Jim Stoddard, of Stoddard’s LTD Co., shows of a piece off lighted locomotive art with Digital Editor Steve Sweeney at Trainfest 2019. MRVP WAUKESHA, Wis. – Kalmbach Media is reinstating a tradition that began in the 2000s. On Friday, Nov. 22, modelers, railfans, and train lovers are invited to take their trains to work to […]
Trains editors regularly share with you rail news that is fit to publish (and comment on!) This week, Brian and Steve talk about Amtrak’s Coca Cola locomotive, Joe Biden’s push for a rail revival, and more. Only from Trains! […]
A new Acela trainset at Alstom’s Hornell, N.Y., shops. Amtrak HORNELL, N.Y. — Amtrak released a new photo today of a prototype high speed trainset being built in upstate New York. France’s Alstom is building the new Acela trainsets at its Hornell shops. The passenger sets with power cars are expected to enter service on […]
Former South African Railway NG-16 No. 129 made its first run on the puffing Billy Railway in Australia on Nov. 11, following an extensive overhaul that included re-gauging from 24-inch to 30-inch. Puffing Billy Railway: Russ Hicks BELGRAVE, Australia – Twenty-three years after it arrived at the Puffing Billy Railway, former South African Railways Beyer-Garratt […]
BOSTON — Boston-area government leaders are calling for a 15-cent increase in Massachusetts’ gas tax to help fund transit and roadway projects. The State House News Service reports that Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, along with members of the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition, the North Shore Coalition, and the Commuter Rail Communities Coalition, have called on Massachusetts […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Canadian National is more focused on growing with its customers than railroads that are currently implementing Precision Scheduled Railroading, a shipper noted at an investor conference this week. How did CN transition from an emphasis on profit margins, he asked, to one of growth? “We are, as you say, the pioneers of […]
Former Clinchfield Railroad car 100 brings up the rear of southbound CSX manifest Q693 as it passes by the former Clinchfield offices in Erwin, Tenn., while en route to Jacksonville to be prepped for this year’s Santa Train. Mike Tilley JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – New life has been breathed into a famed former Clinchfield Railroad […]
Jim Foote, CSX Corp. CEO CSX Corp. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dramatic improvements in service reliability will enable CSX Transportation to grow faster than the overall economy over the long term, CEO Jim Foote told an investor conference this week. That would be an accomplishment: Since 2011, CSX’s overall traffic volume has been flat while the […]
A passenger on Amtrak Cascades train No. 501 has been awarded $4.5 million from a jury after being injured in the 2017 wreck. Steve Carter TACOMA, Wash. — A jury in Washington has awarded a woman $4.5 million nearly two years after she was injured in the derailment of an Amtrak Cascades train as it […]
The Village of New Lenox, Ill., has awarded a contract to build a new Metra station, replacing one closed and moved in 2018. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW LENOX, Ill. — The Village of New Lenox has approved an $8.6 million bid to build a new Metra station. John Burns Construction Co., which had the lowest […]
A rendering of the hydrogen-powered train Stadler will build for use in Southern California. It will be the first hydrogen-powered passenger trainset in the U.S. Stadler SALT LAKE CITY — Swiss manufacturer Stadler has signed a contract with the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Transportation Authority to build the first hydrogen-powered trains for use in the […]
Afternoon rush-hour trains await passengers at NJ Transit’s Hoboken Terminal. The station hosted the first of a series of hearings into NJ Transit issues by a group of state legislators on Wednesday. Ralph Spielman HOBOKEN, N.J. — At a jammed two-hour meeting Wednesday, vexed NJ Transit commuters told a committee chaired by State Senate leader […]
