DeLAND, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation has scheduled two open-house events to familiarize residents with the soon-to-open extension of Orlando-area commuter rail service SunRail to DeLand. The “Train Tour” events will be held Saturday, July 27, and Saturday, Aug. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon, and will offer an opportunity to visit the […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s labor minister, Seamus O’Regan, announced today (Thursday, July 18) that he is stepping down from that position and will not seek reelection to parliament. His resignation from the cabinet position is effective Friday, but he will continue to serve as an MP from the St. John’s South-Mount Pearl riding in Newfoundland […]
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — The Conway Scenic Railroad will celebrate precisely 50 years of operation with a series of trips on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4. It was on Saturday, Aug. 3, 1974 that former Canadian National 0-6-0 No. 7470 made its first official test run between North Conway and Conway, and Sunday, Aug. 4, […]
LOWELL, Ark. — The Quantum premium intermodal service that J.B. Hunt and BNSF Railway launched last year is not growing as quickly as hoped in a slumping freight market, but on-time performance has topped expectations, J.B. Hunt executives said on the company’s earnings call this week. Quantum takes aim at highly service-sensitive freight that has […]
Track The radio comes alive: It’s a transmission about another engineer. We’ll call him Mike Smith. “Mike Smith, what track are you on at Harriman Junction?” I’m northbound on Norfolk Southern train No. 216, a hot-shot piggybacker on the Kentucky Division — the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway, the Rat Hole — between […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Railroads are moving more traffic than a year ago, but investors aren’t piling into railroad stocks. The stock prices of four of the five Class I railroads trading on the New York Stock Exchange are down this year despite railroads’ volumes being flat, or up slightly, through the first half of 2024 […]
Ethan Brodie and Brodie Photography are organizing a two-day photo charter in November featuring Soo Line No. 1003, the 1913 Alco 2-8-2 operated by the Hartford, Wis.-based Steam Locomotive Heritage Association. One- and two-day tickets will be offered for the event Nov. 2-03, which will feature No. 1003 pulling a freight train including additional cars […]
WASHINGTON — A subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure has scheduled a hearing on rail safety for Tuesday, July 23. The Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will hold the session, “Examining the State of Rail Safety in the Aftermath of the Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,” at 2 p.m. ET […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. weekly rail traffic continues to run ahead of 2023 levels, thanks to intermodal volume, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads. For the week ending July 13, total U.S. volume was 483,806 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 1.3% over the same week in a year ago. That includes […]
General Electric AC6000CW The modern horsepower race between builders culminated in the 1990s with both General Electric and EMD producing six-axle locomotives with 6,000-hp prime movers. Unfortunately, the concept never caught on, with only two domestic railroads, Union Pacific and CSX, purchasing General Electric’s design. In the race to get the locomotives on the road, […]
PORT CLINTON, Pa. — Reflecting the railroad’s 60% increase in coal business over the last two years, the Reading & Northern Railroad announced it has made changes to its management structure to better deal with that growth. Eric Peters, currently vice president, transportation, will also manage the railroad’s coal fleet. The 2,000 cars, including aluminum […]
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