Metra CEO Jim Derwinski CHICAGO — Metra is promising no fare increases in 2020 while outlining plans to spend $2.6 billion over the next five years to address capital needs. The spending plan includes purchasing and refurbishing locomotives and coaches and upgrading bridges and stations. The announcement by the commuter rail agency Wednesday came as […]
Burlington Northern GP9 No. 1868, formerly Northern Pacific No. 245, is at Staples, Minn., on Sept. 4, 1989. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is acquiring a high-hood former Northern Pacific GP9 in trade for a former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range diesel. Independent Locomotive Service GP9 No. 1382, at the […]
Cleaner stations, homeless issues, and fare evasions are among the issues New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants addressed as priorities in the MTA’s 2020-24 capital plan. Here, a Bronx-bound No. 2 train stops at West 96th Street in Manhattan. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — With a strongly worded letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New […]
DENVER — OmniTRAX has completed its acquisition of the Winchester & Western Railroad, the company announced in a press release. The purchase of the 101-year-old short line, which operates approximately 100 route-miles in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey, was announced in July. [See “OmniTrax to acquire Winchester & Western,” Trains News Wire, July […]
Central Maine & Quebec train No. 2 heads east near Long Pond, Maine, in November 2017. Justin Franz LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec – The Canadian government has ordered the Central Maine & Quebec Railway to make repairs to its rail line between Farnham and Lac-Mégantic after an inspection revealed numerous track issues. CM&Q took over the rail […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has reversed itself on charging penalties to truckers for cancellations and no-shows for reserved intermodal slots. The controversial charges were part of the July rollout of UP’s Intermodal Terminal Reservations System. Cancellations of intermodal reservations later than 24 hours before gate cutoff brought a $25 fee; no-shows resulted in a […]
The scene at Dupo on Tuesday afternoon after crews knocked down the flames. Steve Smedley DUPO, Ill. – A Union Pacific freight train has derailed in Dupo on Tuesday, resulting in a fire. The incident happened in the southeast suburb of St. Louis, Mo., south of East St. Louis. According to the railroad, around 12:45 […]
Greenbrier LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. – The Greenbrier Cos. Inc. has introduced a new covered hopper designed for grain service. It introduces the “Tsunami Gate,” a state-of-the-art door and hatch system that enables shippers to customize the discharge speed of grain. The railcar has a capacity of 5,185 cubic feet and a 50-foot, 6-inch length that […]
An inbound Metra Milwaukee West train departs National Street station in Elgin. Metra will run a bus bridge from the National Street and Elgin stations on Saturday as it places a new bridge in service. TRAINS: David Lassen ELGIN, Ill. — Metra will move service on its Milwaukee District West line onto a new bridge […]
MONTREAL — With the approaching two-year closure of the Mount Royal tunnel, a key commuter rail route, Montreal transit and traffic planners are making plans to offset the resulting issues and warning commuters to do the same. On Monday, they announced free transit in an effort to minimize the number of displaced rail commuters who […]
Nevada Northern 4-6–0 No. 40 will star in a Trains-sponsored photo charter before its 1,472-day inspection is due. NNRY Museum EAST ELY, Nev. — Trains magazine and the Nevada Northern Railway Museum announce the “Farewell 40!” photo charter event March 7-8, 2020, featuring one of North America’s most handsome Ten-Wheeler steam locomotives before it goes […]
PRR sleeper Philadelphia County is up for auction. Ozark Mountain Railcar Painted in Monon colors, this Milwaukee Road F7 is up for auction. Ozark Mountain Railcar NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — The auction for several pieces of rolling stock left behind by the Indiana Transportation Museum at its former home is underway, but no bids have been […]
