Western New York & Pennsylvania Montreal-built six-axle locomotives prepare to take a train north from Driftwood to Turtlepoint, Pa. Increased frequency of service between these two points and delays in receiving the newer GE locomotives will allow for more scenes such as this in the remaining weeks of the summer. Stephan M. Koenig ERIE, Pa. […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 6. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 448,459 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.5% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending July 6 were 220,759 […]
CSX Transportation train Q389-08 brings west the last of Amtrak’s F40PHR locomotives and a lone P40. Amtrak’s Delaware shops sold the units to Larry’s Truck Electric earlier in the year, the sale marked the last of the F40s on Amtrak as well as the first P40 to go to a third party for scrap. Stephan […]
A Union Pacific train creeps along slowly westward at Gibbon, Neb., as flood waters touch the base of the track ballast. Flood waters and poor operating conditions have forced the railroad to keep UP Big Boy No. 4014 at the North Platte, Neb., yard until further notice. Jim Wrinn NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Due to […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway opened its new intermodal terminal in Barstow, Calif., this week for premium container service between Southern California and Chicago. The $27 million terminal includes two production tracks totaling 6,600 feet, two lifts, and 640 paved parking spaces, BNSF spokeswoman Lena Kent says. Service is provided five days a week. […]
‘Selkirk’ rests beneath the Calgary skyline. Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific dome car Selkirk entered service with the railroads Heritage Fleet this summer after an extensive rebuilding. The ex-Southern Pacific dome was rebuilt in the former locomotive shop at Ogden Yard in Calgary under the supervision of Kevin Hrysak, senior manager of heritage […]
The last Canadian National last detour train on CSX Transportation, X900-08 rolls past the Wabtec test track in Harborcreek, Pa., bringing to an end more than a week’s worth of detours on three railroads in the region. Stephan Koenig ERIE, Pa. — Canadian National confirms that the St. Clair Tunnel at Sarnia, Ontario, is open […]
An artist’s rendering of the campus planned for the Institute for High Speed Rail and System Integration in Leeds, England. University of Leeds LEEDS, England — The United Kingdom government has today confirmed funding to create one of the most advanced conventional and high speed rail research facilities in the world, in Leeds. The University of […]
Stathi Pappas, Director of Special Projects for the C&TSR on snowplow OY: If this thing has 90 days of service on it since it was built in 1923, I’d be very surprised. We are very fortunate because there really isn’t a whole lot of work that really needs to be done to make it operable. Thomas […]
WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. was selected to provide fully integrated positive train control, digital imaging, and data transfer and analytics capabilities for Iowa Northern Railway, marking Wabtec’s first such deal since closing its merger with GE Transportation. Under the contract, Wabtec will provide an integrated offering, including its Interoperable Electronic Train Management System PTC […]
SHERIDAN, Wyo. – The city of Sheridan wants to figure out what it will do with a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 4-8-4 that has been on display in the community since the 1960s. The locomotive, No. 5631, was the subject of a special session of the city council on Monday night. During the meeting, city […]
The Model Rectifier Corp. Prodigy Express Squared is an easy-to-use Digital Command Control (DCC) starter set. In this video, senior editor Dana Kawala shows you some of the basics of this MRC DCC system down in the Model Railroader workshop. […]
