WASHINGTON — An inbound Metra BNSF Line train was traveling at 60.9 mph when it struck a 33,000-pound box truck at a grade crossing in Clarendon Hills, Ill., in a May 11, 2022, accident that killed a passenger, according to information in the accident docket released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. The preliminary […]
NEW YORK — New subway fare gates and revised policies regarding activation of e-tickets on commuter trains are among proposals to address fare evasion across the Metropolitan Transportation Authority system, a problem estimated to have cost the MTA some $690 million in 2022. Those proposals come from a report included in the Final Report of […]
WASHINGTON — The latest figures for U.S. rail traffic are extremely familiar: carload numbers are comparable to 2022, while intermodal volume is down significantly. The specifics from the Association of American Railroads, for the week ending May 13, show 466,381 carloads and intermodal units, a 5.9% decline from the corresponding week a year ago. That […]
The museum and its North Shore Scenic Railroad offer a combination of historic exhibits and train rides. The museum is located in the former Duluth Union Depot in downtown Duluth. Its extensive rolling stock is mainly indoors under the train shed, while outside the North Shore Scenic Railroad offers excursion trains to Duluth’s east end […]
MONTREAL — An artificial intelligence pilot project aimed at reducing fuel consumption and support of more than 450 nonprofit organizations and charities are among actions VIA Rail Canada highlights in a yearly progress report on its 2021-25 sustainability plan. The update released Wednesday on the passenger operator’s environmental, social, and governance plan is available here, […]
MONTREAL — Mario Péloquin will become the new president and CEO of VIA Rail Canada as of June 12, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced Tuesday. Péloquin becomes VIA’s fourth CEO in four years, following Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, Cynthia Garneau, and Martin Landry, who had been CEO since May 2022. Péloquin spent little more than a year […]
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario — No injuries were reported after 14 cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed today (May 17) near Cambridge, CTV News reports. Robert Shantz, fire chief of the Township of North Dumfries, told CTV that his department had been released from the scene after it was determined no hazardous materials were […]
The North Carolina Transportation Museum offers site tours around the ex-Southern Railway steam locomotive repair facility by an on-site train ride using vintage equipment. Choices When the museum is open, there are always self-guided exhibits to see. On select days, year around train rides around the 60-acre facility are offered, departing from the 1898 Barber […]
The Western & Atlantic Railroad locomotive Texas, restored to its ca. 1886 appearance, anchors the Atlanta History Center’s railroads exhibit—Locomotion: Railroads and the Making of Atlanta. Founded as a railroad terminus, today Atlanta is the largest metropolitan area in the Southeast. Choices The Atlanta History Center’s railroads exhibit occupies a prominent, but relatively small, portion […]
Based out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, the Agawa Canyon Tour train draws visitors from around the world for a 114-mile ride into the hardwood forests of Northern Ontario. The one-day tour train departs from the former Algoma Central Railway station in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. Choices The tour train takes you to Agawa Canyon […]
WASHINGTON — Chicago commuter operator Metra has become the third entity to sue over the Surface Transportation Board’s approval of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. In a single-page filing with the board, Metra notified the STB today (Wednesday, May 17) that it had initiated a suit on May 12 in the U.S. Court of […]
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has asked the Surface Transportation Board to take several steps to improve rail service. “Unfortunately, while rail service has improved from its worst levels last year, it remains inadequate and unreliable for many agricultural shippers. There is more work to be done,” Vilsack wrote in a May 12 letter […]
