A Kansas City Southern train pauses in the Wylie Intermodal Terminal near Dallas in 2015, when the terminal opened. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has completed an expansion that doubles the capacity of its Dallas-area intermodal terminal. KCS spent $9 million to expand the David L. Starling Wylie Intermodal Terminal, […]
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New use for Wisconsin Soo Line depot NEWSWIRE
A night shoot at the Superior depot with museum equipment in 2006 highlights the restored sign. Steve Glischinski SUPERIOR, Wis. – The former Soo Line passenger depot in Superior will soon be home to a brewery and restaurant. Thirsty Pagan Brewing plans to move from its current location in Superior to the depot, with opening […]
CSX to cull more intermodal routes in January NEWSWIRE
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation will drop service between 300 more intermodal origin-destination pairs in January as part of its ongoing effort to focus on more profitable, higher-density routes. As part of the changes, announced on Oct. 4, CSX also will introduce new service linking seven domestic markets. The streamlining is similar to changes CSX […]
Canadian Pacific invents a better mousetrap to smooth intermodal volume NEWSWIRE
Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific has developed a high-tech solution to a problem that has long bedeviled railroads: The feast or famine volume swings in intermodal traffic over the course of a week. Like most railroads, CP saw a flood of intermodal traffic arrive at its terminals Wednesday through Friday, with much lower […]
CP’s Creel: Spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading makes mergers more likely NEWSWIRE
Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — The spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading to more than half of the Class I railroad systems will make it easier for railroads to merge, Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel says. Creel was asked whether the advance of E. Hunter Harrison’s operating model — used at […]
Santa Fe ‘Warbonnet’ FP45 comes alive in California NEWSWIRE
Santa Fe FP45 No. 108 running through its paces at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Southern California on Saturday, Oct. 6. David R. Busse An image of the restored interior of Santa Fe FP45 No. 108. The cab’s green paint is correct “EMD green” for its restoration in an as delivered appearance. David R. […]
Southern Pacific’s ‘slim princess’ to visit Colorado’s Durango & Silverton NEWSWIRE
Southern Pacific No. 18 will visit the Durango & Silverton in Colorado. David Lustig DURANGO, Colo. — A Southern Pacific narrow gauge Ten-Wheeler will be trucked from Independence, Calif. to Durango, Colo. later this month to train Durango & Silverton crews in oil-firing. Locomotive No. 18, restored over the past several years by volunteer members […]
Union Pacific crash remains under investigation NEWSWIRE
Rail cars are strewn about Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in a sparsely populated area about 18 miles west of Cheyenne, Wyo., after a freight train crashed into the back of another freight train the night before. The crashed killed at least one crew member with another missing and derailing more than 50 train cars. Jacob […]
Washout delays Amtrak ‘Heartland Flyer’ NEWSWIRE
ARDMORE, Okla. — A track washout in southern Oklahoma delayed passengers traveling to Oklahoma City from Dallas-Fort Worth on Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer. Heavy rains late Sunday afternoon damaged the tracks between Gene Autry and Davis. At 5:15 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Carter County. KFOR News 4 reported that the […]
GE paints Australian locomotives pink for breast cancer awareness NEWSWIRE
Roy Hill and GE Transportation officials pose on the pilot deck of a GE ES44ACi locomotive painted pink for breast cancer awareness. GE Transportation FORT WORTH, Texas — On Thursday, Roy Hill, Hancock Prospecting, and GE celebrated a Pilbara, Australia and Australasia first with the arrival of two new pink locomotives at an event held […]
Rose leaves strong legacy of growth and service at BNSF Railway NEWSWIRE
BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matt Rose, right, and Berkshire Hathaway founder Warren Buffett pose in front of BNSF locomotive in this undated photo. BNSF Railway FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matthew K. Rose, who will retire in April, is being praised for a nearly two-decade leadership tenure defined by strong growth, service, […]
Texas Central announces engineering firm for high speed rail project NEWSWIRE
DALLAS — Texas Central, developers of the high-speed train, has engaged the global construction and engineering firm Salini Impregilo ¬(operating in the U.S. market with The Lane Construction Corp.) to lead the civil construction consortium that will build the Texas passenger line. The selection of the Italian firm, one of the largest civil engineering contractors […]