WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sierra Northern Railway has acquired the assets of locomotive builder RailPower LLC as part of its efforts to develop hydrogen and other low- or zero-emission motive power. RailPower has produced approximately 190 locomotives, including 55 hybrid switchers and 116 genset locomotives, while Sierra Northern is currently involved in development of at […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will launch South Coast Rail operations — serving a group of southeastern Massachusetts communities that have been without passenger rail for 65 years — on March 24, 2025, the agency announced today. The start date — two months ahead of the most recent timeline, which called for service […]
LOVELAND, Colo. — The Great Western Railway’s Loveland depot, built in 1902, will be preserved following a short move from railroad to city property on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. The Loveland Historical Society began working with Great Western owner OmniTRAX in 2012 to preserve the building, and eventually accumulated the funds necessary to move the […]
NEW YORK — Justin Vonashek will become president of the Metro-North Railroad, succeeding Catherine Rinaldi, who will retire after almost seven years in the position. The change will be effective April 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Janno Lieber announced the succession plans on Thursday, Feb. 7. Vonashek joined Metro-North as vice president of system safety […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — A vote on sales tax to support a proposed commuter rail line connecting Edmond, Oklahoma City, and Norman, Okla., will be pushed back to at least 2026, according to the head of the transit agency involved. Brad Henry, chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority of Central Oklahoma, told the Oklahoman newspaper that […]
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Service on the Southeastern Pennysylvania Transportation Authority’s Wilmington-Newark line resumed late Thursday after a fire that caused significant damage to a train and led to the evacuation of an estimated 350 passengers. WPVI-TV reports service resumed about 11 p.m. ET. The fire occurred about 6 p.m., with one car of a […]
PHILADELPHIA — Pop Up Metro has another potential customer, this time in Philadelphia. KYW Radio reports the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. is considering the concept of operating Pop Up Metro’s battery-electric trainsets along existing tracks on Columbus Boulevard, paralleling the Delaware River. Karen Thompson, DRWC director of planning, policy, and engagement,told KYW the exact route […]
SEPTA train goes up in flames in Delaware County; 350 passengers evacuated https://t.co/W8mvALli43 — Action News on 6abc (@6abc) February 7, 2025 RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — No injuries were reported when at least one car of a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Regional Rail train was destroyed by fire this evening (Feb. 6, 2025). An image […]
LAREDO, Texas — Canadian Pacific Kansas City today (Feb. 6, 2025) held the official opening ceremonies for the new Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge, the second span crossing the Rio Grande at the busiest rail gateway between the U.S. and Mexico. “The name Patrick J. Ottensmeyer will forever be a part of the proud […]
CHICAGO — Despite icy conditions across the country’s mid-section and into the Northeast Corridor over the last few days, Amtrak has kept most service running, avoiding widespread weather-related cancellations that occurred throughout January. But substantial initial terminal or en route delays to long-distance trains continue. Many can be traced to mechanical breakdowns. Recent incidents include: […]
STEARNS, Ky. — A former Atlantic Coast Line EMD SW9 has been badly damaged in a light-engine derailment on Kentucky and Tennessee’s Big South Fork Scenic Railway. Aerial photos on the cover of the McCreary Journal, a southern Kentucky local newspaper, reveal a badly damaged EMD SW9 No. 106 derailed and resting against a mountainside […]
BARABOO, Wis. — The non-profit Lake States Railway Historical Association has announced presenters for its expanded Railroad History Symposium to be held April 12 in Baraboo. The symposium is the largest fundraising event of the year for LSRHA. Changes this year include moving the event to the Al Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, built in 1915 […]
