WASHINGTON – California Gov. Gavin Newsom shook hands with President Trump at a White House dinner Sunday night, where Trump brought up the contentious high speed rail project during a brief conversation, Newsom told reporters. Despite their differences, Newsom says he want to “continue to have a relationship with the president on things that matter.” The […]
The westbound New River Train with there Amtrak P42DCs and a 30-car passenger car consist rolls along its namesake river on its journey to Huntington, W.Va., from Hinton, W.Va., on Oct. 29 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After 52 years of operating mainline passenger excursions between the West Virginia cities of Huntington and Hinton, […]
VIA Rail Canada service arrives in Parkhurst, British Columbia, in 2006. The Vancouver Island service last operated in 2011, but the provincial government is seeking a contractor to assess the condition of the rail route. Bob Johnston VICTORIA, British Columbia — British Columbia’s provincial government is seeking a contractor to assess the condition of the […]
WASHINGTON — China’s state-owned rail equipment manufacturer is showing interest in building new rail cars for the Washington Metro system, the Washington Post reports, despite concerns expressed in Congress about cybersecurity and economic issues of such a plan. CRRC sent 11 employees to a January event for companies interested in bidding on the system’s 8000-series […]
Members of the Hoosier Heartland Trolley Company Board of Directors pose with Indiana Union Traction No. 429 “Noblesville” in October 2018 just hours after it had been relocated from Noblesville, Ind. to a private, secure site. Hoosier Heartland Trolley Co. INDIANAPOLIS — After making headlines for saving several historic trolley cars from the Indiana Transportation […]
CHICAGO — Real estate developers have rekindled decade-old plans to build high-rise buildings above 34 acres of railroad tracks near downtown Chicago used by Metra Electric and South Shore Line trains and formerly used by the old Illinois Central. The key developer, Gerald Fogelson, is responsible for building the massive Central Station residential development on […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It’s likely that the California High Speed Rail Authority would have already lost access to the $929 million grant that the Federal Railroad Administration is now seeking to terminate had not President Barack Obama acted in the final hours of his administration to extend the deadline for completion of the Central Valley […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The front-page brawl between California and the White House over the state’s troubled high speed rail project represents a long-simmering feud that some observers believe could continue into the 2020 election cycle. California has sued the Trump administration 46 times, most recently in opposition to the president’s declaration of a national emergency […]
LOS ANGELES — Nine years from now, Los Angeles will take the world stage as it hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics, with hundreds of thousands of visitors attending competitions spread out across the county from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach. LA Metro wants to be ready. Nadine Lee is the transportation agency’s chief […]
Passengers walk out to Missouri Pacific’s Orleanean, loading on Track 4 of recently opened New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in mid-1954. James G. La Vake photo […]
One of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines’ 12 Budd Rail Diesel Cars pauses at Collingswood, N.J., about 3 miles out of Camden on the old West Jersey & Seashore, in September 1964. William J. Coxey photo […]
At 9:52 on the morning of June 2, 1953, Grand Trunk Western U-4 No. 6410 accelerates the Toronto-bound Maple Leaf away from Dearborn Station, Chicago. R. R. Malinoski photo […]
