In a 2007 photo, Tom Fawell poses in his Chicagoland studio with his painting of Southern Railway GP38-2’s —running long hood forward, of course Gregory Palumbo CHICAGO — Tom Fawell, the Chicago artist who dazzled a generation with his rakish artwork depicting Electro-Motive Division diesel locomotives on the move, has died at age 90 in […]
BOSTON — A former Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority worker has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $450,000 from bus and trolley fare boxes. The Associated Press reports that Stephen Fagerberg, 55, was caught when investigators planted marked bills in fare collection boxes Fagerberg was supposed to service. Those bills then ended up in his personal […]
DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming, North America’s largest shortline holding company, is being purchased for $8.4 billion. The acquisition, for $112 per share by Brookfield Infrastructure, was announced shortly before 7 a.m. EDT today. The deal will result in G&W becoming a privately held company. “We believe this transaction is an excellent outcome for […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Shortline holding company Genesee & Wyoming will soon go private in an $8.4-billion-deal. And that’s about all there is to it, one railroad analyst says. “It’s been strongly rumored for months,” says Anthony B. Hatch of ABH Consulting. “I was not surprised.” Hatch says the broad outlines of a buyout, first reported […]
TRENTON, N.J. — NJ Transit will receive its largest general-fund subsidy in state history as a result of the Fiscal 2020 budget signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Sunday. NJ Transit will receive a supplemental allocation of $150 million in general fund support for a total subsidy of $457.5 million. Sunday’s signing, after […]
PHILADELPHIA — The delivery of 45 new Regional Rail cars for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will be delayed into 2020. The agency’s board learned of the delay at its meeting last week. At the same meeting, it approved $34.2 million in contracts to build a new station in Ardmore, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The […]
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it will hold a board meeting on July 23 to determine probable cause of the Feb. 4, 2018, collision of Amtrak and CSX Transportation trains near Cayce, S.C. The engineer and conductor on the Amtrak train were killed, and more than 90 others on board required […]
Manitou & Pikes Peak Railroad steam locomotive No. 4 is staged on a short stretch of railroad track outside the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams, Ariz., after delivery on June 28, 2019. The smokestack, removed for transport, has yet to be reinstalled. GCRY: Eric Hadder WILLIAMS, Ariz. — In another symbiotic tie between members […]
LAMY, N.M. — Santa Fe Southern Railway rarely operates anymore, but on June 27, 2019, more than 200 people visiting Santa Fe from the University of Iowa chartered the four-car train from Santa Fe to Lamy. The train departed the Santa Fe Railyard on time at 5:15 p.m. for its 18.3-mile journey to Lamy. Unfortunately, […]
Rafael Santana, Wabtec President and CEO Wabtec/GE Transportation WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. today announced Rafael Santana will become president and CEO of the company, effective July 1. Santana, who will also become a Wabtec board member, will succeed Ray Betler, who will retire as a Wabtec executive and board member. Santana, 47, joined Wabtec […]
Nickel Plate Road No. 765, seen on a Norfolk Southern excursion in 2013, returns to Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in September. PENINSULA, OHIO — Tickets go on sale Tuesday for Nickel Plate Road No. 765’s return to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad and its annual Steam in the Valley event Sept. 21, 22, 27, […]
Trains Magazine takes you to Stevenson, Ala., for CSX and Norfolk Southern mainline action with videographer and author Chris Wehman. Learn more about Stevenson in the September 2018 issue! […]
