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Opponents of a proposed light rail line in South New Jersey scored one win and one loss in local referendums over a proposed 18-mile, 14-station light rail line between Glassboro and Camden. NJ.com reports 54% of voters in Glassboro indicated support for the Glassboro-Camden Line, 4,030 votes to 3,452, while those in Brooklawn were narrowly […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak has fully restored service between New York Penn Station and New Haven, Conn., the company says in an update on its website. Service had been halted between New York and New Haven since Tuesday afternoon because of fires affecting Amtrak’s catenary power system [see “Fire knocks out power …,” Trains News […]
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — The city of Hyattsville and CSX have reached a $310,000 settlement agreement over costs stemming from a 2023 derailment that spilled plastic pellets in the community, the Hyattsville Life & Times reports. A locomotive and 16 cars derailed in the Sept. 23, 2023, incident near the intersection of U.S. Route 1 and […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak operations between New York’s Penn Station and New Haven, Conn., remains suspended to begin today (Wednesday, Nov. 13) as a result of Tuesday electrical fires in the Bronx. Service was suspended as of Tuesday afternoon because of a pair of fires, one involving a transformer fire at a warehouse and another […]
BOSTON — Five days of service suspensions for maintenance work on the Red Line have resulted in the removal of five speed restrictions, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has announced, leaving just four slow orders on the entire MBTA rail transit system. Service was shut down between Broadway and North Quincy Nov. 5-10, as well […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak service between New York and New Haven, Conn., has been suspended since midafternoon today (Tuesday, Nov. 12) and is to remain suspended the rest of the day because of a loss of power east of Penn Station, according to an advisory on the Amtrak website. WABC-TV reports there have been two […]
PORT CLINTON, Pa. — The Reading & Northern Railroad has announced two promotions within its passenger department, with Jennifer Frederickson becoming director of passenger marketing, retail, and community development, and Meg Pursel named assistant vice president-passenger special projects, office car specials, and special excursions. Frederickson, who started with the railroad in 2018 as a mascot […]
CHICAGO — On Sunday, Nov. 10, the first “official” Floridians departed from Chicago and Miami, ushering in some noteworthy — if not all positive — changes to Amtrak’s intercity rail network east of Chicago. After one day, it remains to be seen whether operational issues can be rectified to keep the reconstituted 1,944-mile service close […]
Facts and features Name: Grand Street & Three Rivers RRScale: HO (1:87.1)Size: Layout: 27′-6″ x 62′-0″, Room: 31′-6″ x 66′-0″Prototype: New York Central and Pennsylvania RRLocale: Chicago/New York CityEra: mid-1940sStyle: walk-inMainline run: 900 feetMinimum radius: 30″Minimum turnout: No. 8Maximum grade: 3.5%Benchwork: box gridHeight: 39″ (main line), 51″ (El), 52″ (viaduct loop), and 56″ (upper cement […]
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The National Capital Trolley Museum has added an Evans Auto-Railer — a 1930s vehicle designed to operate on both roads and railways — to its collection. The vehicle operated on the Arlington & Fairfax Railway from 1936 to 1939, providing service between Rosslyn, Va., to Fairfax City and Fort Myer, near […]
While Amtrak marked the launch on Sunday of its new but temporary Floridian service between Chicago and Florida, via Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., the debut of one train meant the end — at least for a similar undefined period — of another. Amtrak’s New York-Miami Silver Star made its final runs on Sunday, part of […]
PHILADELPHIA — A potential strike against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has been placed on hold by Transit Workers Union local 234 after the two sides reported progress at the bargaining table before a midnight Thursday/Friday strike deadline. “We’re willing to go the extra mile and grant additional time to reach a fair agreement,” Local […]
