An LA Metro light rail train boards at LA Union Station. Metro has trimmed service with California under a “shelter in place” order. TRAINS: David Lassen A Saturday update on rail service changes and other responses to the COVID-19 virus. Because of the rapidly evolving situation, check with local service providers or Amtrak.com for the […]
The left operator’s screen displays brake pressure, power consumption, and other information. The temporary wi-fi antenna above the screen facilitated transmission of data from sensors during the train’s trip to Colorado. Bob Johnston The screen shown above is to the left of the operator’s seat, which is centered in the cab interior. TRAINS: David Lassen […]
A jury has awarded more than $10 million to a passenger injured in the December 2017 derailment of an ‘Amtrak Cascades’ train in DuPont, Wash. Steve Carter More Thursday morning rail news: — In the latest trial stemming from the fatal December 2017 crash of an Amtrak Cascades train at DuPont, Wash., a jury has […]
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority F40PHM-2C No. 1036 departs Boston’s South Station with a Keolis commuter train, passing GP40MC No. 1130, in April 2015. The MBTA will begin planning a major revamping of its system, including electrification of some lines, in 2020. Scott A. Hartley A Metra Milwaukee North train arrives at the Long Lake station […]
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner No. 785 heads north through Del Mar, Calif., just before sunset on Jan. 4, 2020. The San Diego Association of Governments is putting together a project to stabilize the slide-prone bluffs in Del Mar, but eventually wants to relocate the rail line inland. TRAINS: David Lassen CORONADO, Calif. — Transit agencies from San […]
Pennsylvania Railroad class I1s 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive works its way around famous Horseshoe Curve with a westbound freight train in the 1940s. The train is ascending Allegheny Mountain 5 miles west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, location of the PRR’s system shops. C. E. Starr History and major events of the Pennsylvania Railroad The original Pennsylvania […]
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MONTERREY, Mexico — A Mexican railroad’s president is calling for protesters who block railroad lines to be thrown in jail. The call, from Kansas City Southern de Mexico’s President President Jose Zozaya comes in the wake of KCSdeM shutdowns at least a half dozen times this past year in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Shutdowns […]
Smith sits at his desk in Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS – Gordon “Gordy” Smith, the last active train dispatcher from the Delaware & Hudson Railway, retired Dec. 15. Smith, 69, has 50 years of railroad experience, all with D&H, which became a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific in 1991. CP operates D&H under its subsidiary Soo Line Corp., […]
A Google Maps 3D view shows a portion of the Dumbarton Rail Bridge, idle since 1982. Work is advancing on selection of station sites for a rail line that would revive the route across San Francisco Bay. Google Maps REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Sites for possible Redwood City stations on a new Dumbarton commuter rail […]
PORT COQUITLAM, British Columbia — The widow of a Canadian Pacific engineer killed earlier this month says her husband was hit by the moving cars of another train as he ended his work day and wonders about safety procedures in the yard where the accident happened. Kirk McLean, 56 and a 32-year veteran of the […]
