TAMPA, Fla. — Florida passenger train advocate and railway preservationist John McQuigg has died, his family announced. McQuigg, 87, passed away June 16. An unwavering passenger train supporter, he advocated for better Amtrak operations in his state, and he, along with other volunteers, were instrumental in saving Tampa Union Station. He served on the Friends […]
Type of Train: Passenger/Transit
New Sound Transit light rail equipment debuts NEWSWIRE
The first of 152 new Siemens light rail vehicles was unveiled by Seattle’s Sound Transit on Wednesday. Sound Transit Sound Transit says the new equipment has wider aisles, more luggage space and more bike capacity than current light rail vehicles. Sound Transit SEATTLE — The first of 152 new Siemens light rail vehicles for Sound […]
Timekeeping still unpredictable for VIA’s ‘Canadian’ NEWSWIRE
The westbound Canadian is 68 minutes early as it arrives in Kamloops, B.C., on May 11, 2019. Russ Grycan VANCOUVER, British Columbia — VIA Rail Canada’s revised schedule for its trancontinental Canadian is meeting with mixed success. In lengthening and adjusting the schedule at the end of April [see “VIA’s summer shuffle,” July TRAINS], VIA […]
Alaska Railroad Passenger Train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
An Alaskan passenger train runs on the track at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The locomotives and cars are from the collection of CMRM volunteer Bob Wandell. […]
Alaska Railroad Passenger Train at the Colorado Model Railroad Museum
An Alaskan passenger train runs on the track at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The locomotives and cars are from the collection of CMRM volunteer Bob Wandell. […]
Former Rio Grande business cars find a haven at Grand Canyon NEWSWIRE
Passenger cars at Williams, Ariz., from nearest, Utah, California, and Kansas. Alexander D. Mitchell IV WILLIAMS, Ariz. — In a sign that Amtrak’s recent changes to private car operation requirements may be having an effect on such cars’ operations and viability, three private cars that formerly served as Denver & Rio Grande Western business cars, […]
Halifax kills commuter rail proposal NEWSWIRE
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A proposal to launch commuter rail service in Halifax was killed Tuesday as the regional council voted unanimously to no longer pursue the concept. The council’s motion sites infrastructure requirements, financial implications, and operational constraints for the decision. The vote came after a closed-door session to discuss confidential information, News 95.7 […]
MBTA continues work on Red Line, ends special commuter trains NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — After more than a week, service on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Red Line subway is approaching normalcy. As of Tuesday, the MBTA was running 10 trains an hour on the Red Line, the Boston Globe reports — still fewer than normal, but up from the six per hour it had been running […]
Power outages hit Amtrak, commuter operations on Northeast Corridor NEWSWIRE
A New Jersey Transit train stops at the Edison, N.J., station in June 2018. Edison was the site of one of three power outages disrupting Northeast Corridor service today. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Northeast Corridor service for Amtrak, NJ Transit and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has been interrupted by a pair of power […]
PTC stalls Tri-Rail move to MiamiCentral station
MIAMI — Positive train control issues will delay Miami’s Tri-Rail commuter service from starting operations at Virgin Trains USA’s MiamiCentral station before the end of the year, as had been anticipated. Miami Today reports that Virgin Trains host and parent Florida East Coast Railway is still awaiting government certification for its PTC system, and that […]
First scouts arrive at Raton, N.M., on the Amtrak ‘Southwest Chief’ NEWSWIRE
The first of more than 24,000 scouts began arriving in New Mexico for their seven-to-12-day trek at the Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron, N.M., on June 8. This summer more than 8,000 of those scouts will be arriving at Raton, N.M., on the Amtrak Southwest Chief. Philmont Scout Ranch is the Boy Scouts of America’s […]
New York governor assigns 500 more police to transit duty NEWSWIRE
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a plan to add 500 police officers to Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway stations and bus routes in an effort to stem fare evasion and transit violence. In a Monday press conference, Cuomo said 200 New York police officers, 200 MTA officers, and 100 bridge and tunnels officers […]
