PIKO SmartControl Light HO ICE 3 train set Zooming by in a flash of red and pale gray, Deutsche Bahn (DB) Intercity-Express (ICE) trains are 21st century icons of high-speed rail travel in Germany and its surrounding countries. PIKO has upgraded its HO scale ICE 3 passenger train set to include the firm’s new SmartControl […]
Siemens Velaro ICE (foreground) and Alstom TGV trainsets await action at Paris Est station. A merger of the two companies has been stopped by European regulators. Keith Fender BRUSSELS — The European Union’s central administration, the EU Commission, has announced it will not permit the proposed Siemens-Alstom merger, which originally had been targeted to be complete […]
BEFORE EVR Cargo No. 1566 at the Tapa shops in June 2011. It is a former Conrail C30-7A No. 6577. Keith Fender Locomotive No. 1564 rebuilt as Operail C30-M (Ex-Conrail No. 6565) seen at the Tapa shops in October 2018. Operail TALLIN, Estonia — Former Conrail GE C30-7A locomotives are being given a radical rebuild […]
Join Trains on a visit to a track work project in a Swiss tunnel. Rhomberg Sersa and the Rhaetian Railway invited Trains to see how they re-build meter-gauge track in often grueling conditions in September 2018. See Steve Sweeney’s full story in the March 2019 issue of Trains, THE magazine of railroading! […]
PARIS — Alstom and Siemens have offered concessions to European regulators examining their proposed merger, Reuters reports, but there is no guarantee the move will be enough to satisfy antitrust concerns. Alstom confirmed in a statement on Monday that it had offered concessions, but said, “There is, however, still no certainty that the content of […]
KCS CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer will be the U.S. chair of the U.S.-Mexico Economic Council. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern President and CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer has been named as the U.S. chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Mexico Economic Council. The post means Ottensmeyer will preside over the twice-annual U.S.-Mexico CEO Dialogue and […]
The Caledonian Sleeper test train at London Euston station. The trip was the first to London for the Scottish service to debut later this year. P. Reston LONDON — The Caledonian Sleeper train which will offer service between Scotland and London has made its first trial run to London, preparing for service set to launch […]
Alstom is building the Avelia Liberty trainsets for Amtrak’s northeast corridor. A report says the Alstom-Siemens merger will be blocked by European regulators. Alstom/Amtrak This rendering shows one of the Charger locomotives Siemens is building for Amtrak. Siemens/Amtrak BRUSSELS — European Union regulators intend to block the merger of rail equipment manufacturers Alstom and Siemens […]
Great Belt, Denmark Google Maps LONDON — At least six passengers on board a train on the Great Belt route in Denmark were killed this morning when high winds blew cases of beer from a passing freight train into their passenger cars. The beer was being transported in curtain-sided trailers on flat cars. It is […]
North and South Korea Google Maps SEOUL — Observers are skeptical about new train traffic between North and South Korea despite a ceremony with officials from both countries re-joining rails between the countries for the first time in years. The Washington Post reports that a rail joining ceremony Wednesday in Kaesong, North Korea, involved officials […]
A diesel-hauled Korean Rail train pauses at Yeongdeungpo, South Korea in October 2010. Lawrence F. Gillen SEOUL – As North Korea and South Korea look to restore rail service between the two nations, government officials are finding that it might be a bigger job than previously thought. In October, government officials announced the two countries […]
A Brazilian heritage rail group saved and restored a C30-7A locomotive in time for holiday train duty in the South American country. Bruno Sanches ARARAQUARA, São Paulo, Brazil — A Brazilian preservation group that saved the country’s only surviving C30-7A locomotive made quick work of its restoration and is now taking it on a tour […]
