LARKSPUR, Calif. — Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit will extend service to Larkspur, providing a connection to ferries to San Francisco, by mid-December, the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports. The 2-mile extension will be the first addition to SMART service since the commuter rail line began operation in 2017. Service will also begin to a new Novato […]
No. 4001 is at Metro East Industries in East St. Louis, Ill., on Nov. 20. Mark Mautner EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Metro East Industries has released the first Terminal Railroad Association “comfort cab” locomotive from its paint booth. No. 4001 is a one of two SD60I units the railroad has acquired from Metro East. […]
Bea and Bob Lorenz visit Nickel Plate Road No. 765 in New Haven, Ind. Bob grew up and lived in Fremont, Ohio, on the Nickel Plate. Ellen Gatrell FREMONT, Ohio – It’s not a brash claim to say that no railroad artist or designer has ever reached as large an audience as Robert “Bob” H. […]
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A state appeals court has ruled that seven insurance companies have to pay to repair NJ Transit equipment damaged by flooding from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a ruling that could be worth $400 million to the transit agency. NJ.com reports that the decision upheld a 2017 court ruling that the transit […]
Central Maine & Quebec’s Job 1 rolls west at Magog, Quebec, with AC44CWs, Nos. 1002 and 1006, and GP38-3 No. 3812 in June 2018. Frank Jolin MONTREAL – Canadian Pacific is acquiring the Central Maine & Quebec Railway for $130 million. The acquisition of the 481-mile short line connecting Quebec with northern New England — […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Nov. 16, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 501,249 carloads and intermodal units, down 8.4% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending Nov. 16 were […]
A Denver RTD light rail train approaches the University of Denver station in September 2018. The light rail system continues to be plagued by a shortage of operators. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — The Regional Transportation District cancelled at least 100 light-rail trips on Monday as part of an ongoing operator shortage, the Denver Post […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced significant plans to advance highway-rail grade crossing safety this week. The announcement comes as the Federal Railroad Administration hosted a grade-crossing safety summit, with remarks from FRA Administrator Ron Batory, Acting Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Steve Bradbury, and Federal Highway Administration Deputy Administrator […]
BOSTON — The board overseeing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has approved work on the next phases of a project to double-track its Franklin Line commuter-rail route. At Monday’s meeting, the Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a $30 million contract for second-phase work and third-phase preliminary design work. The contract went to commuter rail […]
Montana Rail Link president Stacy Posey has stepped down after just 11 months as head of the regional railroad. Justin Franz MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Rail Link President Stacy Posey has resigned after less than 11 months on the job. On Wednesday, MRL announced Posey was leaving for “personal reasons” and had been replaced by […]
MONTREAL — Political pressure is building as a strike against the Canadian National Railway enters its second day. More than 3,000 CN conductors, train persons, and yard workers walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday after the railroad and its largest union, the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference, failed to forge a […]
Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — The Trump Administration’s trade battle with China has gone too far and will do serious damage to the U.S. economy the longer tariffs remain in place, Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz says. About 40% of UP’s traffic originates or terminates outside the U.S., so trade […]
