WASHINGTON — For passengers on long-distance trains, compared to those on the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak is falling short of its pledge to “restore our business to pre-pandemic levels,” as voiced by Vice President Dennis Newman at a public Board of Directors meeting in St. Louis last December. Demand for long-distance travel was the strongest among […]
Lionel Vision Line pig stock cars are headed to market, and they can go “Wee wee wee” all the way to your home. Car sets like this aren’t new to the orange-and-blue; we were first introduced in 2014 to these three-packs with steel-sided reefers. Since then, the train maker has expanded on the theme. In […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s railways continue to use diesel locomotives supplied new by American builders EMD, GE, and Alco in the late 1950s, with Buenos Aires possibly the only place on the planet where those diesels are working side by side, hauling and switching freight in 2023. More modern Chinese-built locomotives, as well as […]
Of the big six Class I railroads, only Canadian Pacific’s traffic volume was in positive territory for the first quarter. But that was due to favorable comparisons with last year’s first quarter, when a March labor dispute in Canada shut down CP’s operations for two days. The best the other railroads could do during the […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Trains Magazine, and all Kalmbach Media publications and offices, will be closed on Friday, April 7, in observance of Good Friday. Some Trains.com content that has been scheduled in advance will appear on Friday, but expect breaking-news activity on Trains News Wire to be limited. Trains and Kalmbach employees wish our readers […]
BOSTON — A former official with the contract operator of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail service is facing fraud charges for thefts totaling more than $8 million, in part with the help of a supplier for the agency. The Boston Globe reports John Pigsley, a former assistant chief engineer who managed facilities maintenance […]
CARSON CITY, Nevada — The Nevada legislature has become the latest to consider limiting the length of freight trains, through introduction of a bill which would prohibit trains of more than 7,500 feet. AB 456, introduced on March 27, sets penalties for violations beginning at $5,000 and escalating to $25,000. The bill also would set […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. rail traffic was down 7.6% in March compared to the same month in 2022, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads, extending and deepening the downward trend so far in 2023. Traffic for the week ending April 1 was down by 7.4%, the AAR reported. The figures for the month […]
UNCAS, Alberta — Seventeen cars of a Canadian National Railway grain train derailed early today (April 5), Global News reports. No injuries were reported. Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada have been sent to the scene east of Edmonton. CN told Global News the derailment occurred about 6 a.m. near Uncas, about 22 […]
The Lionel F40PH is a great model of a locomotive that has quietly become one of the true diesel success stories in railroad history. The F40PH saw construction in various phases by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division between 1975-92. Its purpose was initially short-haul passenger service for Amtrak. This mission was quickly revised to add long-distance […]
NEW ORLEANS — Texas North Western Railway track inspector Raul Guerrero has been honored as Safety Person of the Year, and Austin Milton, director of safety and training at Indiana Rail Road, was named Safety Professional of the Year by the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association. Also at the ASLRRA Annual Conference and […]
CLEVELAND — The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is prepared to have Siemens Mobility build new railcars to replace its Red Line rapid-transit fleet — but is not yet sure it has the funding to order the equipment. Cleveland.com reports the RTA Board of Trustees, in a committee of the whole, voted to advance a […]
