NEW YORK — A task force examining the state of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the transit agency could need as much as $60 billion for a five-year plan to address capital needs, and makes some wide-ranging recommendations on how to improve the commuter network. The New York Times reports that the recommendations of […]
John Williams PALO ALTO, Calif. – John H. Williams, president of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and The Woodside Consulting Group, and former chairman of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, died this month of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 78. Williams’ railroad interests can be traced to childhood. His wife Linda recalled that his […]
A MUNI PCC car. Ivan Abrams SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, known as MUNI, plans to build a new bi-directional loop on its historic F-Line that will improve service on the popular streetcar route. The loop will be located in downtown San Francisco, right in the middle of the F-Line between […]
President Bush’s body is loaded aboard the train for the trip to College Station. Sol Tucker HOUSTON – The U.S. rail industry shined in the bright lights of the public eye in a way not seen in almost 50 years on Dec. 6, as a special Union Pacific passenger train carried the remains of former […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – The Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have reached a tentative agreement on two new labor deals, one for locomotive engineers and another for trainmen. Union members now have until Jan. 18 to have their say on the dueling deals. The proposed agreements govern work rules, […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 15, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 568,941 carloads and intermodal units, up 3.9 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending Dec. 15 […]
A San Joaquin with former New Jersey Transit Comet cars prepares to depart Bakersfield, Calif., on Jan 31. 2017. A schedule adjustment has added more service to Bakersfield on weekends and holidays. Bob Johnston STOCKTON, Calif. — Amtrak’s San Joaquins have introduced new schedules to better accommodate weekend travelers and shorten connections to bus service. […]
BOSTON — Amtrak customers traveling in and out of Boston South Station can now enjoy the newly renovated and re-branded Metropolitan Lounge ,as part of a larger Amtrak lounge station refresh initiative. Previously known as ClubAcela, the newly opened Metropolitan Lounge, still in its convenient location near the platforms for easy boarding access, features new […]
Isabelle Courville, CP Chairman-elect Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific has named Isabelle Courville to lead its board of directors beginning in May, when current Chairman Andrew Reardon will step down. “The board’s governance committee has been working closely with both Andy and Isabelle on a smooth transition. We are very proud to have […]
TORONTO — GO Transit will begin regular weekday commuter service to Niagara Falls, Ont., on Jan. 7, 2019, extending a round trip that currently begins and ends in Hamilton. The Government of Ontario announced last week that train No. 704, which currently departs from the Hamilton West Harbour station at 6:39 a.m., will now originate […]
Skookum will run in Oregon once more before relocating to California. Martin E. Hansen SUNOL, Calif. — After Trains Magazine’s photo charter in Oregon in March, Skookum No. 7, the “never say die” 2-4-4-2 that was left for dead in 1955 in a Washington forest and resurrected earlier this year at Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, […]
Union Pacific workers took an aerial drone photo of the wreck of two UP freight trains on Oct. 4. An eastbound train struck a parked train near Sherman Hill, killing two railroaders. Union Pacific via the National Transportation Safety Board Safety investigators around the world are still gathering data and learning what caused several runaway […]
