Union Pacific Big Boy returns Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 will return to the rails this week for a nearly month-long tour of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa as it travels to Omaha, where it will be on display for the NCAA Men’s College World Series in mid-June. Steam fans will have a unique opportunity […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Monday passed a wide-ranging bill on rail regulations at the state level, sending the measure on to the state Senate for consideration. HB 1028 passed by a 141-62 vote, with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporting 39 Republicans joined all 102 Democrats in voting for the bill. The legislation […]
CHARLOTTE — Deltrin Harris, who had been chief of rail operations for the troubled Charlotte Area Transit System, has been fired, WFAE Radio reports. The station reports Harris’ termination letter says he was fired for unsatisfactory performance and a “lack of confidence in his leadership ability.” Meanwhile, the Charlotte Observer reports CATS violated overtime policy […]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has vetoed a bill that would have limited train lengths in the state to 7,500 feet, and set requirements for hotbox detectors along rail lines. Assembly Bill 456, which had passed the Assembly 28-14 and the Senate 13-8, required wayside detectors every 10 to 15 miles or […]
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — The latest resumption of Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink service through south Orange County lasted barely a week. Passenger traffic through San Clemente was halted Monday morning after new debris was found along the rail right-of-way below the site of an earlier landside adjacent to the Casa Romantica Cultural Center, the San […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have reached a paid sick time agreement, the railroad and union announced today. UP’s 5,600 engineers will have up to seven paid sick days. Five days will be considered paid sick time, while two additional paid leave days can be converted to […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak today has announced applications for nearly $7.3 billion in Federal Railroad Administration funds for 14 projects to improve infrastructure and service on the Northeast Corridor, as well as $716 million for 16 projects to address long-distance network needs and expand service. The two announcements come the day before Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner […]
CALGARY, Alberta – CPKC employees will select the railway’s new locomotive livery through an online survey, a company spokesman says. The SurveyMonkey poll asks the railway’s 20,345 employees to choose one of five proposed paint schemes for CPKC locomotives. Canadian Pacific SD70ACU No. 7001 serves as the model for the liveries. Each of the five […]
ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk & Western steam locomotive No. 611 returned to its hometown of Roanoke for the first time in nearly 5 years. The J-class 4-8-4 steamed into the yard of the Virginia Museum of Transportation on June 2 after extended stays at both the Strasburg Rail Road in Ronks, Pa., and the North […]
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — As part of the 2023 steam schedule of operating the “First Saturday” excursions, Grand Canyon Railway and Hotel’s 2-8-2 No. 4960 was fired up for the special occasion. The former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad locomotive, with assistance from F40 diesel No. 4128, headed the railway’s round-trip excursion train from Williams to […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has become the first railroad to reach paid sick time agreements with all 12 railroad labor unions. NS and the SMART-TD union that represents yardmasters announced on Friday that they had come to terms on a deal for the railroad to provide yardmasters with up to seven paid sick days per […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded more than $570 million for grade-crossing elimination projects in 32 states, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced today. The funds, from the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program, will fund a total of 63 projects, addressing more than 400 grade crossing by separating roads and rail rights-of-way, closing […]
