WICHITA, Kan. — BNSF Railway is challenging a Kansas law limiting how long trains can block intersections, saying only the federal government, not the states, has the authority to regulation the issue. A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case last week in a special session at Wichita […]
Covered hoppers roll down the eastbound hump at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Neb., in June 2018 as yard power idles in the foreground. Unlike other railroads that have adopted “Precision Scheduled Railroading,” UP does not plan to idle any hump yards. Bill Stephens OMAHA, Neb. – People who worked closely with E. […]
ALTON, Iowa – Nearly 40 cars derailed and spilled into a river in northwestern Iowa Sunday morning after a bridge collapsed underneath a Union Pacific freight train near Alton. Union Pacific spokesman Justin E. Jacobs tells Trains News Wire there were 95 cars on the train and about 37 cars derailed. “An undetermined number of […]
STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road has acquired another diesel locomotive to bolster its burgeoning freight business. This one is an ex-ATSF SSB-1200, rebuilt from a 1953 EMD SW9. The unit was last in use at the Celanese plant at Narrows, Va. Currently identified as SRC No. 1235, the locomotive arrived in Lancaster on […]
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Linn Moedinger Linn Moedinger is among the last of his kind: those who learned his trade from the final generation of Class I steam railroaders. At the end of 2018, the president and chief mechanical officer of Pennsylvania’s famed Strasburg Rail Road will retire. Linn’s name is a household word in the steam fraternity. We […]
“Southern Pacific Local Freight crosses Intracoastal Waterway in Houma, Louisiana, 1951,” from the “Unseen Link” exhibit. Courtesy O. Winston Link Museum ROANOKE, Va. — The O. Winston Link Museum is now featuring an exhibit of rarely seen images by the famed rail photographer. “Unseen Link,” which opened on Sept. 14 and runs through Nov. 6, […]
Aerial view of Saturday’s fatal derailment. Transportation Safety Board of Canada THOMPSON, Manitoba – An official with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a washed out culvert led to a fatal derailment on the Hudson Bay Railway on Sept. 15. A 38-year-old man died Saturday evening when an HBR train derailed on a bridge […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – BNSF Railway engineers who are prevented by positive train control from passing a stop signal or exceeding a speed limit may face an investigation and discipline similar to if the system had not prevented an incident. Aaron Ratledge, BNSF’s general director of operating practices, explained the practice during a seminar at the […]
The 10-cylinder version of the new lighter-weight GE Transportation “high speed” engine, unveiled at InnoTrans. GE Transportation BERLIN — GE Transportation announced the launch of a new series of lighter-weight high speed diesel engines, developed in particular for export markets like Asia, Africa, South America, Australia, and New Zealand, where track gauge or the quality […]
ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — Progress Rail will provide new locomotives for Egyptian National Railways and and modernize, overhaul, and maintain part of the existing ENR locomotive fleet under a Memoradum of Understanding announced Tuesday. Progress Rail’s EMD products have served the Egyptian market since the 1950s and powered or supplied the majority of the current ENR […]
