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El Paso, Colo., county board voices opposition to passenger rail district Officials in Colorado’s El Paso County, which includes Colorado Springs, have indicated their opposition to a proposed Front Range Rail Passenger District, expressing concern that taxes raised by the district could be better used to fix local roads or could be spent elsewhere in […]
Customs and Border Protection to introduce new rail cargo scanners at 12 key border crossings The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has announced a $46 million program to install new technology to inspect rail cargo at a dozen sites around the U.S. The new high energy scanners will us linear accelerators to generate X-rays […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. rail freight traffic continues to far outpace 2020 levels, when traffic was depressed by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and remains stable by week-to-week measures in 2021. Statistics from the Association of American Railroads for the week ending May 8 show U.S. railroads moved 236,019 carloads, a 27.6% increase over […]
Twin Cities Zephyr Led by 1936 power unit 9905 Zephyrus, the Burlington’s Twin Cities Zephyr swings into the downtown La Crosse, Wis., depot circa 1939. Slow street running was an obstacle in the speed war with rivals Chicago & North Western and Milwaukee Road. Elden H. Hunter photo […]
The Canadian is out and it’s roaming the Canadian Canyons layout in the Model Railroader workshop! See Rapido Trains’ all new streamliner is here and Cody Grivno and Eric White take a look at the 10-car set and the add-on sets. […]
The Canadian is out and it’s roaming the Canadian Canyons layout in the Model Railroader workshop! See Rapido Trains’ all new streamliner is here and Cody Grivno and Eric White take a look at the 10-car set and the add-on sets. […]
ScaleTrains.com recently sent us a sample of the N scale Union Pacific gas turbine locomotive. Check out the details and sounds on this exciting model! […]
ScaleTrains.com recently sent us a sample of the N scale Union Pacific gas turbine locomotive. Check out the details and sounds on this exciting model! […]
Indiana Harbor Belt has unveiled a new Salute to Veterans locomotive. Recently acquired GP38-2 No. 3800 wears an employee-designed paint scheme. It is shown on May 10 in Hammond, Ind. — Michael Miller […]
CSX acquires Quality Carriers, North America’s largest bulk chemical trucking firm CSX Corp. will acquire Quality Carriers, North America’s largest truck transporter of bulk liquid chemicals, in a deal announced Wednesday morning. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Quality Carriers operates a truck fleet with about 2,500 drivers and has a network of more […]
CHICAGO — Canadian National has announced it intends to beef up what is currently a meandering, unsignaled 40-mph ex-Gulf, Mobile & Ohio branch to connect with Kansas City Southern’s main line to the Gulf Coast. And if Canadian Pacific gets KCS, it expects to direct Mexican supply chain business to and from Western Canada through […]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Friends of the 261 has unveiled a new “retro” paint scheme for Milwaukee Road E9A 32A. The E unit, acquired by the Friends in 2019, is painted orange and maroon to fit with the majority of the Friends passenger fleet. Since Milwaukee Road E9s were only painted Union Pacific yellow, the group […]
