An early rendering of a bridge on the proposed line. Utah Department of Transportation An early rendering of a yard on the proposed line. Utah Department of Transportation SALT LAKE CITY – New oil development in eastern Utah could spur the largest railroad-building project in a generation. The Utah Department of Transportation is looking at […]
MARQUETTE, Mich. – The Mineral Range Railroad has pulled its first revenue carloads of nickel and copper concentrate from the Humboldt Mill. Ore is trucked from the Eagle Mine northwest of Marquette to the Humboldt Mill west of Ishpeming – making about 15 trips per day – where it is processed into concentrates that are […]
FULL SCREEN Chris Fussell FULL SCREEN Chris Fussell FULL SCREEN Chris Fussell FULL SCREEN Chris Fussell FULL SCREEN Chris Fussell FULL SCREEN Chris Fussell OGDEN, Utah – The first Southern Pacific SD45 built is getting a facelift at the Utah State Railroad Museum. Volunteers there have recently started installing SP’s unique light kit on the […]
ALAMOSA, Colo. – Iowa Pacific is seeking to restore an iconic observation sleeping car through an innovative campaign that allows donors and contributors an opportunity to enjoy services offered by the railroad. Former Milwaukee Road Skytop sleeping car Coffee Creek is being restored at the Iowa Pacific shop complex in Alamosa after arriving on the […]
One of Ferromex’s existing SD70ACe locomotives. William H. Davis Jr. MUNCIE, Ind. – Electro-Motive Diesel has secured two orders for its successful SD70ACe locomotive. Ferromex and Ferrosur, both part of the Transportation division of GrupoMexico, have ordered a combined 34 SD70ACe’s for delivery in the summer of 2015. Ferromex has ordered 19 locomotives which will […]
Percy waits for his next run at the Strasburg Rail Road on Sept. 16. Hemade its debut on Sept. 13 and has been popular. Wayne Laepple STRASBURG, Pa. – Percy, the small green engine, has joined Thomas the Tank Engine on North America’s rails. The pint-sized 0-4-0 debuted over the weekend and has been “great,” […]
FULL SCREEN Steve Glischinski FULL SCREEN Steve Glischinski FULL SCREEN Steve Glischinski FULL SCREEN Steve Glischinski FULL SCREEN Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 was steamed up Saturday for the first time since October 2013. Friends of the 261 Chief Operating Officer Steve Sandberg told Trains News Wire the engine was being […]
Tacoma Rail No. 7001 sits outside Progress Rail’s Tacoma shop in fresh paint on Sept. 2. Steve Carter TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Rail will soon become the latest short line to operate AC locomotives when the railroad takes delivery of two EMD SD70ACe-P4s from EMD. The two locomotives, EMDX Nos. 1211 and 1212 were once […]
NEWTON, N.J. – Carstens Publications Inc. is closing at the end of business on Aug. 22. “It is with regret that Carstens Publicatons Inc. will be closing permanently at close of business on Friday, August 22, 2014. Carstens Publications Inc. has been a leading publisher of leading hobby magazines for over 50 years. Unfortunately the […]
Norfolk, Va. – Norfolk Southern has released the latest in a series of popular television commercials aimed at business decision makers and the general public. The new 30-second commercial, entitled “Just Another Day,” highlights how NS moves a “nearly inconceivable” amount of freight every day, but to their folks it’s “just another day.” The railroad […]
Flagg Coal No. 75, owned by the Gramlings. Ralcon Wagner FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Producers of the television show “Have Steam Engine, Will Travel,” which chronicles the exploits of Indiana’s Gramling Locomotive Works and its traveling steam locomotives, are seeking funding for a second season through the Internet. Up in the Air Productions has turned […]
The view from inside the Cheyenne steam shop that has not been seen in two decades. Union Pacific CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Three months after completing the monumental task of moving 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014 to its new home in Wyoming, the Union Pacific steam crew is spending the summer of 2014 preparing never-retired 4-8-4 […]
