A Norfolk Southern train passes south (railroad east) over the new Genesee Arch Bridge officials dedicated on May 24, 2018. Norfolk Southern/John Kucko Digital CASTILE, N.Y. — Ushering in a modern era for freight rail in New York’s Southern Tier, Norfolk Southern and New York State officials, along with supporters, today dedicated a new steel […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway recently complete upgrades to its renowned centralized Network Operations Center in Fort Worth. Reconstruction took more than a year of planning and displaced dispatchers for months. […]
Cape Charles, Va. Google Maps CAPE CHARLES, Va. — The Delmarva Central Railroad has notified the Surface Transportation Board that it intends to assume operations on 15 miles of rail line formerly operated by the Bay Coast Railroad. The change will happen before May 29. Bay Coast has operated the southernmost 70 miles of the […]
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, Kansas City Southern CEO Trains: David Lassen NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern has ordered 50 new locomotives for delivery next year in anticipation of continued traffic growth, CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer told an investor conference on Wednesday. “We actually just placed an order for some locomotives that will be delivered early next […]
Rebuilt F40PHM-2 No. 200 leads an outbound Metra BNSF train through Highlands in Hinsdale, Ill., on April 28, 2018. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has announced a kids-ride-free program through the summer months, with up to three children ages 11 and under able to ride free with an adult from Memorial Day through Labor […]
Chicago & North Western baggage car No. 1236. The Illinois Railway Museum is making the car available to a good home. Illinois Railway Museum website UNION, Ill. — You may know someone whose basement is full of trains, or at least someone who has a few items of train paraphernalia around the house. But the […]
Wheelset from B&M No. 3666. Kittery Historical and Naval Museum, Kim Sanborn KITTERY, Maine — A wheel from a long-lost Boston & Maine steam locomotive that fell off a bridge and into a river in 1939 is now on display in Maine. The wheel off of B&M No. 3666 was put on display at the […]
A satellite image of the overpass where CSX Transportation crosses over a Norfolk Southern line in Alexandria, Va. Google Maps Alexandria, Va. Google Maps ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Amtrak and Virginia Rail Express passenger services south of Washington are expected to resume today as crews continue clean-up of a weekend CSX Transportation train that tumbled off […]
GE Transportation Wabtec Corp. NEW YORK — Wabtec executives were excited about joining two companies with a rich engineering heritage and a combined 250 years of experience in railroading. “This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Wabtec CEO Raymond Betler told investors and analysts on a conference call on Monday morning. “This is an ideal combination.” […]
New GE locomotives test near the company’s Fort Worth, Texas, factory in 2016. GE Transportation is becoming part of Wabtec in a deal announced today. TRAINS: David Lassen WILMERDING, Pa. and CHICAGO — Wabtec and GE Transportation are combining, according to a statement released at 7 a.m. Eastern time today, creating what Wabtec says will […]
An overview of the Ravenna car shops and rail yard facilities that will become the future site of the Kentucky rail heritage center and home to Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. IRVINE, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 No. 2716 will be the centerpiece of a new rail heritage partnership […]
Frank Lonegro, CSX Corp. Chief Financial Officer CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation has laid off about 100 workers at its locomotive shop in Cumberland, Md., as it reduces the facility from 24-hour operation to one daily shift. Workers at the former Baltimore & Ohio shop were informed on May 11. The Cumberland Times-News […]
