A Viewliner sleeper on the Lake Shore Limited in 2018. Amtrak is holding a sale on sleeping-car accommodations. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Amtrak is holding a sale on sleeping-car accommodations through Monday, June 10 — but this time is including bedrooms and family rooms in the promotion. The sale waives companion rail fares when two […]
LOS ANGELES — The leading consultant on California’s high speed rail project has been suspended after a state agency began investigating a possible conflict of interest in his approval of a multimillion-dollar contract, the Los Angeles Times reports. Roy Hill, deputy chief operating officer for the California High Speed Rail Authority and an executive at […]
A Canadian National inspection portal. Canadian National TORONTO — Canadian National is moving from proof-of-concept to full-scale deployment of several technology projects that aim to make the railway more reliable, safe, and efficient. “We’re done with the trying. We’re now deploying,” CEO J.J. Ruest told shareholders and analysts at the railroad’s investor day on Tuesday. […]
Among those participating in Tuesday’s ceremony opening the High Line Spur, the final section of the linear park, are Friends of the High Line co-founders Joshua David (fourth from left) and Robert Hammond (fourth from right). Wielding the scissors next to Hammond is New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Flooding and heavy rainfall have closed Union Pacific’s Jonesboro Subdivision between Pine Bluff, Ark., and Dexter, Mo. The outage joins other UP service suspensions in the Southern Region including four routes emanating from a junction at Wagoner, Okla., to Little Rock, McAlester, Okla., and to Coffeeville and Parsons, Kan., along with […]
NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern will flip the switch on its new operating plan over the Fourth of July weekend and is preparing for the change by training crews and holding two dozen town hall meetings with employees and shippers at locations across the system. “It is one big network cutover,” CEO Jim Squires told […]
ST. LOUIS — Amtrak’s suspension of Missouri River Runner operation between St. Louis and Kansas City will drag into a fourth week, with the latest extension to last through at least Monday, June 10. Rerouted Union Pacific freight traffic, the result of flooding elsewhere in the Midwest, continues to lead to track congestion resulting in […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 1, as well as volumes for May 2019. U.S. railroads originated 1,291,671 carloads in May 2019, down 2.1%, or 28,065 carloads, from May 2018. U.S. railroads also originated 1,315,684 containers and trailers in May […]
An arriving Metro Gold Line train passes a Metrolink train awaiting its afternoon departure on Feb. 21, 2017. TRAINS: David Lassen This article is the second of five on transit in the U.S. and North America. Read parts One, Three, Four, and Five online. Transit agencies are beginning to see their role as greater than just getting people from station […]
TORONTO — Canadian National outlined its plans to remain the railroad industry’s growth leader during an investor conference today. CN pioneered scheduled railroading 15 years ago, CEO J.J. Ruest noted, and has led the big systems in growth for more than a decade. “How do we evolve the model that we have that’s produced such […]
The east end of the High Line Spur at 10th Avenue and West 30th Street shows the original 1934 NY Central viaduct, where the tracks fed in to the adjacent Morgan Post Office. Ralph Spielman This map on the High Line shows the location of the Spur. Ralph Spielman A large sculpture adorns a plaza […]
Metra has opened its new station at Prairie Crossing on the Milwaukee North line, shown in April before the completion of landscaping. TRAINS: David Lassen The new Illinois budget includes more than $1 million for new pedestrian walkways at the Hanover Park Metra station on the Milwaukee West line. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra […]
