Desert Line Railroad route map San Diego Metropolitan Transit System SAN DIEGO — An agreement has been reached to pay for the reconstruction and operation of the 70-mile Desert Line railway in southeastern San Diego County that connects Mexico-based, but foreign-owned factories, to rail shipping in the United States. The landmark agreement between Pacific Imperial […]
A Wisconsin Great Northern railroader checks on the first revenue load for the tourist railroad-turned short line. Steve Smedley Trego, Wis. Google Maps TREGO, Wis. — Wisconsin short line Wisconsin Great Northern, long known for its popular “bed and breakfast” tourist trains train powered by former Chicago & North Western F7 No. 423, has loaded […]
Two new Florida East Coast ES44C4 locomotives hustle train No. 210 north out of St. Augustine, Fla., on Jan. 13, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Great Northern Railway used three-phase locomotives in the 1920s. This General Electric locomotive operated with three-phase power. General Electric Q In a September 1999 article in Trains, I read that the Great Northern Cascade Tunnel electrification project was the first and only three-phase A.C. system in America. Was three phase delivered to a moving locomotive? […]
Photographers spotted MotivePower’s HSP-46 No. 2003 at Pueblo, Colo., in 2013, in transit to the nearby Transportation Technology Center. The locomotive manufacturer says it will lay off more than 200 workers as the demand for new units slows. Daren Genau BOISE, Idaho — Officials with MotivePower Inc. say they’ll lay off 210 people at the […]
Rails reflect gold and yellow glints as a late afternoon sun bathes Metra’s Western Avenue yards with light in September 2013. Photo by Steve Sweeney […]
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society CHICAGO — For the first time in over a decade, a steam-powered passenger excursion will depart downtown Chicago Union Station on June 25th and 26th. Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive no. 765 will operate The Galesburg Zephyr between Union Station and Galesburg, Illinois for the Galesburg Railroad Days. These all-day, […]
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Chase Gunnoe CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A shortline railroad will breathe new life into a Class I railroad line that was partially mothballed in West Virginia earlier this year. Watco companies will acquire more than 300 miles of Norfolk Southern tracks in West Virginia and Ohio, including the majority of its West Virginia Secondary route and […]
A British Columbia museum is offering this 1912 steeple-cab locomotive for sale. Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society SURREY, British Columbia — The Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society is offering a 1912 General Electric steeple-cab electric locomotive for sale. The museum’s focus is on operating British Columbia Electric Railway interurban passenger equipment, and the locomotive occupies […]
Restored Soo Line FP7 2500A poses at the Dresser, Wis., depot during a May 2 photo charter. Steve Glischinski OSCEOLA, Wis. – Cooperation among two railroad museums brought Soo Line FP7 2500A to home rails earlier this month. The agreement between the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, which owns the former passenger F unit, and the […]
