A marooned VIA Rail train at Churchill, Manitoba Joe Stover MONTREAL, Quebec — Stormy weather on Hudson Bay means it will be a few more days until VIA Rail Canada can rescue a stranded passenger train by ship. The MV Nunalik sought shelter in Whale Cove, north of Churchill, Manitoba, for most of a day […]
On June 8, 2015, Montana Rail Link’s business train soars high over the white waters of Fish Creek, near Rivulet, Mont. During this trip, the railroad’s owner, Dennis Washington, hosted business partners aboard the train. Steven Welch Q What is the purpose of railroad business and inspection trains, and who would use them? – Dennis […]
No. 905 rolls through Glendora, Calif., on the Pasadena Subdivision in June. Jon Waide LOS ANGELES — Some Metrolink riders can say that they rode on the cleanest fuel-powered locomotive in the country as Metrolink’s new Tier 4 locomotive makes its debut in passenger service this week. The first of 40 locomotives rolled into service […]
The new Rochester, N.Y., Amtrak station opened Friday, Oct. 6. Jacob Adams ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The state of New York and Amtrak opened the new Rochester train station shortly after Noon on Friday, Oct. 6, just in time for college students and others leaving town for the long Columbus Day weekend. The airy new station […]
A Churchill-bound VIA Rail Canada train pushes snow aside at Thompson, Manitoba, on Oct. 10, 2016. Bob Johnston THOMPSON, MANITOBA —With track repairs tangled in ongoing negotiations between the Canadian government, rail owner Omnitrax, and two First Nations groups who have proposed taking over the flood-damaged railroad to Churchill, Man., VIA Rail Canada is restructuring […]
Three Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta high speed rail route alternatives. Federal Railroad Administration WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today released a Tier I combined Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for the High-Speed Ground Transportation project that will ultimately connect Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tenn. The decision marks the […]
CHICAGO — Officials at Chicago’s Metra say it’s time to tackle a topic that many in the rail industry have long considered taboo: death by train. The commuter rail agency, in partnership with Amtrak and Chicago-area safety advocates, sponsored a daylong symposium entitled “Breaking the Silence.” The session Wednesday at Chicago Union Station was intended […]
CHICAGO — A Chicago Transit Authority track worker is recovering after she made contact with the track’s electrified third rail, the Chicago Sun Times reports. The track flagger was holding a metal object near the Wilson station on the agency’s Red and Purple Line when she accidentally touched the third rail, a CTA representative tells […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Airbrushing with Aaron host Aaron Skinner shares his technique for masking off large and small areas of a model simply using tape. Follow along with Aaron, and you’ll see just how easy it is to get razor sharp lines when you use an […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Airbrushing with Aaron host Aaron Skinner shares his technique for masking off large and small areas of a model simply using tape. Follow along with Aaron, and you’ll see just how easy it is to get razor sharp lines when you use […]
A news Amsted truck unveiled at Railway Interchange in Indianapolis this week. TRAINS: Brian Schmidt INDIANAPOLIS — North American rail suppliers are expanding the way technology is infusing the rail industry and showing off their innovations with style at Railway Interchange in Indianapolis this week. Amsted was among the larger companies to unveil a new […]
New York Central J-1 4-6-4 No. 5373 brings the Chicago-bound James Whitcomb Riley into Kankakee, Ill., on January 23, 1956. The Riley and other trains on NYC’s former “Big Four” lines were among the last stands of the great Hudsons. M. L. Powell photo […]
