CHICAGO — Commuter operator Metra will add 18 trains — nine inbound and nine outbound — to its Union Pacific-West schedule on Monday, Dec., 5 while also adjusting to a “memory schedule” offering more consistent arrival and departure times in off-peak periods. Metra will make minor changes to its UP North schedule on the same […]
LOS ANGELES — A former Amtrak employee and her husband have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for conspiring to steal nearly $1 million in COVID-19-related unemployment insurance benefits, while she also fraudulently obtained more than $63,000 in sickness benefits while working at Amtrak. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced […]
NEW YORK — After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City Transit’s Holiday Nostalgia Rides on the New York Transit Museum’s fleet of vintage subway equipment resumes for four Sundays beginning Nov. 27. The museum’s “Train of Many Colors” will operate on a new route this year — the 1 line, […]
NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — Button Oil & Propane and the North Shore Railroad have opened a rail-fed, 240,000-gallon propane terminal, described as the first of its kind in the region, to offer residential and commercial delivery of propane, as well as butane for manufacturing applications. A grand opening for the facility was held Tuesday, Nov. 22, […]
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific executives to appear at two days of hearings next month regarding the railroad’s increased use of embargoes, which have skyrocketed from 27 in 2017 to 886 as of October this year. “The Board has been closely monitoring UP’s recent use of embargoes and has observed a disturbing […]
WASHINGTON — The parties involved in the long-running dispute over Amtrak’s effort to launch Gulf Coast passenger service say they have reached an agreement, but at least initially are offering no details on the nature of that deal In a joint statement Tuesday, Amtrak, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and the Alabama State Port Authority say […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — The offices of Trains Magazine, Trains.com, and other Kalmbach Media publications will be closing for the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the work day today (Tuesday, Nov. 22) to allow staff members more time to enjoy the holiday with family and friends. Expect posts on Trains News Wire to be limited […]
GLENMONT, N.Y. — Red tape, a gas pipeline utility, and a lawsuit have combined to delay and further threaten the rescue of two historic New York Central electric locomotives stranded for three decades along the Hudson River south of Albany. The Danbury Railway Museum of Danbury, Conn., has been working for nearly a year to […]
SANDPOINT, Idaho — BNSF has opened its second bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho, providing a second track at a previously one-track bottleneck nearly a year ahead of schedule. The nearly mile-long bridge, next to a structure built by Northern Pacific in 1904, opened on Sunday, Nov. 20. “We are excited about the […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society has acquired a Canadian Pacific Park-series dome-lounge-observation car built in 1954 for use in excursion service. While plans are for the car to undergo an extensive restoration, it will initially enter service as part of the society’s Indiana Rail Experience program on the Indiana Northeastern […]
BOSTON — A transit advocacy group is calling for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s commuter rail Lowell Line to be electrified, extended to Manchester, N.H., and otherwise modernized, offering regional rail service with frequent, all-day service. The “Modernizing the Lowell Line” report from the group TransitMatters argues that electrified service, with upgraded track and high-level […]
DULUTH, Ga. — One of the original railcars from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority fleet will be preserved at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth following the car’s donation by MARTA. The car was moved from MARTA’s Avondale yard to the museum on Nov. 16. Built by Société Franco-Belge, the car entered service in […]
