An arriving Metro Gold Line train passes a Metrolink train awaiting its afternoon departure on Feb. 21, 2017. TRAINS: David Lassen This article is the second of five on transit in the U.S. and North America. Read parts One, Three, Four, and Five online. Transit agencies are beginning to see their role as greater than just getting people from station […]
TORONTO — Canadian National outlined its plans to remain the railroad industry’s growth leader during an investor conference today. CN pioneered scheduled railroading 15 years ago, CEO J.J. Ruest noted, and has led the big systems in growth for more than a decade. “How do we evolve the model that we have that’s produced such […]
The east end of the High Line Spur at 10th Avenue and West 30th Street shows the original 1934 NY Central viaduct, where the tracks fed in to the adjacent Morgan Post Office. Ralph Spielman This map on the High Line shows the location of the Spur. Ralph Spielman A large sculpture adorns a plaza […]
Metra has opened its new station at Prairie Crossing on the Milwaukee North line, shown in April before the completion of landscaping. TRAINS: David Lassen The new Illinois budget includes more than $1 million for new pedestrian walkways at the Hanover Park Metra station on the Milwaukee West line. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra […]
Restored UP 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 rolls westbound at Bitter Creek, Wyo., on May 5, 2019. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum and its North Shore Scenic Railroad will host Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 in Duluth this summer. The organization’s “News from the Railroad” online newsletter says the 4-8-8-4 will […]
NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Southern Foundation announced Monday that it would donate $40,000 to support emergency response efforts of the American Red Cross and local first responders after last week’s mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Va. Twelve people were killed in the Friday shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building. The foundation, charitable arm […]
Rocky Mountaineer’s GoldLeaf class equipment displays an open platform at Jasper, Alberta, in August 2009. Steve Hobson You may no longer be allowed to experience platform riding and open vestibules on Amtrak routes, but these amenities still appear frequently on tourist railroads and other passenger trains across North America. Several tourist railroads in the U.S. […]
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have announced tweaks to their interline intermodal service in the wake of major changes made earlier this year that dropped nearly 500 low-volume lanes. The latest moves, which take effect on July 1, follow the same theme: Favoring high-density routes that support steel wheel interchange in Chicago and Memphis. This […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is relaxing some of its demurrage and accessorial charges in the wake of shipper complaints and scrutiny from federal regulators. UP announced in November that it would charge customers $10,000 if they cancelled a unit train less than 48 hours prior to its original release date. Effective immediately, UP has […]
Blue Line train from O’Hare to downtown Chicago travels along the center divider of Interstate 90, the Kennedy Expressway, on April 13, 2019. TRAINS: David Lassen This article is the first of five on transit in the U.S., and North America. Read parts Two, Three, Four, and Five online. Across the U.S., cities have added […]
BURLINGTON, Iowa — BNSF Railway’s Ottumwa Subdvision has felt the wrath of the Mississippi River, as its waters have covered tracks in downtown Burlington, Iowa. Trains have continued to operate, although at a greatly reduced speed. The river crested at 24.45 feet on Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. That same day, a […]
Cass Scenic Railroad’s long anticipated Climax is nearing completion this summer. Cass Scenic Railroad CASS, W.Va. — In less than 12 weeks, a more than decade-long project will be completed when Cass Scenic Railroad crews finish the restoration of Middle Fork Climax No. 9. Cass shop crews are expecting the arrival of the locomotive’s steam […]
