WASHINGTON — Amtrak has informed federal, state and local officials along the route of the daily Southwest Chief that, with the enactment of the recent full-year funding bill by Congress, it will provide matching funds to enable a federal grant to be awarded for safety and reliability upgrades on the train’s route in Kansas, Colorado, […]
At least 25 people are reported dead after this locomotive rammed into a bumper post at high speed, setting off a fire in Cairo’s main train station. Associated Press/Nariman El-Mofty CAIRO — At least 25 people have been killed and 50 injured in a fire at Cairo’s main train station, which ignited after after a […]
Big Boy 4014 near Green River, Wyo., on its way to restoration in 2014. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. — Fans of Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014, eager to make travel plans for the engine’s debut trip from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Ogden, Utah, in May, will have to wait a bit longer for […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — BNSF Railway’s bridge across the Columbia River was reopened about 5:30 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, after a late-morning fire closed the bridge to all traffic, TV station KOIN reports. The Oregonian newspaper quoted a Portland Fire & Rescue spokesman as saying the fire was started by workers using acetylene torches on […]
Bill Stephens/ Class I railroad data Bill Stephens/ Class I railroad data The Class I railroad average operating ratio rose slightly in 2018 — the first increase in a decade — as congestion-related costs and an accounting rules change pushed the closely watched efficiency metric up at four of the seven big systems. CSX Transportation […]
Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel Canadian Pacific MIAMI — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel is cheering the industry’s embrace of the Precision Scheduled Railroad operating model touted by his mentor, the late E. Hunter Harrison. “I want them all to do it … I think it’s the right way to run the business,” Creel told […]
Clinchfield No. 800 pulls a Royal Palm Railway Experience train to Mount Dora in January 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn MOUNT DORA, Fla. — What’s good for one railroad may not necessarily be good for another, and a tourist railroad in Florida will have to cope with that reality this spring. The Royal Palm Railway Experience, […]
NEW YORK – Commuter railroads are looking to Albany for help with expenses following grade crossing incidents. That includes a fatal grade crossing strike and subsequent derailment involving two trains in Westbury, in Nassau County on Long Island, on Tuesday evening. “Costs that should be borne by others are being borne by us currently,” Long […]
Steam on the Underground in 2013 – Metropolitan Railway No. 1 next to a brand new Underground train at Moorgate station. Keith Fender LONDON — Transit agency Transport for London has announced plans to commemorate 150 years of the city’s District Line subway route by running steam hauled trains on part of the system June […]
Western Maryland’s rebuild of C&O 1309 is in the final few months of work. Trains collection CUMBERLAND, Md. — Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s contractor on the restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 on Wednesday laid out a timetable that leads to the engine’s debut for the long July 4 weekend. Gary Bensman in […]
The 2017 ‘New River Train’ rolls west through Thurmond, W.Va., on Oct. 28, 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Amtrak has been in discussions with the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society during the past year and viewed the New River Train’s potential charter as a positive business relationship. “Amtrak was in discussions with Collis […]
C&O 2716 should be relocated to its new home this summer. Trains: Jim Wrinn RAVENNA, Ky. — A $50,000 donation will push forward plans for the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.’s rail heritage center in Eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Steam announced Tuesday the donation from the Anna B. Milburn Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, an arm of Kentucky-based […]
