Grand Central Terminal Mitch Goldman NEW YORK CITY — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to buy Grand Central Terminal. The MTA proposes purchasing the Hudson and Harlem Lines as well as Grand Central Terminal for $35 million from Midtown Trackage Ventures LLC. The MTA’s board of directors briefly discussed the possible deal in a regular […]
WASHINGTON – Maybe Amtrak loves the Southwest Chief after all. Despite the recent dust-up over creating a “bus bridge” between Kansas and New Mexico, the passenger railroad is featuring the train on its 2019 wall calendar. The calendar photo shows a nine-car westbound No. 3 passing red rock mesas at Mesita, N.M., on the Laguna […]
Norfolk Southern will lease its Ithaca Secondary line to Watco Companies, which has said in regulatory filings that it will create the Ithaca Central Railroad short line. TRAINS: Rick Johnson/Steve Sweeney ALBANY, N.Y. — Watco Companies has filed for permission to lease track from Norfolk Southern and operate a new Class III railroad in New […]
Learn more about the Nashville steam restoration project and 4-8-4 No. 576! You’ll hear from the people involved in the project and examine the locomotive in its current state. […]
2018 Grand Prize: Todd Halamka Having lived and worked in Chicago for nearly my entire adult life, the city continues to nurture two passions — buildings and trains. The Chicago River and the Loop elevated rail are two key components that define the urban core. The newly opened Chicago Riverwalk invites residents and visitors to […]
CSX line sales in Florida CSX Transportation’s line sales are highlighted in yellow on the map. TRAINS: Rick Johnson/Steve Sweeney WASHINGTON — Shortline holding company RailUSA will acquire nearly 375 miles of CSX Transportation main line across the Florida Panhandle. Last week RailUSA notified rail labor on the affected routes that it would be acquiring […]
Kansas City Southern SD70ACe No. 4006 is the railroad’s newly repainted locomotive honoring U.S. military veterans. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY, Mo — In observation of U.S. Veterans Day, Kansas City Southern today in Shreveport, La., unveiled KCS locomotive No. 4006, newly painted in a patriotic paint scheme. The locomotive is a 2005 EMD SD70ACE […]
Orange Empire restored this Santa Fe FP45. Orange Empire Pennsylvania Trolley Museum was recognized for restoring West Penn Railways curved side interurban car No. 832. Friend of Railway Preservation Award recognized three generations of stewardship by the Ramsdell and King families of West Thompson, Conn. of WW&F locomotive No. 9, a two-foot gauge 0-4-4T built […]
CHICAGO — Norfolk Southern train 27K arrives in Chicago on Nov. 8 with rebuilt SD70ACC No. 1800 leading. It was released for service last week from the company’s Altoona, Pa., shops. The locomotive was rebuilt from NS SD70 No. 2537, which was built in 1994 with a standard cab and direct current traction motors. Progress Rail […]
A streetcar tests on the streets of El Paso earlier this year. The city’s streetcar system, brought back after being shut down in 1974, opened on Friday. El Paso Streetcar via Facebook EL PASO, Texas — After offering limited free operation during its grand opening weekend, the 4.8-mile El Paso Streetcar system begins full operation […]
A view of Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 before restoration work began in 2015. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad SANTA FE, N.M. — Trains magazine has awarded its $10,000 2018 Preservation Award to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, N.M., to complete restoration work on Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. […]
Strasburg Rail Road’s Linn W. Moedinger parlor car after restoration in Pennsylvania Strasburg Rail Road STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road has debuted its newest restoration project, a 12-wheel former Baltimore & Ohio parlor car, after more than two years of restoration work. The car, featuring 24 parlor chairs, is expected to see service […]
