A CN unit oil train travels Wisconsin’s Byron Hill in July 2019. CN has lowered its earning estimate and is reducing its locomotive fleet as it moves less industrial traffic, including energy shipments. MONTREAL — Canadian National’s revenue and profits grew in the third quarter but the railway on Tuesday lowered its outlook for the […]
Denver & Rio Grande No. 168 returns to Antonito, Colo., after its celebratory run to Lava Tank. Thomas Scalf Engineer Max Casias, C&TS President John Bush, Fireman Carlos Llamas, and Director of Special Projects Stathi Pappas toast to the success of No. 168’s restoration. Thomas Scalf ANTONITO, Colo. — After four years of restoration work […]
No. 3713’s firebox is attached to the boiler in the Steamtown shop on Oct. 9. Brian Schmidt SCRANTON, Pa. – The restoration of Boston & Maine 4-6-2 No. 3713 took a major leap forward this month with the arrival of a brand new firebox. On Oct. 17, Steamtown National Historic Site took delivery of a […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will spend $33 million to renovate 20 commuter coaches, returning the cars to service to provide additional capacity until new equipment arrives. In a separate development, the MBTA’s contract commuter operator, Keolis Commuter Services, announced the temporary closure of a station for emergency repairs. The State House News Service […]
NS C44-9W No. 9732 leads empty grain train W49 at Selma, N.C., in March 2019. Michael S. Murray NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk Southern on Wednesday reported lower third quarter profits and revenue amid broad traffic declines. The railroad’s operating income fell 2%, to $996 million, as revenue declined 4%, to $2.84 billion. Earnings per share […]
New Mexico U.S. Senate Candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver speaks of the importance of rail transportation and the influence of train travel in her life growing up. Thomas Scalf LAMY, N.M. — The New Mexico Rail Passengers Coalition held a rally at the old depot in Lamy, N.M. to Save the Southwest Chief. Fifty people gathered in […]
Soo Line 4-6-2 No. 2719 pulls a special mixed train on the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s North Shore Scenic Railroad at Knife River, Minn. on Sept. 8, 2011. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – After years of negotiations between the City of Eau Claire, Wis., and Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad Museum, an agreement has been reached […]
This button was created by a group opposing a Canadian National plan to double track a portion of the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Richard Wronski HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — A suburb northwest of Chicago has gone on record opposing Canadian National’s plan to double track a portion of the former […]
A Metro-North New Haven-bound express train with Kawasaki M-8 railcars emerges from the tunnel leading to Grand Central Terminal. PTC transponder installation problems with the M-8 cars are among the issues that could keep Metro-North and the Long Island Rail Road from meeting the deadline for PTC implementation. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan […]
The Washington Park & Zoo Railway, shown in June 2017, could gain national historic status. The half-mile, 2.5-foot gauge railroad features a 5/8 scale replica of GM’s Aerotrain. Scott A. Hartley PORTLAND, Ore. — A zoo railroad in Oregon could soon be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On Oct. 18, the State […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Virginia Railway Express will modify its pass program, offering seven- and 31-day passes while phasing out its current five-day pass and limiting sales availability of its monthly pass to paper-ticket sales only. Prices for the new passes will be the same as the current five-day and monthly passes, with the 31-day pass […]
WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway will be able to continue testing unmanned geometry cars in the Powder River Basin after a federal appeals court shot down a petition from one of the nation’s largest maintenance-of-way employee unions. On Oct. 11, federal appeals court judges in Washington D.C. ruled against a lawsuit filed by the Brotherhood of Maintenance […]
