Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. H-15-44: Rock Island (red and silver). H-16-44: Central RR Co. of New Jersey (blue and yellow); New York Central (black and white with radio stencil); and New York, New Haven & […]
Surface Transportation Board data Employment at U.S. Class I railroads has fallen 4% since February 2017, the month before E. Hunter Harrison began implementing Precision Scheduled Railroading at CSX Transportation. Harrison’s efficiency-driven operating model has since spread to Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Kansas City Southern, making additional workforce reductions likely through the end of […]
MONTREAL — The Government of Canada and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, an “arm’s length” Crown corporation formed to fund big transportation projects, announced Tuesday that they will help finance an exploration of VIA Rail Canada’s proposed separate rail line in the Quebec City-Toronto Corridor. The government and infrastructure bank will commit C$71.1 million ($54 million […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific was named Best Logistics Service Provider, Rail, at the Asian Freight Logistics and Supply Chain Awards held earlier this week in Hong Kong. CP was the only North American railroad nominated for the award. Customers provide the nominations. “Canadian Pacific is honored to be recognized by our customers with this award,” […]
GOLDEN, British Columbia — Canadian Pacific has been fined $31,500 (Canadian) by the Province of British Columbia for a pollution violation, the Coast Mountain News reports. The penalty, for failure to comply with terms of a waste discharge permit, was assessed in the third quarter of 2018. A CP spokesman told the news site the […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian Pacific has opened a new auto shipping facility on 19 acres of CP-owned land adjacent to its Vancouver Intermodal Terminal. The Vancouver Automotive Compound has capacity for 36 auto racks and nearly 1,200 vehicle bays. “Vancouver is Canada’s primary automotive gateway for Asian imports and one of the largest destination […]
A number of factors are behind the broad decline in North American rail traffic this year, Class I railroad executives say. But they expect traffic to rebound in the second half of the year, the executives told investor conferences this week even as two railroads lowered their volume outlooks for the year. Among the factors […]
Wm. K. Walthers HO scale Electro-Motive Division GP15-1 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP15-1 diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (Heritage I), Canadian Pacific (red and black with road name only), Conrail (blue), CSX (dark blue and yellow), Norfolk Southern (Thoroughbred scheme), and Union Pacific (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray with lightning stripe). Direct-current […]
DALLAS — Trinity Rail Maintenance Services, a subsidiary of carbuilder Trinity Rail, has announced it will build a $60 million railcar repair facility in the eastern Iowa community of Shell Rock. The company, headquartered in Dallas, has purchased a 230-arce site for the facility, which will employ more than 250 people when completed in 2020. […]
Friends of the 261 President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Sandberg poses with former Milwaukee Road E9 No. 32A in St. Paul on May 29. Sandberg’s grandfather was a Milwaukee Road engineer who operated 32A many times on passenger trains between the Twin Cities and La Crosse, Wis. The unit will make its debut at […]
Union Pacific derailed several cars blocking access to St. Paul Union Depot from the east on May 28. Khang Lu ST. PAUL, Minn. – The derailment of a Union Pacific freight train at the east end of St. Paul Union Depot Tuesday has temporarily turned the station into a stub-end facility. Six cars of sand […]
The former Canadian Pacific branch line right-of-way at Tweed, Ontario, seen in 2016, is where VIA is considering building new “high-frequency rail” tracks. Bob Johnston MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada’s new president and CEO reaffirmed the company’s commitment to the “high-frequency rail” plan championed by her predecessor, but no decision has been made on the […]
