WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board will appoint a mediator to resolve differences in long-simmering operating agreement negotiations between Amtrak and Canadian National. The agency’s decision, released late last week, provides a rare glimpse inside a document which governs on time performance measurement, financial incentives, and penalties. Amtrak and its hosts generally keep contract details […]
The scene north of Carey, Ohio, after two CSX trains collided early Monday morning. Scott Jordan CAREY, Ohio – Two CSX Transportation trains have collided north of Carey, Ohio, on Monday, injuring one person, WTVG-TV reports. The incident occurred near the north end of double track, at County Road 3. The line is CSX’s Columbus […]
One of the best known private cars of the late 20th century, the former Amtrak office car 10000, which was used by the passenger railroad’s presidents, is for sale. Railroad equipment brokerage firm Ozark Mountain Railcar has listed the car for sale from an unidentified private owner. The 65-year-old Wabash-built office is listed for $40,000. […]
SEATTLE — Seattle’s financially-troubled on-again, off-again Center City Connector streetcar project appears to be on again. The Seattle Department of Transportation has asked the City Council for $9 million for additional design and engineering work on the mile-long line through downtown that would link two operating streetcar lines. Mayor Jenny Durkan suspended work on the […]
A Susquehanna Hose Co. fire boat sprays water on a rail bridge spanning the Susquehanna River on Friday, Aug. 9. Susquehanna Hose Co., via Facebook BALTIMORE — Rail service has reportedly returned to normal after fire crews battled and extinguished a bridge fire over the Susquehanna River on Friday. The Susquehanna Hose Co. of Havre […]
New River Train power passes private varnish during its runaround move in Hinton, W.Va., on Oct. 28, 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — As the Autumn Colors Express rolls through southern West Virginia in late October 2019, the train’s consist will largely resemble the previous New River Train, however a few stark differences may pique […]
Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 for Big Boy 4014’s Southern California excursion. Trains: Jim Wrinn WEST COLTON, Calif. — Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 for two one-way excursions across famed Cajon Pass Oct. 12 and 13 with Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014. The Rail Giants Museum said Friday in a posting on […]
Greg Squires Canadian Pacific website Tracy L. Miller Canadian Pacific website CALGARY, Alberta — Mark Redd will succeed Robert Johnson as Canadian Pacific’s executive vice president in charge of operations next month, the railway announced this week as part of broader changes to its operating team. Johnson, a BNSF Railway veteran who joined CP in […]
CSX Transportation, from a service advisory NEW YORK CITY — Canadian National and CSX Transportation will launch joint intermodal service this fall linking Toronto and Montreal with New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. The service, announced on Thursday and set to begin in October, is unusual because it’s a short haul for both railroads, which […]
CHARBON, Australia — The Southern Shorthaul Railway has begun moving unit trains of water between two coal mines in the western region of New South Wales to keep one mine from shutting down and saving 140 jobs. The area is suffering from a prolonged drought, and government officials are watching the trains, with the thought […]
Trains editors talk about all the rail news that’s fit to publish for the week of Aug. 9, 2019. This week, editors discuss steam locomotives, the last runs of Illinois F-units, and a new intermodal team-up between CSX Transportation and CN. […]
Photographers and videographers boarded a special Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad photographer’s excursion train in Antonito, Colo., on Aug. 3. The train with 56 participants made the 64-mile trip to Chama, N.M., in a vintage consist led by Denver & Rio Grande Western 2-8-0 No. 315. The consist was made up of D&RG boxcars Nos. […]
