Three New York Central Alco FAs lift a westbound freight up Washington Hill on NYC’s Boston & Albany line in western Massachusetts in September 1949. R. E. Toby photo […]
Alco diesels in the Berkshires
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Storm brings more Amtrak cancellations Thursday, Friday
Amtrak has added to its previously announced list of storm-related cancellations for today (Thursday, Feb. 3; see “Winter storm brings cancellations …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 2, 2022), while also modifying schedules for trains in New England today and Friday and adding one Friday cancellation in the Midwes Added to the previously list of cancellations […]
B&O midget electric
Baltimore & Ohio box-cab electric No. 10 shifts cars on the constricted trackage near the Baltimore waterfront in September 1949. In 1954, after B&O shut down its trolley system, the little fellow retired to the B&O Railroad Museum. H. N. Proctor photo […]
Amtrak, transit restore most service after storm; some changes continue
Amtrak has extended some of its service cancellations and modifications in the Northeast into today (Sunday, Jan. 30) in the wake of Saturday’s major winter storm. Most trains are running, as are most of the region’s rail transit systems. Cancelled today, according to an advisory on the Amtrak website, are Northeast Regional trains 150, 160, […]
Northeast transit operators prepare for winter storm
Transit agencies in the Northeast have begun adjusting service plans for Saturday in expectation of a major snowstorm forecast to hit the area. As of midafternoon Friday, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is mostly planning normal Saturday operations. Exceptions include the Mattapan Trolley, which will be replaced by shuttle buses; the Green Line’s D Branch, […]
Amtrak cuts Northeast service in advance of winter storm
WASHINGTON — With a major winter storm predicted, Amtrak has cancelled all service on Saturday, Jan. 29, between New York and Boston, as well as all New Haven-Springfield, Mass., shuttles and the Vermonter. Forecasts call for up to 2 feet of snowfall for the Boston area and lesser but uncertain amounts further south through Rhode […]
MBTA to shift money from operating to capital budget
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority board of directors has approved a staff plan for a one-time transfer of $500 million from its operating budget to its capital budget for projects including a collision-avoidance system on the rapid transit Green Line and Automatic Train Control on the MBTA commuter rail system. CommonWealth Magazine reports […]
Maryland board approves $3.4 billion contract to finish Purple Line
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland’s Board of Public Works has approved the $3.4 billion contract to complete the troubled Purple Line light rail project, allowing construction on the 16-mile line to resume this spring. The Washington Post reports the $3.4 billion figure includes $1.1 billion in work that has already been completed, as well as the […]
Rebuilt Reading & Northern 4-8-4 to debut on freight trains
PORT CLINTON, Pa. — Reading & Northern 4-8-4 No. 2102 will mark its return to service following a six-year, $1.45 million rebuild by pulling freight, according to railroad owner and CEO Andrew M. Muller Jr. Muller told Trains News Wire that he expects the engine to break in on R&N freight trains in mid-March. Four […]
Company offers plan for Rockland-Brunswick, Maine, passenger service
ROCKLAND, Maine — New York’s Finger Lakes Railway has proposed offering daily passenger train service between Rockland and Brunswick, Maine, to provide a connection to Amtrak’s Downeaster. The Courier-Gazette of Camden, Maine, reports the company made the proposal at a Monday meeting of the Northern New England Rail Passenger Authority, which oversees Downeaster operations. The […]
Politicians call for subway platform gates after fatal New York crimes
NEW YORK — Responding to an upswing in subway crime — including incidents, some fatal, in which people have been shoved off platforms onto the tracks in front of oncoming trains — New York City politicians are calling for the introduction of platform gates to keep passengers from falling onto the right-of-way. Such gates are […]
Former New York tourist route goes to auction
NORTH CREEK, N.Y. — A 30-mile stretch of track last operated by the defunct Saratoga & North Creek will be auctioned off as part of bankruptcy proceedings, opening the possibility of its return to operation. The Albany Times-Union reports an initial bid of $700,000 has already been received from Revolution Rail, which has operated a […]
