PHILADELPHIA — Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority locomotive engineers and conductors are voting on a strike authorization, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and SMART-TD unions announced today. Results of voting, which began today, will be announced on Nov. 20. If a majority of engineers back a strike, the referendum would allow BLET National President […]
MONTREAL — The CEO of VIA Rail Canada is calling for the government to adopt a bill of rights for rail passengers similar to the one already in place for air travelers. In an interview with the Canadian Press, CEO Mario Péloquin said the government should set rules that ensure train passengers receive compensation for […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen.Jerry Moran, (R-Kan.) has placed a hold on the Amtrak Board of Directors nominees up for consideration by the full Senate, preventing their confirmation until Moran knows exactly all eight board members President Joe Biden intends to nominate. “The Biden administration has violated the law by failing to nominate a geographically diverse […]
ATLANTA — The Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen and Norfolk Southern will create a new program, the Signal Safety Collaboration — including joint inspections, information sharing, and training — to address signal safety, the two parties announced last week. The one-year pilot program was developed with input from the Federal Railroad Administration. A joint letter to […]
NEWINGTON, Conn. — The Connecticut Department of Transportation has finalized its plans for commuter rail cuts and fare increases, the New Haven Register reports, with only one significant change from the DOT’s original proposals. The changes will result in a total decrease of 21 trains per week on Metro-North’s New Haven, New Canaan, and Danbury […]
NEW YORK — Metro-North Railroad says it will operate a “near-normal schedule” Monday following a mudslide in Scarborough, N.Y., that disrupted its services and those of Amtrak, while Amtrak has announced its operations between New York City and Albany, N.Y., will be “substantially restored.” Metro-North said service will resume between Tarrytown and Croton-Harmon on the […]
Sixteen locomotives bound for Ohio locomotive leasing and resale company LTEX Rail (Larry’s Truck Electric) swelled the power on CSX train M576-20 to 19 locomotives on Saturday, Oct. 21, as it traveled from Nashville, Tenn., to Cincinnati. Photographer Jeff Wagoner reports the consist included CSX ES44AH No. 3161 and ET44AH No. 3261, followed by units […]
This year has brought some of the most vibrant fall colors ever experienced in the West Virginia and Maryland mountains, and tourist railroads that serve the area have benefitted. “This has been one of the prettiest, longest lasting fall color displays that I can remember,” says John Smith, CEO of Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad. […]
IRVIN, Ky. — The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. unveiled its repainted SD40-2 diesel locomotive, which has been returned to its as-delivered Norfolk & Western all-black color scheme. The project was a collaboration of multiple individuals and parties, led by former Norfolk Southern corporate photographer Casey Thomason. “It’s a cool pet project that I brought to […]
NEW YORK — A mudslide on Metro-North’s Hudson Line has disrupted Metro-North service and halted Amtrak operations between New York City and Albany, N.Y. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the slide occurred this morning (Saturday, Oct. 21) in the village of Briarcliff Manor, blocking all four tracks at the slide site. Metro-North is currently offering […]
PORTLAND, Ore.— Light rail service to Portland International Airport will be restored on Sunday after a four-month hiatus, transit agency TriMet has announced. Service to the airport was halted in June as part of a $215 million project adding a second track on the MAX Red Line segment leading to the airport and rebuilding the […]
BOSTON — In the latest embarrassment for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and its Green Line extension transit line, the agency shut down the extension this afternoon (Friday, Oct. 20) because of problems with the overhead power system, forcing some passengers to walk along the right-of-way on foot to evacuate from at least one stalled […]
