Milwaukee Road streamlined 4-6-4 No. 102 leads a Minneapolis-bound Hiawatha out of Chicago at Western Avenue in March 1949. Retirement is just a year away for the sleek greyhound. Harold Stirton photo […]
Hudson on the Hiawatha
Type of Train: Passenger/Transit
Brand-new Cincinnati Union Terminal
This northward view shows the sprawling Cincinnati Union Terminal complex not long before it was put into service in March 1933. Besides the landmark half-dome headhouse, the terminal included 15 platform tracks, a 26-track coach yard, and 20-stall roundhouse. Classic Trains coll. […]
FRA set to cancel $929 million California high speed rail grant, wants billions repaid NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON – Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Ron Batory has sent a letter to the California High Speed Rail Authority announcing that the federal agency intends to terminate its existing grant agreement and “de-obligate” the entire $928.62 million grant that hasn’t been spent. The letter also states that the FRA is “is exploring all available legal […]
UPDATE: Metra board approves locomotive purchase; SD70MACH models to come out of EMD NEWSWIRE
An artist’s rendition of new-to-Metra SD70MACH locomotives. Metra, via Facebook CHICAGO — Metra on Wednesday approved a $71 million contract to purchase 15 remanufactured locomotives from Progress Rail Locomotives with options to buy up to 27 additional locomotives if more funding becomes available. According to a Metra announcement, Progress Rail will take existing EMD SD70MAC freight […]
Report: Amtrak floats plan to replace long-distance trains with more corridor services NEWSWIRE
The eastbound ‘California Zephyr,’ left, meets a state-funded Capital Corridor train at Sacramento in March 2013. Brian Schmidt WASHINGTON – Amtrak is considering a plan to replace its long-distance train network with new corridors along parts of the same routes, the Wall Street Journal reports. “We are undertaking a major rethinking of the national network […]
Dick’s Drive-In supporters outraged over proposed Sound Transit maintenance base NEWSWIRE
Kent, Wash. Google Maps KENT, Wash. — Is there a hamburger powerful enough to stop a train? The Puget Sound region’s rail-transit agency and fans of a local hamburger chain may find out. Sound Transit, the regional authority building and operating a light-rail system in Seattle and its suburbs, recently issued a list of six […]
One dies in crossing accident with Empire Builder NEWSWIRE
Police investigate the grade crossing accident in Brookfield, Wis., that left the automobile driver dead Monday. Cate Kratville-Wrinn BROOKFIELD, Wis. — A 70-year-old man died Monday when he drove his SUV into the path of Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder passenger train, according to police reports. The accident happened at 4:15 p.m. at Brookfield Road adjacent […]
Massachusetts Solari board to be restored NEWSWIRE
An individual Solari board module. The numeric modules contain the numerals 1 through zero, while the letter modules contain all 26 letters of the alphabet. Jack Trowill, Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum LENOX, Mass. — The retirement of Amtrak’s last Solari train announcement board at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia has inspired the restoration of another […]
Tough week for western long distance trains NEWSWIRE
The westbound Canadian is 22 hours late as seen from its eastbound counterpart at Jasper, Alberta, on Feb 16, 2019. Two photos, Neil Lang CHICAGO – Keeping trains running through the so-called “polar vortex” in the center of North America and massive weather systems impacting the West Coast with heavy rains and snow have taken […]
VIA Rail, Siemens seek interested Canadian suppliers to fulfill rolling stock contract NEWSWIRE
MONTREAL – As part of VIA Rail Canada fleet replacement program, Siemens Canada, the company that was selected by VIA Rail to manufacture the new trains to operate on the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, is looking for interested suppliers. For this process, two Siemens’ procurement offices have been set up in Montreal and Oakville, Ontario. Siemens […]
City of San Francisco consists
See sample consists of the Overland Route’s City of San Francisco from 1936, 1939, 1947, and 1955. Download the information by clicking here. […]
California high speed rail construction gallery NEWSWIRE
FULL SCREEN California High Speed Rail Authority An excavation under State Route 180 near downtown Fresno gets some attention on Jan. 24, 2019. FULL SCREEN California High Speed Rail Authority An excavation under State Route 180 near downtown Fresno is nearly complete on Jan. 24, 2019. FULL SCREEN California High Speed Rail Authority The Road […]
