The former Canadian Pacific branch line right-of-way at Tweed, Ontario, seen in 2016, is where VIA is considering building new “high-frequency rail” tracks. Bob Johnston MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada’s new president and CEO reaffirmed the company’s commitment to the “high-frequency rail” plan championed by her predecessor, but no decision has been made on the […]
ST. LOUIS — Service on Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner remains suspended between Kansas City and St. Louis. The suspension reflects Union Pacific’s diversion of freight traffic because of flooding elsewhere in the Midwest. The suspension will continue through at least Wednesday, May 29. It began May 22 and originally was estimated to last for just […]
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Orange County has agreed to contribute to funds for a study of possible regional commuter rail service around Durham, N.C. The service could extend into Johnston, Wake, Orange and Alamance counties. Orange County agreed to pay $75,000 of the study’s total cost of $850,000, which is being shared by the participating counties […]
As seen from the platform of business car ‘Dearing,’ the 2016 New River Train passes under the New River Gorge bridge near Fayetteville, W.Va., in October 2016. Chase Gunnoe WASHINGTON – Private car owners and operators say they are disappointed of Amtrak’s decision to ban observation deck riding and open dutch doors, despite their efforts […]
On one of its last transcontinental trips from Toronto, a Panorama dome is positioned just behind the Canadian’s dining car as westbound train No. 1 crosses the North Thompson River at Kamloops, British Columbia, on May 18, 2019. These single-level domes will run only on certain days between Edmonton and Vancouver, B.C., for the rest […]
WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec was selected to implement the positive train control system for the New Mexico Rail Runner Express, in an order worth $55 million. Building on ongoing design work, Wabtec will provide full-system integration for deployment of PTC on Rail Runner’s full fleet of 18 locomotives/cab cars and nearly 100 miles of track […]
HUNTINGTON, W.V. – U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin. D-W.Va., says the legendary New River Train is coming back. On Wednesday, Manchin tweeted “I’ve been working nonstop with @Amtrak to preserve #WV’s proud railroading history by keeping the annual New River Train running, and that’s why I’m glad a deal is in place to continue this proud […]
Sound Transit’s board chairman says the agency will call in an outside investigator to review its safety procedures in the wake of the National Transportation Safety Board’s findings and recommendations in its own investigation into the December 2017 Amtrak Cascades derailment. NTSB had criticisms for multiple agencies and entities including Sound Transit, which owns the […]
SEATTLE – The first response to the National Transportation Safety Board’s report on the 2017 Amtrak Cascades derailment is the Washington State Department of Transportation’s decision to remove Talgo Series 6 trainsets from service “as soon as possible.” WSDOT, a prime financial sponsor of Amtrak Cascades service on the Vancouver, B.C.-Eugene, Ore., corridor, didn’t specify […]
Croton-Harmon-bound Metro-North train 725, stopped at Marble Hill Station in the Bronx on May 26, 2018, is on its way from Grand Central. The MTA board heard from key vendors Wednesday on PTC installation on Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Metropolitan Transportation Authority Patrick Foye called it “radical […]
Vehicles like this could be moving visitors to the Las Vegas Convention Center in 2020 after the city’s Convention and Visitors Authority approved a contact with Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. for an underground people mover. This illustration shows a vehicle from a system previously proposed for Chicago. The Boring Co. LAS VEGAS, Nev. — […]
WASHINGTON — DC Metro returned most of its 3000-series railcars to service on Wednesday, a day after pulling them because the door on one car opened while a train was in motion. Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld said a malfunctioning electrical component caused the doors to open, the Washington Post reports. Twenty-six cars with […]
