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CHICAGO — Commuter rail operator Metra will offer free rides on the weekend of June 8-9, concluding a week of activities to mark its 40th anniversary. The agency dates its birth from June 8, 1984, when the first meeting was held of the Regional Transportation Authority’s Commuter Rail Division. The Metra name was adopted a […]
The recent shortage of Amtrak long-distance sleeper cars has hoisted the venerable, but rapidly aging, Superliner equipment into the spotlight again. You can read more about past and present Superliner woes in the article, “Superliner capacity not a new issue”, appearing in the July 2024 issue of Trains magazine. But first, catch a glimpse of […]
BOSTON — The union representing coach cleaners and car inspectors for MBTA commuter rail service have reached a tentative contract agreement including a significant raise and paid sick leave for the first time. Transportation Workers Union Local 2054 reached agreement with Keolis, contract operator of the MBTA commuter system, last week following a 10-hour negotiating […]
Canadian Pacific Kansas City expects to see continued international and cross-border intermodal growth across its network thanks to a combination of ample port capacity and the railway’s ability to tap new markets, CEO Keith Creel says. On the international side, the ports of Vancouver, British Columbia; Saint John, New Brunswick; and Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, each […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway has had to suspend operations in portions of British Columbia and Alberta because of wildfires, Reuters reports. Affected are the railroad’s northernmost route in British Columbia, the 250-mile Fort Nelson Subdivision between Fort St. John (approximately 175 miles northeast of Prince George) and Fort Nelson; and the Meander River Subdivision […]
PITTSBURGH — Two cars of a Pittsburgh Regional Transit Red Line light rail train derailed Monday afternoon, causing no injuries but leading to significant service delays. The transit agency reported on social media site X that about 15 people were on aboard at the time of the 4 p.m. derailment at Willow Station in the […]
KEARNY, N.J. — The Portal North Bridge, the structure replacing the 114-year swing bridge that has long been an issue for Northeast Corridor rail operations, has reached 50% completion, NJ Transit and Amtrak announced on Monday. The current bridge over the Hackensack River and frequently fails to lock back into place after it is opened, […]
CHICAGO — Metra will add a late-night train in each direction as part of updated schedules on the Milwaukee District North line effective June 3, the commuter operator has announced. The new schedules will adjust train times and stopping patterns “to more accurately reflect current operating conditions,” Metra said in a press release. Arrivals and […]
GARY, Ind. — Few rail rehabilitation projects can truthfully claim “better than ever” when physical plant and service improvements are completed, but South Shore Line commuter service appears to be one. As Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District President Mike Noland told the crowd of gathered in a tent in the parking lot of the newly […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Canadian Pacific Kansas City obviously won many fans, especially young visitors, during its three-hour display of the Final Spike Steam Tour train at Davenport’s Quinlan Court riverfront park on Friday, May 10, 2024. The display featuring 4-6-4 No. 2816, known as “the Empress” was free to the public, with many visitors walking […]
KARRATHA, Western Australia — An autonomously operated iron ore train of Australia mining company Rio Tinto collided with a set of stationary cars early this morning, derailing three locomotives and 22 cars, the Australian Broadcasting Co. reports. A Rio Tinto representative told ABC the incident occurred just after midnight and that there were no people […]
GALESBURG, Ill. — Railfans seeking former Santa Fe Railway “Warbonnet” locomotives — who do not mind that they are now “pink bonnets” because of faded paint — should take a drive along the Thirwell Road overpass at BNSF Railway’s hump yard in Galesburg. At least six former Santa Fe C44-9W units have been modified for […]
