An inbound Metra BNSF train arrives at Lisle, Ill., on Nov. 8, 2019. Metra will install security cameras on 400 to 700 of its passenger cars as a result of a contract approved Friday. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra’s board of directors has approved a $15.5-million contract to purchase and install security cameras inside […]
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. – Roadrunner Transportation Systems has sold its intermodal business to Universal Logistics Holdings for $51 million in cash. A soft intermodal market, effects of Hurricane Dorian, and a malware attack were reasons for the sale, Michael Gettle, Roadrunner’s chief operating officer, told an investors’ conference call. Roadrunner has provided drayage services between […]
LOS ANGELES — Competition from other ports, U.S. trade policies, and local dray moves are causing intermodal traffic declines that undercut the financial stability of the multi-track Alameda Corridor serving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Opened in 2002, the Alameda Corridor routes Union Pacific and BNSF Railway trains away from the ports […]
Debris from three trains is visible after a westbound Norfolk Southern train of empy oil tank cars rear-ended an intermodal train in Pennsylvania on Friday, sending cars into an eastbound intermodal train on an adjacent track. LUXOR, Pa. — Service was scheduled to be restored on Norfolk Southern’s main line between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, Pa., […]
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Surface Transportation Board, which regulates the nation’s rail industry, ought to make competition among the railroads its “guiding light,” according to one of the board’s newest members, who also believes shippers “have very little bargaining power” with freight haulers. And while Class I railroads easily garner the nation’s attention, the importance […]
Eastbound train No. 162, left, meets Acela Express No. 2253 at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme, Conn., in March 2015. Amtrak hopes to add a fourth service level in 2021 when additional Acela equipment is available. Robert A. LaMay WASHINGTON – Amtrak announced another ridership record in Fiscal Year 2019, providing 32.5 million […]
MONTREAL – Bombardier will supply three extra train sets at additional no charge for a Swiss Federal Railways order inked in 2010. Officials expect to complete the order in mid-2021 after delivering the first vehicles in 2018. In the past year, Bombardier has resolved technical issues with the trains that limited their reliability, the Montreal […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Bus riders in the Iowa City area are being asked for their opinion on a possible commuter rail line, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. Riders traveling to and from the University of Iowa on three bus lines serving the campus will be asked to voluntarily take part in surveys conducted by Kansas […]
OTTAWA, Ontario – Public officials in the Canadian capital are upset with the performance of the city’s new Confederation Line light rail operation, which is provided by Rideau Transit Group. Official plan to withhold monthly maintenance payments of up to $4.5 million a month until performance improves. “They have failed the city and its residents,” […]
St. Croix Valley No. 1363 works at the Titan Lansing sand plant in North Branch, Minn., on Oct. 8, 2019. Steve Glischinski CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. – Take a look along railroad lines in western Wisconsin, and you’ll find evidence of the frac sand boom that’s meant good times for railroads. BNSF Railway serves a plant […]
These maps show options for LA Metro’s proposed Sepulveda Corridor line between the San Fernando Valley and LA’s Westside. The first three options are for heavy rail; the one at far right is for a monorail. LA Metro A rendering depicts a monorail paralleling Interstate 405 through Sepulveda Pass, one of four transit options under […]
Work on a replacement station had already begun in this November 2018 view of the Metra station in Cary, Ill., which dated to 1942. A new Cary station opened this week. TRAINS: David Lassen Several Metra station locations have been in the news this week. A roundup: — A new station has opened in Cary, […]
