New York City Transit’s sidelined Bombardier R179 subway cars should return to service this week following work to address problems with doors. Courtesy of MTA/NYC Transit A rendering shows proposed R262 subway cars. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will issue a Request for Proposals for the new equipment later this year and could order the cars […]
PALESTINE, Texas — Government and Union Pacific officials remain at odds after a Monday meeting over efforts to retain railroad jobs in Palestine, increasing the likelihood a UP suit against the city will end up in court. The railroad sued the central Texas community late last year, seeking to end a contract dating to 1872 […]
MONTREAL — Troubled rail and aviation equipment manufacturer Bombardier Inc. is in talks with Alstom about the possibility of combining the two companies’ rail business, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said preliminary talks had been held in recent months. Representatives of the two companies declined comment. The news came after Bombardier […]
N&W 2156 rests with N&W Class J 611 and Class A 1218 at Roanoke, Va,, in May 2015, soon after its delivery to the Virginia Museum of Transportation. Trains: Jim Wrinn ROANOKE, Va. — Museum officials are discussing the future of Roanoke-built Norfolk & Wester Y6a steam locomotive No. 2156 as the end of its […]
CHICAGO — Amtrak has retreated from its stance that two wheelchair users would have to pay $25,000 to take a train from Chicago to Bloomington, Ill., saying it would find a way to carry those passengers — and two others headed to the same conference — for the regular $16 ticket cost. National Public Radio, […]
Denver RTD A Line trains meet at the Peoria station on Oct. 1, 2018. A report finds few people evading fares on the RTD’s light rail system, and even fewer on its commuter trains. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — Colorado rail transit passengers are apparently a pretty honest group. The Denver-area Regional Transportation District, like […]
The potential arrival of autonomous trucks will not wipe out the railroad industry, Kansas City Southern’s chief innovation officer says. “You have to assume railroads are not going to sit still,” KCS Executive Vice President Brian Hancock told an investor conference earlier this month. The path to automation is far easier for railroads than trucks, […]
LA Metro’s new Southwestern Yard will service Green Line and Crenshaw Line trains. The LAX/Crenshaw line is expected to open this year. LA Metro Second of a two-part look at rail transit projects. Part one is available here. A number of light rail and streetcar projects will continue or complete construction projects in 2020. An […]
Passengers board a Hempstead-bound Long Island Rail Road train at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The LIRR, Metro-North, and New York subways all reported improved on-time performance in statistics released Monday. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority touted improved performance for its commuter rail and subway operations in statistics released Monday. Commuter railroad […]
A group of coal miners in Eastern Kentucky who had blocked a coal train in protest of unpaid wages has ended its protest and cleared the tracks. A half-dozen miners employed by Quest Energy near Pikeville, Kentucky, ended their protest against the company Wednesday evening after the company paid the miners in-full for work they’d […]
An Amtrak Lincoln Service train passes through Lemont, Ill., in January 2018. Amtrak has told two passengers who use wheelcharis that wanted to use the train between Chicago and Bloomington, Ill., that it would cost $25,000 to accommodate them. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Amtrak told two people who use wheelchairs that their proposed trip from […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s merchandise network will gradually regain market share from trucks as shippers begin to trust the railroad’s increasingly reliable service, CEO Jim Foote says. CSX has lost nearly a quarter of its merchandise traffic over the past two decades but has seen its carload traffic hold steady over the past three […]
