San Francisco’s iconic cable car is forever linked to the City by the Bay. The San Francisco Municipal Railway operates a “living museum” of cable cars and historic streetcars in daily service, as well as light rail and buses. Choices Cable cars for the San Francisco Municipal Railway run on three lines: Powell-Hyde, Powell-Mason, and […]
The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat, operated by the Valley Railroad Company, is unusual in offering a train ride that can be combined with a connecting riverboat excursion, providing scenic views of the Connecticut River from both rail and water. The 12-mile rail round trip from Essex station to Deep River and Haddam takes about […]
REVELSTOKE, British Columbia — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a Canadian Pacific derailment inside the Mount MacDonald Tunnel on Rogers Pass that occurred Feb. 5, the Revelstoke Review newspaper reports. The newspaper reports that the TSB said that the train was westbound through the tunnel when 11 cars “began to lean,” leading […]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Two additional class-action lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the derailment and fire of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio. WKBN-TV reports that on Tuesday, Chase and Cheri Kinder, entities Bird Dog Hill Kennels and Stonybrook Kennel, and Pamela Taas field a lawsuit late Tuesday against NS in […]
NEW YORK — Full Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison — and the sweeping revision of the LIRR schedule that will accompany that move — will begin Monday, Feb. 27, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Wednesday. “Faster, more convenient travel that brings Long Island closer to the heart of the City will […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has directed the Ohio Rail Development Commission to apply for federal funding to study adding Amtrak service on two corridors serving the state, the commission announced. The commission will seek $500,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration for studies of each corridor, a Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati route, and Cleveland-Toledo-Detroit service. Those […]
PIERRE, S.D. — A state legislative committee has endorsed funding for a project to help rebuild the Sisseton-Milbank Railroad, moving the appropriation bill forward, KELO-TV reports. The Senate Transportation committee unanimously approved the bill that would provide $6.25 million from the state’s general fund to help rebuild the railroad from its current state, which limits […]
CASS, W.Va. —Tickets are now on sale from the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad for its 2023 Rail Heritage Photography Weekend, a two-day event in May limited to 70 attendees. The event set for May 6-7 will celebrate the the 60th anniversary of the Cass Scenic Railroad, and will feature the railroad’s locomotives pulling vintage […]
WASHINGTON — Continuing the trend for the year to date, U.S. rail traffic remained down for the week ending Feb. 4, according to the latest statistics from the Association of American Railroads. Volume for the week was 449,586 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.9% compared to the same week in 2022. So far, traffic has […]
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The evacuation order for those living within a mile of the site of last week’s Norfolk Southern derailment and fire has been lifted, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced this afternoon (Wednesday, Feb. 8). Residents within the evacuation zone will be offered air-quality checks of their homes, the Akron Beacon Journal reports, […]
Here at one of the Western Pacific’s last diesel locomotive shops is a great collection of rolling stock. The focus is on one of the West’s most beloved railroads, Western Pacific, which traveled through beautiful mountain scenery and hosted the legendary California Zephyr. The setting couldn’t be more appropriate at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum. […]
The RailGiants Train Museum houses an outstanding collection of significant locomotives and rolling stock. The site is on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. The collection includes locomotive No. 9000, the only UP 4-12-2 in existence, locomotive No. 5021, the only Southern Pacific 4-10-2 in existence, rare Santa Fe 4-6-4 No. 3450, and […]
