE
ALTOONA, Pa. — Cleanup continued Saturday on a Norfolk Southern derailment at the landmark Horseshoe Curve. Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Rachel McDonnell Bradshaw told the Altoona Mirror that 11 cars were involved in the Friday evening derailment, none with hazardous materials, and that the cause is under investigation. The Mirror had previously reported that the train […]
Amtrak operating modified ‘Keystone’ schedule today as repairs continue (updated) NEWSWIRE
PHILADELPHIA — As repairs continue on overhead wires following a major storm earlier this week, Amtrak is operating Keystone Service on a modified schedule between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa. Eight westbound and eight eastbound Keystone trains will operate today, plus the New York-Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian in both directions. Normally, there are 13 Keystone trains in each […]
CSX sues switching railroad, saying overloaded cars caused derailments NEWSWIRE
PHILADELPHIA — CSX Transportation has filed suit in federal court against Hainesport Industrial Railroad LLC, claiming the New Jersey company overloaded hopper cars it delivered to CSX and those cars caused two trains to derail at the same location 11 days apart. According to court documents, CSX took delivery of railcars from Hainesport Industrial Railroad […]
How to draw a digital Big Boy locomotive. Step by Step NEWSWIRE
Rick Johnson; Trains staff “We’ve done a diesel and an electric; now we need to do a cutaway of a steam locomotive.” Those words from a retired Kalmbach Media vice president sent a bit of a shiver down my spine as well as sparked a challenge I found irresistible. I’d love to do it, but […]
‘Hustle Muscle’ SD45 to appear at GN society convention
GN 400 crosses the French River near Duluth, Minn., on the North Shore Scenic Railroad. Steve Glischinski DILWORTH, Minn. – Great Northern Railway SD45 No. 400, the “Hustle Muscle” diesel, will appear at the annual convention of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society this month. The locomotive, currently at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in […]
Major coal firm files for bankruptcy NEWSWIRE
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following the recent bankruptcy filing of coal producer Cambrian Holdings, another Appalachian coal company has filed for bankruptcy protection. According to court documents, Revelation Energy LLC and its Blackjewel LLC parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of West Virginia. According to the filing, made under the […]
