LUMBERTON, Miss. — More than two dozen cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed Saturday morning, an incident believed to have caused by flooding in the area. The Associated Press reports that a Norfolk Southern spokeswoman said in an email that the train, en route from Birmingham, Ala., to New Orleans, derailed about 7:15 a.m. Three […]
A Norfolk Southern train works at Brush Yard in Decatur, Ill., in November 2016. Shippers are saying operational changes brought by Precision Scheduled Railroading are leading to extensive charges for not loading or unloading cars quickly enough, even when railroad service is an issue. Steve Smedley WASHINGTON – Shippers are not exactly jumping for joy […]
Overturned coal cars still blocked the main line at the derailment site on Monday afternoon. Vince Webb HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Crews are working Tuesday to clean up a derailed Norfolk Southern coal train near Woodville, about 20 miles east of Huntsville in northern Alabama. The train derailed 26 cars on Monday morning, blocking a street […]
A light power move of Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern locomotives departs Bensenville Yard and passes through the Franklin Park, Ill., Metra station as a transfer cut with CSX locomotives arrives off the Indiana Harbor Belt. CP and Canadian National are in a dispute over their interchange location in the Chicago area. TRAINS: David Lassen […]
WASHINGTON — Railroads are likely to get an earful of opposition to their increased use of demurrage and accessorial charges at a federal regulatory hearing that has been expanded to a second day. Three dozen shippers, logistics firms, and trade groups representing a wide range of railroad customers are scheduled to appear at the Surface […]
Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s restored Soo Line GP30 No. 700 will appear at Union Depot Trains and be the subject of a night photo session on May 31. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. – Train Days 2019 at the Union Depot in St. Paul this June will feature LakerRail, an exhibition of railroad photos and […]
On April 12, Wabtec tested modernized locomotives for its two largest customers, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The UP unit seen here is known as a C44ACM. ERIE, Pa. – Pascal Schweitzer, vice president, global services organization, freight, under Wabtec, is proud of what his company has achieved in the past five years and what […]
The Allegheny Valley Railroad will purchase lines it is currently leasing from CSX. Carload Express WASHINGTON – Pittsburgh area short line Allegheny Valley Railroad will acquire 47.5 miles of rail lines it has leased from CSX Transportation since 2003. The deal, disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday, will require Surface Transportation Board approval. It would […]
DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming reported weaker first quarter results on Tuesday as traffic and operating income fell on its North American railroads due largely to the impact of winter weather and the flooding that followed. North American same railroad operating income declined 4%, to $69.3 million. Operating expenses rose 17%, more than offsetting […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U23B diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U23B diesel locomotive. New paint schemes. Low short hood: Missouri Pacific (blue and white) and Conrail Express (blue and white, one road number). New numbers: Low short hood: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); Chessie System […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel likes what he sees from the other railroads that are adopting the Precision Scheduled Railroading operating model of his mentor, the late E. Hunter Harrison. Specifically, Creel points to how Chicago and other gateways remained fluid this winter despite the […]
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Electro-Motive Division Phase II GP9 with low short hood HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division Phase II GP9 with low short hood. Chicago & North Western, Burlington Northern, Milwaukee Road, Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Wisconsin & Southern. Four road numbers per scheme (two each in direct current and Digital […]
