An express New York City Transit F train speeds through the Smith/9th Street Station, the highest on the subway system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reports that the subway system had an on-time performance rate over 80 percent in October, the fifth straight month reaching that figure. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Subway on-time performance continues […]
The F units lead an office car train at Harrisburg, Pa., prior to their renumbering. Dan Cupper ALTOONA, Pa. – Norfolk Southern has put its A-B-B-A set of executive F unit locomotives up for auction, according to an assets-disposition bidding sheet distributed on Nov. 6 and obtained by Trains News Wire. Regularly assigned to NS’s […]
PLANO, Ill. — Two Kendall County communities will host open-house meetings on possible extension of Metra’s BNSF line beyond Aurora, Ill., into the county. Plano will hold a meeting on Dec. 2 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Plano Community Library; the next night, there will be a meeting at the Oswego Village […]
Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26 will be known as ‘Rover’ for the 2020 operating season. National Park Service Left to right: Supervisory Ranger John Mucha, Harlee Straut, Superintendent Cherie Shepherd, Gracee Straut, Ron Comunale, Trainmaster Will Sturdevant, Brian Wowak, and Jerry Dziedzic National Park Service SCRANTON, Pa. – Steamtown National Historic Site is pleased to […]
FULL SCREEN Photo by Bryan Bechtold Runner-up: To appreciate the daunting task of the transcontinental railroad builders, you need only go west to Wyoming. The modern Union Pacific Railroad remains tested by the same vast landscape that challenged the pioneers. In a scene repeated for 150 years, a manifest train climbs out of Rock River, […]
CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific has unveiled five SD70ACU locomotives honoring Canada’s armed forces. The railroad is also releasing 10 locomotives of the same model in its classic maroon-and-gray paint scheme, five with block lettering and five with script lettering. Trains News Wire is awaiting additional information from the railroad. Wow. What a gesture by […]
An artist’s conception of the Carbondale multimodal station, which has received a $14 million federal grant. City of Carbondale CARBONDALE, Ill. — The city of Carbondale has received a $14 million federal grant to build a new transportation center to replace its current Amtrak station. The facility, the Southern Illinois Multi-Modal Station, will be served […]
This map shows, highlighted in orange, the area where protests shut down Kansas City Southern de Mexico on Friday. The railroad invoked Force Majeure as a result of the protests, the fifth this year to shut down operations to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY – As a result of another […]
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 […]
On Nov. 9, Kalmbach Media editors streamed three live videos from Trainfest at Wisconsin State Fair Park. This is a recorded version of the first of those three episodes. If you enjoy what you see, send a note to NewsWire@TrainsMag.com and let us know if we should do this again. […]
