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Austin commuter rail operations suspended because of weather Austin, Texas, transit agency Capital Metro has suspended commuter rail service Monday and Tuesday because of the winter storm hitting the state. After shutting down all operations at 8 pm. Sunday, some services resume this morning and will from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. both days, […]
Dallas-Fort Worth rail transit to see service reductions as winter storm arrives Transit in the Dallas-Fort Worth area will operate on limited schedules Monday, with some changes beginning Sunday, because of a winter storm forecast calling for significant snowfall. The agencies involved have announced these plans: — Dallas Area Rapid Transit plans to limit light […]
Toronto Transit Commission board votes to close Scarborough line in 2023 The Toronto Transit Commission board has voted in favor of a plan to shut down the Scarborough RT, a 4-mile rail transit line, some seven years before a replacement route is ready. CP24-TV reports the board voted unanimously for the report calling for closure […]
Saturday morning rail news: South Shore to replace trains with buses on part of route through at least Monday The South Shore Line will substitute bus service for trains between South Bend, Ind., and the Michigan City Carroll Avenue station beginning this evening, and continuing through at least Sunday and Monday because of forecasts of […]
The Biden administration’s efforts to kill key oil pipeline projects may boost crude by rail volumes, railroad officials say. President Joe Biden last month revoked a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline that was under construction to carry oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in the U.S. “The pipeline was not going to be […]
Thursday midday rail news: KCS, development firm to develop Wylie, Texas, logistics park Kansas City Southern and NorthPoint Development have announced plans to develop a 220-acre logistics park in Wylie, Texas, adjacent to the railroads’ David L. Starling Wylie Intermodal Terminal. The Wylie Logistics Park, in a northeastern suburb of Dallas, will have the potential […]
Join us in Hill City, S.D., for one a visit to one of the nation’s best state railroad museums. Housed in an enginehouse-like building next to the Black Hills Central tourist railroad, the South Dakota Railroad Museum tells the story of the Mount Rushmore State’s railroads. Executive Director Rick Mills gives us a tour of […]
Join us in Hill City, S.D., for one a visit to one of the nation’s best state railroad museums. Housed in an enginehouse-like building next to the Black Hills Central tourist railroad, the South Dakota Railroad Museum tells the story of the Mount Rushmore State’s railroads. Executive Director Rick Mills gives us a tour of […]
The Black Hills Central tourist railroad operated a doubleheader with its two Baldwin tank engines in October 2020. This was the first time these 1920s brutes joined forces to pull a train on this mountainous railroad. Join us for a look trackside and a ride along. […]
The Black Hills Central tourist railroad operated a doubleheader with its two Baldwin tank engines in October 2020. This was the first time these 1920s brutes joined forces to pull a train on this mountainous railroad. Join us for a look trackside and a ride along. […]
KC Streetcar gets $174 million federal grant, fully funding Main Street Extension The Kansas City Streetcar Authority has received a $174 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, giving the agency full funding for its Main Street Extension project. KMBC-TV reports the grant is covers half the cost of the 3½-mile extension, which will […]
Still more Thursday morning rail news: City council to help fund Burlington Junction line relocation The Burlington, Iowa, city council will pay $170,000 to help fund a Burlington Junction Railway project to relocate part of its line, helping the city save on the cost of a floodwall project. The Hawk Eye newspaper reports the railroad will move […]
