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NEW YORK — New York City Transit concluded its farewell to the Budd-built “Brightliner” R-32 subway cars Sunday, operating the equipment for the final time on the same line (today’s Q Line, the former BMT Brighton Line) where the cars made their debut 58 years ago [see “New York MTA sets farewell …,” Trains News […]
DEL MAR, Calif. — After lengthy negotiations failed to reach a resolution, the San Diego-area North County Transit District is preparing to move ahead with plans for safety fencing along its railroad right-of-way at the Del Mar Bluffs. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the district informed Del Mar officials the fencing would be on the […]
PHOENIX — TTCI Inc., the AAR-affiliated research, testing, and training operation, should have the first test tracks at its new PuebloPlex facility in Colorado operating by this October, CEO Kari Gonzales said Saturday at the National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association Conference. TTCI is being displaced from its longtime home at the Federal Railroad Administration’s […]
PHOENIX — Kansas City Southern will shift much of its focus on capacity improvements from Mexico to the U.S. in 2022 while overall capital spending will increase “on the magnitude of 10% or so,” Manny Loureiro, the railroad’s vice president and chief engineer, said Saturday at the National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association Conference. Those […]
OKLAUNION, Texas — Twenty-nine cars of a BNSF Railway train caught fire following a derailment Saturday, closing a highway for several hours. KAUZ-TV reports Wichita Falls and Vernon fire departments, as well as firefighters from Sheppard Air Force Base, responded to the fire involving a train with 98 cars of denatured alcohol. No injuries to […]
ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – The historic East Broad Top narrow gauge railroad will hold its Winter Spectacular on Feb. 19, and has released dates of other special events and a schedule of regular operation for the 2022 season. EBT Foundation, Inc., the nonprofit organization that bought the railroad in 2020, has laid out its calendar […]
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — The eastbound California Zephyr is shown above as it pulls into its originating station at Emeryville at 12:13 p.m. Sunday after being serviced at Amtrak’s Oakland Maintenance facility. It departed at 12:31 p.m., more than 3 hours late, after the equipment arrived on its westbound counterpart at 1:57 a.m., 9 hours, 47 […]
VENTURA, Calif. — Martin Erickson has been named as executive director of the Ventura County Transportation Commission, succeeding Darren Kettle, who was named CEO of commuter rail operator Metrolink in July 2021. Erickson, who had been the commission’s public transit director since 2016, was selected after a four-month search, the Ventura County Star reports. The organization, […]
NEW YORK — Janno Lieber, the acting board chairman and CEO of Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has been nominated for the position on a permanent basis by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul also nominated Elizabeth Velez for a position on the MTA board. Lieber has been the acting chairman and CEO since July 2021. He was originally […]
HAMBURG, Pa. — The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum has received a $100,000 state grant to be used for outdoor upgrades at the facility, the Reading Eagle reports. The funds will be used to buy ties for the construction of tracks into the museum’s recently completed railcar protection building; materials for construction of a small replica […]
Product news Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of January 13, 2022. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD45-2 diesel locomotive. Atchison, […]
All through January 2022, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history and heritage of the Norfolk & Western. Please enjoy this photo gallery of Norfolk & Western passenger trains selected from the image files in Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library. This gallery was first published in October 2019. […]
