only i would wake up on an empty NJTransit train parked and shut down in a trainyard 2 hours from my home. that was an interesting 911 call pic.twitter.com/cdSkCTtQry — claire bridget (@claaiirreeyyy) September 6, 2017 NEWARK, N.J. — A college student who was evacuated from her campus in Florida woke up on an empty […]
Magazine: Trains Magazine
Three-hour ride between Chicago and Cincinnati possible, Midwest group says NEWSWIRE
Amtrak’s southbound Saluki seen leaving Chicago from the City of New Orleans on an existing grade-separated, former Illinois Central right-of-way that could accommodate high speed trains. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — The Midwest High Speed Rail Association this week released a 50-page white paper which describes how a combination of high-speed trunk lines and upgraded feeder […]
MARTA general manager and CEO to resign NEWSWIRE
ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will soon begin a nation-wide for a new CEO. MARTA General Manager and CEO Keith Parker announced this week he would be resigning from the top spot at Atlanta’s transit agency to become CEO at Goodwill of North Georgia. Parker has held his current position at MARTA […]
Texas short line railroad starts construction on new 9-mile segment NEWSWIRE
HONDO, Texas — A project that looks to build a new freight rail line west of San Antonio is moving forward with preliminary surveying and right-of-way work. The Southwest Gulf Railroad Co. recently announced it has started construction on its Medina Line, a proposed 9-mile rail line operating north from Dunlay. Crews are starting to […]
Trains Presents: No. 261 in North Dakota
Follow former Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 as it pulls employee and public trips on the Red River Valley & Western. The June 2017 trips commemorate the North Dakota regional railroad’s 30th anniversary. […]
Twenty-four hours at Supai Summit
On May 23, 1996, Santa Fe train P-CHLA1-21, a 5,338-ton, 7,133-foot train, at Supai Summit in northern Arizona. John C. Lucas Have you read Fred W. Frailey’s October 2017 “Commentary,” “24 hours at Supai Summit?” He spills all of the details of a 1996 visit to Kaibab National Forest 4 miles east of Williams, Ariz., […]
G&W partners on Alabama-Mexico car ferry service NEWSWIRE
Genesee & Wyoming and SEACOR have announced a joint venture to own and operate a rail ferry service, CG Railway, between the U.S. and Mexico. Business Wire via Genesee & Wyoming One of two 585-foot roll-on-roll-off rail ferries providing four-day CG Railway service between the ports of Mobile, Ala., and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, in Mexico. Each […]
‘Selling Sunshine: The Florida Trains’ to premiere Oct. 13 in Winter Park NEWSWIRE
WINTER PARK, Fla. — A video production telling the story of Florida’s historic trains will premiere at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. The one-hour documentary, Selling Sunshine: Florida Trains, is produced by Rich Luckin of Luckin Productions in conjunction with Kalmbach Publishing’s Trains Magazine and Pete Hansen. The […]
Kentucky diesel paint schemes
Louisville & Nashville adopted Alcos by the 1950s on lines in eastern Kentucky. The railroad first painted RS3s, FA2s, and FB2s in black, cream, and orange, but later opted for simpler schemes. R.D. Sharpless, Louisville & Nashville Historical Society collection Q My family moved from Texas to southeastern Kentucky in the mid-1950s, and I remember […]
‘Selling Sunshine’ DVD preview
Check out our latest DVD production: “Selling Sunshine, the Florida Trains,” available in late August 2017. You’ll learn about the passenger trains that opened the Sunshine State to tourism and the railroads they ran on. […]
Railroads still recovering from Hurricane Harvey NEWSWIRE
A BNSF Railway photo shows water rising above the rail on the Conroe Subdivision in Cleveland, Texas. Cleveland is approximately one hour north of Houston. BNSF Railway This BNSF-issued map illustrates the current state of its network in the Houston area as of Tuesday evening. BNSF Railway HOUSTON — Historic flooding from Hurricane Harvey is […]
UPDATE: Chicago bypass proposal halted by STB NEWSWIRE
A screenshot of a map of the proposed Great Lakes Basin Railroad that was intended to bypass Chicago congestion. The Surface Transportation Board rejected the parent company’s application on Aug. 31 as incomplete. Great Lakes Basin Transportation Co. WASHINGTON — In a unanimous decision today, the Surface Transportation Board rejected an application by the Great […]
