ATLANTA — The agency overseeing Atlanta-area transit is preparing to approve the region’s first commuter rail line, a 22-mile route into the city’s south suburbs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority could approve the line, which would connect an existing MARTA rail line to communities in Clayton County, next month. The […]
The eastbound California Zephyr passes maintenance workers on the center track of the BNSF Railway main line at Hinsdale, Ill., in October 2016. BNSF plans a major tie-replacement project on the center track Oct. 26-28, leading to changes in Metra schedules. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra schedules on its BNSF line will face some […]
These P40 diesels, seen at Bear, Del., on June 7, 2010, are up for sale after being passed over for rehab. Bob Johnston BEECH GROVE, Ind. — Want to buy a 1954-vintage, ex-Santa Fe hi-level lounge? Or how about one of eight F40 or 12 P40 locomotives? Starting today through Nov. 2, Amtrak is offering […]
Just out of Boston’s North Station, three Boston & Maine trains have crossed the Charles River drawbridges and approach the Charlestown Avenue bridge in mid-1947. From left: a 4-6-2 with a beach special, an E7 with the Alouette for Montreal via Canadian Pacific, and another 4-6-2 on the Boston section of the Green Mountain Flyer, bound for […]
A Milwaukee Road trainman peers down the dimly lighted platforms of Chicago Union Station for any late-arriving passengers as the Arrow prepares to depart the Windy City for Iowa points in 1964. John Gruber photo […]
Pacifics of three different classes are poised to depart the Erie’s Jersey City passenger terminal with outbound commuter trains at 5:27 p.m. on June 26, 1951. Ed Theisinger photo […]
An usher at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal carries luggage and whistles for a cab at the depot’s taxi stand in the mid-1950s, when NOUPT was new. James G. La Vake photo […]
New York Central train 175, having come up overnight from New York City, stands at Canton, N.Y., between Watertown and Massena on the St. Lawrence Division, as a truckload of mail is loaded in 1959. Theodore Shrady photo […]
Artwork from a brochure promoting the Milwaukee Road’s postwar Olympian Hiawatha shows a family enjoying two double bedrooms en suite in the train’s 8-double-bedroom/Skytop observation car. MILW photo […]
Baltimore & Ohio’s Grant Street Station on the north bank of the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh opened in 1957 after a road project claimed the road’s grand 1888 depot nearby. B&O’s through trains had long since switched to the P&LE depot on the south side of the Mon. Green Street closed in 1989 with the […]
The Alaska Railroad’s winter schedule includes expanded operation of its Aurora Winter Train. Glenn Aronwits, courtesy Alaska Railroad ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Railroad’s 2018-19 winter schedule includes increased operation of its Aurora Winter Train, as well as new Thanksgiving holiday service and increased operations for spring break travel. The Aurora Winter Train, which began […]
A Metra Rock Island District train curves from the main line onto the Beverly Branch in August 2018. Metra has released a proposed schedule for the Rock Island District including adjustments for operation with positive train control. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has unveiled its proposed schedule revision for the Rock Island District, incorporating […]
