Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz Union Pacific NEW YORK — Construction is proceeding on the new hump yard Union Pacific is building in Texas, but the railroad will use the yard differently than originally envisioned due to its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. “We continue to evaluate exactly how are we going to use it,” […]
UrbanX via YouTube NEW YORK — Will New York’s transportation network remain the same in 20 years? Probably not, according to a recent URBAN-X Forum for the Future panel held in Brooklyn. URBAN-X is a Brooklyn-based venture-capital firm that educates, invests in and advocates for companies shaping the future of cities through technology and design. […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP40-2 diesel locomotive. Conrail (blue in three road numbers, Reading Co. patchout in two numbers); CSX (dark blue and yellow, three numbers); Denver & Rio Grande Western (black and orange); Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange); Grand Trunk Western (red, white, and blue); Reading Co. (green and yellow, three numbers); and […]
Kansas City Southern ORLANDO, Fla. — Kansas City Southern will be able to park at least 10 percent of its locomotive fleet as it moves tonnage on longer trains under its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. KCS rostered 1,100 locomotives at the end of 2018 and has identified 75 older units that will be stored, […]
Nickel Plate Road No. 765 puts on a show at Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn PENINSULA, Ohio — The 2019 mainline steam picture just got a little brighter. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad representatives said Monday they’ll happily host Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 again on excursions this fall for two […]
NC&StL No. 576 made its first trip in January from Centennial Park; its next trip in March will be by rail. Trains: Jim Wrinn NASHVILLE — The Nashville Steam Preservation Society has released more details about an event with 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 576 scheduled for March 9. Festivities for Nashville Steam’s “Next Stop: Union […]
Bill Stephens/ Class I railroad data Bill Stephens/ Class I railroad data The Class I railroad average operating ratio rose slightly in 2018 — the first increase in a decade — as congestion-related costs and an accounting rules change pushed the closely watched efficiency metric up at four of the seven big systems. CSX Transportation […]
Clinchfield No. 800 pulls a Royal Palm Railway Experience train to Mount Dora in January 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn MOUNT DORA, Fla. — What’s good for one railroad may not necessarily be good for another, and a tourist railroad in Florida will have to cope with that reality this spring. The Royal Palm Railway Experience, […]
The 2017 ‘New River Train’ rolls west through Thurmond, W.Va., on Oct. 28, 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Amtrak has been in discussions with the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society during the past year and viewed the New River Train’s potential charter as a positive business relationship. “Amtrak was in discussions with Collis […]
C&O 2716 should be relocated to its new home this summer. Trains: Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — A $50,000 donation will push forward plans for the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.’s rail heritage center in Eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Steam announced Tuesday the donation from the Anna B. Milburn Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, an arm of Kentucky-based […]
CHICAGO – The Coast Starlight isn’t the only Amtrak train making news this week. On Sunday afternoon, a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed east of Tomah, Wis., The eastbound Empire Builder had been running more than seven hours late, but would have passed the scene of the derailment had it been on time. Consequently, it […]
The westbound New River Train with there Amtrak P42DCs and a 30-car passenger car consist rolls along its namesake river on its journey to Huntington, W.Va., from Hinton, W.Va., on Oct. 29 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After 52 years of operating mainline passenger excursions between the West Virginia cities of Huntington and Hinton, […]
