JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has introduced its Responder Incident Training train, which will offer hazardous material training for first responders across its 23-state rail network. “CSX is excited to roll out our own customized fleet of rail training cars to educate emergency responders and government officials on how to safely respond to railroad emergencies,” Chris […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern will use rail logistics platform Commtrex to improve the visibility and connectivity of its network of more than 100 transload facilities in 19 U.S. and Mexican states. The agreement announced Monday joins the railroad’s transload network with a platform that allows shippers to find transload centers by location, […]
James Whitcomb Riley Amtrak E units recall past glories as they prepare to depart Indianapolis Union Station with the Chicago-bound James Whitcomb Riley in mid-1974. J. David Ingles photo […]
Ready for a long-awaited return to Toy Train Mecca – otherwise known as the Eastern Division TCA York Train Meet in York, PA? Even if you can’t make it to the York Fairgrounds for the October 21-23, 2021, O and S gauge event, you’ll appreciate a glimpse at the fun enjoyed by Kent and Carl […]
Ready for a long-awaited return to Toy Train Mecca – otherwise known as the Eastern Division TCA York Train Meet in York, PA? Even if you can’t make it to the York Fairgrounds for the October 21-23, 2021, O and S gauge event, you’ll appreciate a glimpse at the fun enjoyed by Kent and Carl […]
All through October 2021, the Reading Company is Classic Trains‘ Railroad of the Month! In this photo gallery, please enjoy images of Reading passenger trains selected from the archives of the David P. Morgan Library at Kalmbach Media! This photo gallery had previously been published in June 2020. Only from Trains.com! […]
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Product news Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of October 14, 2021. HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP38-2 diesel locomotive. CSX […]
SALTILLO, Pa. – The Friends of the East Broad Top, an auxiliary group whose membership has exploded since the rebirth of the narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad starting in 2020, announced over the weekend that it is moving forward to help the railroad’s owner, the EBT Foundation, reopen its main line south 20 miles […]
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ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – East Broad Top Railroad staff and volunteers went the extra mile – literally – to fully reopen the company’s line from here to its tourist-era (1961-2011) wye and picnic area at Colgate Grove, just in time for this past weekend’s Friends of The East Broad Top annual reunion. Since 2020, when […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s fiscal 2021 results saw ticket revenue and ridership both off 63% from 2019, the last year when the October-September fiscal calendar was not impacted by COVID-19 travel restrictions and massive service cuts. Long-distance trains, however, suffered less of a setback than state-supported and Northeast Corridor operations. For the fiscal year ending Sept. […]
