KANONA, N.Y. — Whether any of Amtrak’s 70-car Horizon fleet can ever return to active duty is still to be determined following extensive examination of ten vehicles at carbuilder Alstom’s 130,000-square-foot inspection and overhaul facility at Kanona in upstate New York. Meanwhile, the rapid deployment of Northeast Corridor Amfleet equipment to the Pacific Northwest means […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — All Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail service has been restored as of today (April 3, 2025), marking the first time since March 9 the three-line, 42-mile, 60-station system has been fully operable. The Green Line, between Old Ironsides in Santa Clara and Winchester in Campbell, was the last line […]
CHESTERTON, Ind. — The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District remains hopeful that it can open the South Shore Line’s new West Lake Corridor in late August or early September, but that would require shaving more than a month off the contractors’ current estimate. Lakeshore Public Media reports NICTD President Mike Noland told the agency’s board […]
ORANGE, Calif. — Citing “ongoing threats” to service on the Surf Line route used by Amtrak, Metrolink, and BNSF Railway, the Orange County Transportation Authority on Monday (March 31, 2025) submitted an emergency permit request to the California Coastal Commission for stabilization work above the rail line in San Clemente, Calif. The OCTA says the […]
BRANDON, Manitoba — No injuries resulted when 15 cars of a Canadian National train derailed Monday evening in downtown Brandon, disrupting rush-hour traffic. CTV News reports the derailment occurred about 5 p.m., blocking 6th Street between McTavish and Van Horne avenues. The railroad said the derailed cars included one carrying fertilizer, three with potash, and […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Some light rail service has now been restored by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, after delays caused by copper-wire theft while the system was shut down by a strike. KGO-TV reports Orange Line service resumed shortly after 10 a.m. today (March 31), while a portion of Blue Line service, between […]
CALGARY, Alberta — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada today has again called for implementation of a positive train control-type system as it released its accident report on a February 2024 collision of two Canadian Pacific Kansas City trains in British Columbia. The incident on Feb. 16, 2024, near Greeley, B.C., led to the derailment […]
SEATTLE — Amtrak is scheduled to begin restoring Cascades service on Tuesday, April 1, as repositioned Amfleet equipment replaced the sidelined Horizon railcars, the Washington State Department of Transportation said in a statement today (March 31, 2025). Since Amtrak removed 70 Horizon cars — including 26 in Cascades service — from service last week because […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In the weeks before the Feb. 1 closure of the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, CSX was a railroad on a tightrope. CSX had been struggling to recover from a string of harsh weather events that began during a devastating hurricane season and continued through winter. Among them: The Jan. 21 storm […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has introduced what it says is a first-of-its-kind program for customers to reduce freight emissions, offering verified certificates of emission reduction. With shipping by rail reducing emissions by 75% on average, the NS RailGreen program allows shippers to address the remaining 25%. The program developed with 123Carbon, an independent book-and-claim platform, […]
The Fore River Railroad, a 2.5-mile short line in Quincy, Massachusetts, has defied the odds by surviving and thriving for 122 years. Originally established in 1903 to serve a new shipyard, the railroad was formally incorporated in 1919. Despite the shipyard’s closure in 1986, the Fore River Railroad continues to operate, thanks to a combination […]
KYUNE, Utah — The test train for next year’s expansion of Rocky Mountaineer service to Salt Lake City is well into its six-day round trip from Denver. Rocky Mountaineer’s parent company, now known as Armstrong Collective, announced earlier this month that in 2026, it would add three-day trips between Denver and Salt Lake City to […]
