Two of Central Maine & Quebec’s repainted GP38-2s lead the local freight eastbound at Sherbrooke, Quebec, on Sept. 24, 2018. A Canadian Pacific filing with the Surface Transportation Board has outlined the railroad’s plan for the short line once its purchase of the CM&Q is approved. Scott A. Hartley BANGOR, Maine — The Canadian Pacific […]
CHICAGO — The family of a Chicago police officer killed when struck by a train while pursuing a suspect last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against parties including Metra and the South Shore Line. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the family of officer Eduardo Marmolejo filed the suit over the Dec. 17, 2018, […]
Displaying its original British Rail paint scheme is this HST, at Peterborough on the East Coast route in August 1984. Keith Fender In its final livery – for the new London North Eastern Railway franchise — a London Kings Cross-to-Aberdeen HST heads north near Stonehaven, Scotland, on Aug. 17, 2019. The trains are about to […]
New York F Train riders await an approaching Queens-bound train at 23rd Street. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has passed its 2020 budget, including a provision to hire 500 new police officers. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — While a provision for the hiring of police officers led to a split vote, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 14, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 520,589 carloads and intermodal units, down 8.5% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending Dec. 14 were […]
UP 4014 on display in West Chicago in July. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. — How many people saw Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 run in 2019? That is a question whose answer we’ll never know with full certainty, but estimates are coming in. UP says it counted 115,000 visitors who went through its […]
WASHINGTON — Dedicated money from highway tolls could help fund improvements to the DC Metro rail system and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail line, WTOP radio reports. The station reports that funds from Interstate 66 tolls inside the Capital Beltway could allow the state of Virginia to sell bonds to finance construction of a new […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state may sell a failed West Virginia intermodal hub, built for $32 million, for as little as $1 million — a prospect that drew objections Tuesday from legislators. The Heartland Intermodal Gateway in Prichard, W.Va., opened in December 2015 with the goal of handling 15,000 containers a year, the Charleston Gazette-Mail […]
Crowds greet an Amtrak inspection train at Mobile, Ala., on Feb 18, 2016. Mobile’s city council is set to vote on financial support for the return of Amtrak service along the Gulf Coast. Bob Johnston MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile’s city council will vote Dec. 31 whether to make a financial commitment to efforts to restore […]
Icicles form on the front of Milwaukee Road 4-84 operating in frigid temperatures at St. Paul Union Depot. Friends of the 261 ST. PAUL, Minn. – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 pulled North Pole Express trips that carried 10,000 passengers this month, the nonprofit Friends of the 261 reports. While the first weekend at St. […]
WASHINGTON — The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association has announced its 2019 award winners, to be honored at the 2020 NRC convention in Coronado, Calif., Jan. 5-8. R.J. Corman received the Large Project of the Year award for its BNSF Napier Project dealing with midwestern flooding. Massman Construction Co. received the Small Project of […]
In the twilight of an August evening, a New York No. 1 subway train prepares to head underground again after surfacing at 135th Street for the 125th Street station. The latest statistics show continued improvement in subway performance. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Metropolitan Transportation Authority statistics show continued improvement in subway performance. Numbers released […]
