A BNSF Railway intermodal train heads east through Lisle, Ill., in June 2019. Continuing escalation of the U.S.-China trade war puts more forms of rail cargo at risk. TRAINS: David Lassen WASHINGTON — Large-volume customers that U.S. and Canadian railroads count on are increasingly being hit by the escalating China trade war. Agriculture and automobiles are […]
RTA’s Canal Street streetcar route, restored to service 40 years after it was shut down in 1964, is a busy line, carrying tourists and residents through New Orleans’ central business district. The red replica streetcars, seen Aug. 12, 2019, were constructed by RTA. Scott A. Hartley NEW ORLEANS – The historic St. Charles Line streetcar […]
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific to restore and maintain five-day per week service to a company that provides water-treatment chemicals to municipalities throughout Southern California. Hasa, which makes and distributes water sanitation chemicals such as sodium hypochlorite and hydrochloric acid, last week sought an emergency service order from the Surface Transportation Board […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Starting Friday, Aug. 30, Amtrak will be extending New Haven, Conn.-Springfield, Mass., shuttles 40 miles north to and from Greenfield, Mass. The service is part of a two-year pilot program to test demand for expanded rush-hour service connecting with Northeast Corridor trains. Two weekday round trips — morning southbound and evening northbound […]
Just last week the 56-inch drivers went back into No. 1309’s front engine. Now the project has stopped for lack of money. Tishia Boggs RIDGELEY, W.Va. — Work on Western Maryland 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 has come to a halt as funding for the project has run out once more. Work stopped after the Diversified Rail […]
An Alaska Railroad freight makes it way through Healy Canyon, near Garner., where a retaining wall failed Aug. 17. The wall is just south of the bridge, five cars ahead of the distributed power, near the center of the photograph. Frank Keller ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Summer 2019 has been unusual for Alaska with record breaking […]
Passengers line up to board southbound City of New Orleans coaches at Jackson, Miss., on Dec. 8, 2018. The train has not operated south of Jackson regularly since last winter. NEW ORLEANS — Amtrak announced a “buy one, get one” fare deal this week after the City of New Orleans again started serving its namesake […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — BNSF Railway has filed suit to block an Oklahoma law which allows fines for railroads blocking grade crossings for more than 10 minutes. The Oklahoman reports the suit filed Thursday in federal court in Oklahoma City seeks to establish that, as interstate commerce, railroad operations are governed by federal agencies. The suit specifically […]
ALDERSHOT, England — The first solar farm to directly power a rail line is scheduled to go on line today in Britain. About 100 solar panels at the facility near Aldershot in Northeast England will directly power signals and lights on Network Rail’s Wessex line, the Guardian reports. The solar farm will generate 30 kilowatts, […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Twenty-seven people were injured Thursday night when two Sacramento Regional Transit light-rail trains collided, the Sacramento Bee reports. Thirteen of those were transported to area hospitals. Two of the injuries were described as moderate, and none were considered life-threatening. The accident occurred in North Sacramento in an isolated area near Roseville Road, […]
Chisago City, Minn. — It’s taken a year, but Soo Line 2-8-0 No. 2425 finally made the move from Ironhorse Railroad Park in Minnesota to its new home at the Mineral Range Railroad in Ishpeming, Mich. After its retirement in January 1955, No. 2425 was donated to the city of Enderlin, N.D., and put on […]
A loaded D&I Railroad rock train heads south over South Dakota-owned track at Fairview, S.D. on Nov. 4, 2016. The state plans to sell its rail lines. Steve Glischinski PIERRE, S.D. — The state of South Dakota is getting out of the railroad business. The South Dakota Railroad Board announced this week it will be […]
