New dining options with trays on display in the dining car ‘Tallahassee,’ boxed meal examples are in the background. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON – When the New York-Miami Silver Meteor and New York-New Orleans Crescent become the last single-level long-distance trains to offer cooked onboard dining car meals to both sleeping car and coach passengers on […]
BOSTON — A broken axle caused the June 11 derailment which has led to long-term disruptions of MBTA Red Line subway operations, the transit agency said in a report issued Monday. Arcing electricity damaged a 27-year-old axle, which fractured and led to the derailment, Boston Magazine reports. The derailment caused extensive damage to signal hardware […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — CSX Transportation is done making major changes to its intermodal network and is poised for growth as it provides much more reliable service, Maryclare Kenney, vice president of intermodal and automotive, told an intermodal conference audience on Monday. In its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading during the past two years, CSX […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. — A variety of factors, including trade wars, increased truck capacity, and the Class I railroad shift toward Precision Scheduled Railroading — are to blame for this year’s intermodal doldrums. That’s the consensus of a panel of intermodal experts who spoke at the Intermodal Association of North America’s annual Intermodal Expo on […]
Metro-North trains pass a hi-rail maintenance vehicle on the Park Avenue Viaduct near the 125th Street station in Harlem. Reconstruction of the nearly 2-mile-long viaduct is part of the MTA’s capital plan for 2020-24. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced the largest capital plan in its 54-year history on Monday, including […]
NKP 765 storms along at Cuyahoga Valley in 2018. The engine’s deadhead move today was cut short 30 miles out. Trains: Jim Wrinn NEW HAVEN, Ind. — Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 left home this morning for its annual fall gig at Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad but reversed course after 30 miles on Norfolk […]
A worker with WashLB cleans a car at a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority station parking lot this week. SEPTA PHILADELPHIA — As a part of its ongoing commitment to customer service and experience innovation, SEPTA is now offering on-site car washing services at select Regional Rail stations. Through a partnership with Philadelphia-based WashLB, Regional Rail riders […]
A view of Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 before restoration work began in 2015. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad ANTONITO, Colo. – For fans of narrow gauge steam, Colorado might be the place to be this fall. Officials at the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad say […]
WASHINGTON – One week after obtaining the 60th supporter of the BRACE Act in the Senate, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association today announced a historic high of 272 supporters of the companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 510, calling for permanence of the Short Line Tax Credit (45G). The […]
CALGARY – Canadian Pacific will be painting 10 of its newly rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives into its historic tuscan red, gray, and gold paint scheme. On Monday morning, CP shared an image on social media of the two freshly painted locomotives, Nos. 7010 and 7015, with the message, “We take pride in our past and look […]
A view of the ship-to-rail operations at Savannah, Ga. Georgia Ports Authority, Stephen B. Morton SAVANNAH, Ga. — Rail is a key component in expansion of the Port of Savannah, with new fast service to Chicago and development of new infrastructure. Griff Lynch, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, introduced three-day CSX Transportation and […]
An aerial view of the new transload site, at left, adjacent to U.S. Silica’s Rochelle operation. City of Rochelle ROCHELLE, Ill. – The City of Rochelle has opened a new transload center and rail bridge for the city’s railroad and industrial park. The Rochelle Transload Center the new bridge were part of a celebration the […]
