READING, Pa. — A doubleheader of 4-8-4 No. 2102 and 4-6-2 No. 425 made the Saturday, Aug. 13, Reading & Northern Iron Horse Ramble — the third of four scheduled — even more of a special event for railfans in the Northeast, drawing large crowds to see the sold-out excursion. It was the first Reading […]
PERRIS, Calif. — An evacuation order has been lifted and an Interstate highway reopened after BNSF Railway workers were able to stabilize a leaking tank car on Saturday, KTLA-TV reports. Interstate 215 was closed Friday morning, more than 100 people were evacuated, and service on an adjacent Metrolink commuter rail line was halted because of […]
JIM THORPE, Pa. — For the first time since 4-8-4 No. 2102 was returned to operation earlier this year, Reading & Northern ran an “Iron Horse Ramble” excursion featuring both that ex-Reading Co. locomotive and its Baldwin light Pacific, No. 425, built for the Gulf, Mobile & Northern. Here, crowds gather around the two locomotives […]
PERRIS, Calif. — A spill from a tank car carrying the chemical styrene has closed Interstate 215, disrupted Metrolink service, and led to evacuation of more than 100 homes near the Riverside County community of Perris, and the situation could last for two to three days, according to fire authorities. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports the situation […]
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PARRY SOUND, Ontario — A Canadian Pacific special using the railroad’s Royal Canadian Pacific trainset makes a rare southbound move across the railroad’s bridge over the Seguin River at about noon on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022, during a trip from Thunder Bay, Ontario, to Toronto. CP executives including CEO Keith Creel were reportedly on board. […]
MATHURA, India — After almost 22 years and more than 100 hearings, a railway passenger in India has won a legal battle over being overcharged by 20 rupees (25 cents) for a pair of tickets. The BBC reports that Tungnath Chaturvedi, a lawyer in the state of Uttar Pradesh was charged 90 rupees instead of […]
KITCHENER, Ontario — VIA Rail Canada’s first set of new Siemens-built equipment for corridor service was back in action testing on Thursday, Aug. 11., operating as train 688 on CN’s Guelph Subdivision from London via Stratford and Kitchener toward Toronto. This trainset was delivered last September; a second trainset arrived from Siemens’ Sacramento, Calif., factory, […]
