HAMILTON, Ontario — The Ontario provincial government has cancelled C$1 billion in funding for a proposed light rail project in Hamilton, a decision that Hamilton mayor Fred Eisenberger called “a betrayal” of his city. Monday’s decision came on an afternoon the CBC called “chaotic,” as a press conference to announce the move was cancelled in […]
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — The City of Saskatoon is proposing that Canadian Pacific and Canadian National share CN’s line south of the city, which would take CP traffic out of downtown. City director of transportation Jay Magus told the city council earlier this week that both railroads have been approached about the proposal, the Saskatoon Star […]
WASHINGTON — A tax credit to help short line and regional railroads pay for maintenance and infrastructure improvements has been included in a $1.4 trillion spending bill bound for the White House this week. On Tuesday, the House passed a government spending bill that included an extension of the Short Line Railroad 45G Tax Credit […]
In August 2013, Strasburg 2-10-0 No. 90 switches freight at the NS interchange in Paradise, Pa., near the location of a new transload facility. Trains: Jim Wrinn STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road plans to expand its freight services with the addition of a new facility at the other end of its line in […]
Right-of-way construction (foreground) is underway at Orlando International Airport on Nov. 23, 2019, as viewed from the PeopleMover to the parking garage adjacent to the Virgin Trains/Brightline station. Brian Thorniley ORLANDO, Fla. — Virgin Trains USA has confirmed it is meeting with the Walt Disney Co. to establish a station at Walt Disney World. The […]
Canadian grain hoppers move through the Columbia Gorge in Oregon on Union Pacific in June 2018. In the wake of the recent Canadian National Railway strike, grain farmers in Canada want rail deliveries declared an essential service, which would bar employee strikes. TRAINS: David Lassen CALGARY — Nearly three weeks after a strike against Canadian […]
WASHINGTON, W.Va. — A 32-year-old man has been identified as the CSX Transportation employee killed in a Saturday derailment. Curtis C. McCohihay of Southside, W.Va., was killed in the derailment about 4 p.m. on Saturday, WTAP-TV reports, quoting the Wood County (W.Va.) Sheriff’s Office. CSX confirmed on Sunday that an employee had been killed in […]
BOSTON — Fare gates are coming to Boston’s three busiest commuter rail stations in an effort to improve fare collections. Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s commuter trains, will install the gates at North Station, South Station, and the Back Bay station in 2020, the Boston Globe reports, with North Station […]
KENT, Wash. — Sound Transit will receive a $790 million grant and $639 million low-interest loan to extend its light rail system from SeaTac to Federal Way, Wash. Construction is slated to begin in 2020. The federal funds will provide about 25% of the money needed for the estimated $3.1 billion project. Other funding will […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A dozen railroads are among the recipients of more than $40 million in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation funding for 26 rail infrastructure projects throughout the state. CSX Transportation is receiving the largest single state grant, $14.4 million for clearance projects to allow double-stack trains to reach the port of Philadelphia. Other grants […]
A shifting load led to this 2018 Canadian Pacific derailment in Quebec, according to a Transportation Safety Board of Canada report. Transportation Safety Board of Canada DORVAL, Quebec — A shifting load caused a 21 cars of a 95-car Canadian Pacific train to derail in Quebec in July 2018, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada […]
An eastbound Union Pacific auto rack train passes through Lombard, Ill., on Nov. 16, 2019. UP announced it has completed positive train control implementation. TRAINS: David Lassen OMAHA — Union Pacific says it has completed positive train control implementation by activating the final segment of track requiring the safety system. More than 17,000 miles of […]
