JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s second-quarter earnings improved despite ongoing crew shortages that have snarled operations and forced the railroad to turn away traffic. At the current pace of hiring and training new conductors, CSX expects to hit the magic number of 7,000 active train and engine crews by the end of September, which will […]
WESTPORT, N.Y. — The New York-Montreal Adirondack is now the only Amtrak service that has not resumed operation following the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and Amtrak and the state of New York will not predict when it might return. The delay — which contrasts with Vermont’s preparations to extend the Ethan […]
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — With car velocity dropping and inventory climbing earlier this year, Union Pacific engaged in some “difficult conversations” with customers, Eric Gehringer says. The railroad’s executive vice president of operations is well aware for whom they were more difficult. “We had to go to our customers — some customers, not all customers […]
CHICAGO — Commuter rail operator Metra is giving its passengers a chance to shape its schedules. The agency is asking passengers on all 11 of its rail lines to take a brief survey that will be used in developing future schedule changes and upgrades. It asks about riding habits including points of origin and destination, […]
PITTSBURGH — Wabtec Corp. will provide heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for 56 new rapid transit trainsets being built for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority by Stadler, Wabtec has announced. The contract calls for Wabtec to provide 336 HVAC units, 224 of them for passenger cars and 112 for operator cabins. “We are […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. rail traffic remains sluggish, with carloads and intermodal traffic below 2021 levels by weekly and year-to-date measures. For the week ending July 16, statistics from the Association of American Railroads show overall traffic at 498,899 carloads and intermodal units, a 2.8 decrease from the corresponding week in 2021. The total includes 229,809 […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board on Wednesday denied a California poultry and feed producer’s request for an extension of an emergency service order covering Union Pacific grain trains. Fowler Farms, the largest chicken producer in the West, last week sought a 90-day extension of the emergency service order, which expired on July 17. Thousands […]
45-foot logging flatcar Scale: N (1:160) Price: $29.95 Era: 1942 to 1978+ (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com 45-foot logging flatcar features: Separate, factory-applied brake wheel Solid-bearing trucks Release date: Scheduled for release in second quarter 2023 New road numbers: Burlington Northern (black and yellow), British Columbia […]
American Car & Foundry 50-foot Precision Design boxcar Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $42.95 (undecorated, $34.95) Era: 1972 to present (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Atlas Model Railroad Co., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com American Car & Foundry 50-foot Precision Design boxcar features: 70-ton roller-bearing trucks Accumate couplers Die-cast metal underframe Positionable doors Separate brake system […]
BRANDON, Manitoba – Alberta’s provincial pension fund will acquire Cando Rail & Terminals from a Canadian private equity firm. Cando, which operates more than 40 industrial switching facilities, nine owned terminals, and one short line, experienced rapid growth while under the control of TorQuest Partners. The deal, announced today (July 20), is the latest in […]
ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – “The newest passenger car in the United States.” That’s how Brad Esposito, general manager of the East Broad Top Railroad, described the rolling stock that arrived Tuesday, July 19, at the narrow gauge tourist line and National Historic Landmark. It is the railroad’s first new passenger coach in more than a […]
American Car & Foundry three- and six-bay cylindrical covered hoppers Scale: O (1:48) Price: $82.95 (undecorated, $77.95) Era: 1961 to present (varies depending on paint scheme) Manufacturer: Atlas O, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, 908-687-0880, shop.atlasrr.com American Car & Foundry three- and six-bay cylindrical covered hoppers features: Sprung, die-cast metal 100-ton roller-bearing trucks with rotating […]
