SEATTLE — Bill Gates: Software mogul or railroad tycoon? Gates is best known for being the co-founder of Microsoft, a founding father of the personal-computing era, his current career as a philanthropist, and his status as one of the richest people on the planet. He’s also an investor in railroad stocks. Cascade Investment LLC, the […]
WALTON, Kan. — BNSF Railway trains are moving over a Kansas main line again less than two days after high winds toppled 145 freight cars on the plains. A BNSF Railway representative tells Trains that no injuries were reported after high winds knocked over 93 empty tank cars parked on a siding near Walton, and […]
WASHINGTON — Brookfield Asset Management has urged federal regulators to quickly lift the indefinite hold they have placed on its proposed $8.4-billion acquisition of Genesee & Wyoming. Brookfield, in an Aug. 16 letter to the board made public on the agency’s website today, wrote that the hold creates unnecessary regulatory uncertainty, raises costs, and complicates […]
Norfolk & Western No. 611 sits at Buena Vista, Va., this morning on its trip to Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road. Kevin Gilliam BUENEA VISTA, Va. — Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 has begun its trek to Pennsylvania, but its northbound run through the Shenandoah Valley is going less than smooth thanks to a freight […]
ALTOONA, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s legislature will hold a hearing on the possibility of increasing train service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Aug. 28 hearing by the state house of representatives transportation committee’s subcommittee on railroads will be held at the Altona Railroaders Memorial Museum. It is scheduled for a 3 p.m. start. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota State University study says it would be feasible to convert BNSF Railway’s Bismarck-Mandan bridge into a pedestrian crossing of the Missouri River, but such a conversion would be expensive. The study by the university’s Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture places the costs of the conversion of the bridge […]
Cosmetic restoration efforts are ongoing on the Boones Mill, Va. freight and passenger station in central Virginia. Mike Smith Passengers board a N&W passenger train in this historic photo of the Boones Mill, Va. depot. Town of Boones Mill collection BOONES MILL, Va. — A depot dating back a century-and-a-quarter in south-central Virginia could reopen […]
SEATTLE — A steam locomotive that worked for years in the Pacific Northwest is headed home after a vacation in Arizona. Former Northern Pacific No. 1762 and Spokane, Portland & Seattle No. 539, a 2-8-2 Mikado built in 1917, has been acquired by the Port of Kalama, located along the Columbia River near Longview Wash. […]
New York-bound ‘Acela Express’ train No. 2104 hurtles through Princeton Junction, N.J., on April 25, 2019. The discounted $87 Washington-New York September fare is available for Sept. 13 on this train but not on eight of 15 other ‘Acelas’ running that day. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON – Beginning today through Aug. 17, Amtrak is offering a […]
THE coal train that Kentucky coal miners have prevented from leaving the mine until they are paid back wages. Chris Anderson Coal miners are physically blocking a CSX Transportation branch leading to a Kentucky coal mine. Miners claim they are owed back wages of as much as $4,000 each. Chris Anderson CUMBERLAND, Ky. — The […]
North American intermodal volumes are expected to remain in the doldrums for the rest of the year amid a complicated brew of factors that will keep railroading’s growth engine stuck in low gear. That’s the view of a trio of TTX intermodal experts, who shared their outlooks during an Intermodal Association of North America webcast […]
Trains editors discuss the rail news that’s fit to publish. This week, editors talk about Alcos, Canadian National’s Alabama short line, and Amtrak food. Only from Trains! […]
