New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority will end 24-hour subway service — a notion which previously would have been almost unthinkable for New York City’s around-the-clock activity — to meet Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call to disinfect all equipment daily as part of the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Cuomo announced during his daily […]
The annual celebration marking the driving of the Golden Spike has been cancelled because of the coronavirus. Shown is the 150th anniversary celebration in May 2019. TRAINS: Steve Sweeney Wednesday morning COVID-19-related rail news: — One year after a huge celebration of the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike, there will be […]
More Wednesday morning rail news: — It would take more than $700 million to restore the former Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway line on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to operating condition suitable for a proposed commuter rail service, and another $600 million to launch such a service, according to a government report issued Tuesday. The Vancouver […]
A masked Metra BNSF crewman boards his train after watching passengers board at Naperville, Ill., on April 20, 2020. The White House is reviewing guidelines for transit agencies as part of its plan to restart the nation’s economy. TRAINS: David Lassen Still more Wednesday morning rail news: — The White House is reviewing guidelines for […]
Tuesday morning rail news: — The board overseeing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has approved an upgrade to an all-electronic fare system, a project that now cost an estimated $930 million — $210 more than when it was first approved two years ago. The Boston Globe reports the Fiscal Management and Control Board approved changes […]
F units dressed in Santa Fe’s incomparable Warbonnet paint scheme accelerate the Chicago–Los Angeles Chief away from its station and crew stop at Chillicothe, Ill., in early 1968. J. David Ingles History of the Santa Fe Railway The Atchison & Topeka Railroad was chartered in 1859 to join the towns of its title and continue […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Siemens Mobility has been awarded a contract from Sacramento Regional Transit for 20 new light rail vehicles. This is the first new order from Sacramento since the late 1980s, when the transit agency ordered 36 U2A vehicles from Siemens Mobility. The contract, including the 20 trains, spare parts and tools is worth […]
More Monday rail news: — InnoTrans, the world’s largest rail trade fair, has been rescheduled to April 27-30, 2021, in Berlin. The event, held every other year, was postponed from its original date of Sept. 22-25 of this year when Berlin’s government placed a ban on events with more than 5,000 people through Oct. 24. […]
Monday morning rail news: — Reconstruction work on the New York subway L Train tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn is complete, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday, and regular service will resume today — within the constraints of the current Essential Service Plan limiting Metropolitan Transportation Authority operations because of the COVID-19 virus. Work […]
Amtrak’s northbound Hiawatha arrives in Milwaukee on time on Thursday afternoon. It was the final trip for the Hiawatha before rail service was suspended; beginning today, bus service will replace the train between Chicago and Milwaukee for at least a month because of the COVID-19 outbreak. TRAINS: David Lassen WASHINGTON — Although Amtrak is in […]
Thursday morning rail news: — Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Patrick J. Foye suggested in a Wednesday news conference that the “failings” of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contributed to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, which has killed at least 83 MTA workers. Specifically, the New York Daily News reports, when asked if […]
More Thursday morning rail news: — Union members have called off today’s planned “job action” against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, citing the involvement of Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney. Willie Brown, president of Transport Workers Union Local 234 said he remained unsatisified with SEPTA’s measures to protect employees from the COVID-19 virus, but “when the […]
