JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Executive Vice President Mark Wallace, who joined the railroad during Hunter Harrison’s tenure as CEO after serving as Harrison’s chief of staff at both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific, has died, the railroad has announced. Wallace, 50, died Sunday after a battle with cancer. “The entire CSX organization is mourning Mark’s […]
NEW YORK — Wabtec is on a mission to help railroads wean themselves off the diesel-electric locomotive to reduce and ultimately eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. “We are absolutely taking a moonshot at zero emissions,” Gina Trombley, Wabtec’s executive vice president of sales and marketing and chief commercial officer, told the RailTrends 2021 conference this month. […]
WASHINGTON — In a departure from the post-Thanksgiving “Track Friday” sale that Amtrak has staged since 2016, this year’s version is only available from Maine to Virginia in the Northeast instead of on most routes nationwide. Through today (Monday, Nov. 29) the company is offering “Buy One, Get One Free” companion fares between Jan. 4 […]
Mexican regulators have given their approval to the planned merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. The railroads announced on Nov. 26 that they had received the required approval from the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission and the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute. “This important milestone marks the next step on our path to creating […]
HIRAM, Ga. — Two crew members suffered minor injuries Saturday night as three locomotives and at least seven cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed late Saturday night. The lead locomotive and seven cars overturned, while the other two locomotives remained upright. WSB-TV reports the railroad said in a statement that the crew members “have […]
BALTIMORE — CSX CEO Jim Foote and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan head the list of those those scheduled to take part today (Monday, Nov. 29) in a groundbreaking ceremony for the start of work on the long-sought Howard Street Tunnel project in Baltimore. The 1 p.m. ceremony will be at the former Mount Royal Station […]
PICKERING, Ontario — GO Transit service on a portion of the commuter operator’s Lakeshore East line will be altered for several days following the death of a worker on a maintenance-of-way project Saturday night. The Canadian Press reports a 41-year-old man was killed when a ballast car tipped over, pinning him underneath. The accident happened […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific’s Keith Creel has been named 2021 CEO of the Year by Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail’s Report of Business Magazine. A profile in the magazine focuses on the 53-year-old Creel’s skill as a strategist in efforts to merge CP with Kansas City Southern. The magazine recognized other CEOs for leadership, […]
The New Jersey-based Tri-State Railway Historical Society and Operation Toy Train of New York have partnered to acquire two General Electric 44-ton diesel-electric switchers for preservation, and launched a joint campaign to cover transportation and restoration costs. Former Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad locomotive No. 700 and Middletown & New Jersey Railroad locomotive No. 2 are the […]
CHAMA, N.M. — The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has announced its 2022 schedule, just weeks after concluding the 2021 season, and is offering a Cyber Monday special on tickets today (Monday, Nov. 29). “We wanted to get out early and build on the incredible success and momentum of our 2021 season,” railroad President Scott […]
SEATTLE — In the latest in a series of lawsuits stemming from the fatal 2017 derailment of an Amtrak Cascades train, a 28-year-old Seattle woman has received $6.9 million in damages for injuries she suffered in the accident at DuPont, Wash. Kylie Steele, who was 24 at the time of the accident, had “a life […]
Francisco Céntola of Washington, D.C., and John P. Hankey of Omaha, Neb., have been selected as recipients of Railway & Locomotive Historical Society research fellowship grants for 2021. Céntola will receive the William D. Middleton Research Fellowship, while Hankey will receive the John H. White, Jr. Research Fellowship. Each award is worth $2,530. A graduate […]
