Norfolk Southern SD80MAC locomotives are parked at Altoona, Pa., during a business downturn in 2009. NS is looking to sell all 29 of the units. Dan Cupper Following its recent auction of locomotives, including its four Executive F units, Norfolk Southern is continuing to pare its fleet of units that are oddballs, old, or both. […]
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority F40PHM-2C No. 1036 departs Boston’s South Station with a Keolis commuter train, passing GP40MC No. 1130, in April 2015. The MBTA will begin planning a major revamping of its system, including electrification of some lines, in 2020. Scott A. Hartley A Metra Milwaukee North train arrives at the Long Lake station […]
FULL SCREEN Brian Solomon Two-foot gauge steam locomotives are the stars in Sheepscot, Maine, in January 2020, for a reunion of steam locomotives on the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Maine. FULL SCREEN Brian Solomon Two-foot gauge steam locomotives are the stars in Sheepscot, Maine, in January 2020, for a reunion of steam […]
Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members arrive at the AT&SF 2926 restoration site in Albuquerque, N.M. Thomas Scalf AT&SF No. 2926 restoration crew used compressed air to do a blowdown after a recent steam up. Thomas Scalf Albuquerque, N.M. — Railroad Passenger Car Alliance members held their annual conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Jan. 16-20. Topics included […]
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The City of Wilmington is seeking consultants to conduct preliminary engineering, environmental, and historic preservation studies for a plan to relocate CSX rail lines across the Cape Fear River from the city and turn the existing rail line into a light rail route. The Port City Daily reports the city council will […]
Bob Johnston NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Extending Illinois-sponsored trains from Carbondale, Ill., to Memphis, Tenn., and establishing a route between Nashville and Atlanta were ideas suggested by an Amtrak representiative to a Tennessee legislative committee this week. As first reported in the Nashville Tennessean, Amtrak Senior Director of Government Affairs Ray Lang’s appearance Tuesday before the […]
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Rail Excursion Management Co. announced Friday that it would again run its Autumn Colors Express through West Virginia’s New River Gorge in October. The Autumn Colors Express first ran in 2019 and was organized after the operators of the original New River Train, the Collis P. Huntington Chapter of the National Railroad […]
Mark Wallace, CSX executive vice president of sales and marketing TRAINS: David Lassen JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s fourth quarter profits fell amid a decline in traffic and revenue, but the railroad set a new operating ratio record. For the fourth quarter, CSX’s operating income fell 8%, to $1.1 billion, on revenue of $2.9 billion, […]
A New Haven-bound CTrail train passes the former station in Wallingford, Conn., in August 2018. The commuter line carried its millionth passenger in November. TRAINS: David Lassen HARTFORD, Conn. — The CTrail Hartford Line commuter service has carried more than 1 million riders since its debut in June 2018, well ahead of original ridership projections. […]
A Brightline train speeds through a multi-lane Fort Lauderdale highway crossing in 2018. Commissioners in Indian River County, Fla., are dropping their appeal of one suit regarding the passenger train operator’s use of private activity bonds, but are still pursuing a fight over grade crossings. Bob Johnston VERO BEACH, FLA — Indian River County commissioners […]
FULL SCREEN Courtesy New England Steam Corp. Maine Central No. 470 in service on the Maine Central. FULL SCREEN Courtesy New England Steam Corp. Locomotive No. 470’s boiler being removed in Waterville in 2016. FULL SCREEN Courtesy New England Steam Corp. Locomotive No. 470 at New England Steam’s facility near Ellsworth, Maine. FULL SCREEN Courtesy […]
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, Kansas City Southern CEO TRAINS: David Lassen KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern reported improved earnings for the fourth quarter as revenue grew despite a slight decline in traffic volume. Much of the financial improvement was due to the railroad’s shift to an operating plan based on Precision Scheduled Railroading, which […]
