SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Bay Area commuter rail operator Caltrain will expand service on Aug. 30 while cutting fares by 50% in September. The new schedules, with 104 trains on weekdays, exceed pre-pandemic levels. The new schedule will see four trains per hour during peak hours (6-9 a.m and 4-7 p.m.) with service every half-hour […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has reopened its Harvard Intermodal Facility in Marion, Ark., to address Memphis-area demand and increase capacity. In a press release, the railroad reports international intermodal shipments originating at Pier T of the Port of Long Beach, Calif., will now terminate at the Harvard facility. The Harvard Intermodal Facility is […]
MOSSVILLE, La. — Infrastructure and supply-chain firm Savage and Kansas City Southern have announced they will build a transload and railcar storage facility on property leased from KCS’s Mossville, La., yard. Savage’s Mossville multi-commodity railport will help serve Lake Charles area refineries, chemical plants, and other businesses. “Savage has a longstanding relationship with KCS and we’re […]
NORTH JUDSON, Ind. — The Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum will receive a rebuilt former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern locomotive, originally an SD9, from its current owner, the Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad, the museum has announced. The locomotive is currently operational and will continue to be used by the Chesapeake & Indiana until it is ready […]
What was your first train set (or locomotive)? When I was nine or ten my parents built me a 4 x 8 layout using one of the Atlas track plan books as a guide. It wasn’t a gift or a special occasion as I remember, just something they felt would be a cool thing to […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has followed through on plans to delay its vote on Canadian National’s merger offer, pending a ruling from the Surface Transportation Board on the voting trust that is a key portion of the merger plan. KCS stockholders were set to vote on the deal Thursday, but that is now […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Eight of the 39 cars for Ottawa’s Confederation Line light rail system need repairs for an axle issue that caused a derailment, the head of the city’s transit services has said in a memo. Global News reports OC Transpo General Manager John Manconi informed city council members that the eight cars have […]
NEWARK, N.J. — Construction of a new monorail at Newark Liberty International Airport to replace the current, aging system has received environmental approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, keeping the project on schedule for the start of construction in 2022. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Tuesday that the FAA issued […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Trains Magazine, the world’s largest railroad media brand with print, web, video, and events aspects, is searching for a new associate editor after Brian Schmidt’s promotion to editor at Trains’ sister brand, Classic Trains magazine. “We’re looking for someone with a strong passion for all aspects of railroading, past, present and future; […]
OMAHA, Neb. — It will take several more weeks for Union Pacific to fully recover from California wildfires that disrupted service on its I-5 and Feather River corridors. “Everyone here is focused on ensuring that we can get the system ramped back up,” says Eric Gehringer, UP’s executive vice president of operations. “It is not […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation board has ruled Metra must pay Amtrak $10.7 million annually for use of Chicago Union Station — virtually splitting the difference between the figures suggested by the two parities — while declining to address a number of key operating issues which remain in dispute. In a decision reached Monday and […]
Not many people get the opportunity to shape the history of a railroad and leave their fingerprints on its system map. But retired Norfolk Southern transportation planner Louis M. Newton, who died Friday at the age of 94, was among this elite group. Newton put his stamp on Norfolk & Western with a move that […]
