Equipment at Nippon Sharyo’s closed Rochelle, Ill., plant — shown in May 2014 — will be auctioned off in June. Bob Johnston ROCHELLE, Ill. — A June auction will sell off equipment from Nippon Sharyo’s former railcar manufacturing facility in Rochelle, which closed in July 2018 after eight years of operation. The plant, which built […]
CHICAGO — Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr is detouring between Chicago and Omaha today via the Union Pacific’s former Chicago & North Western mainline, as will the eastbound train that arrives Thursday and Thursday’s departure from Chicago. The detour off of the normal BNSF Railway route is because of ongoing flooding problems in the Midwest, according […]
Jean-Jacques Ruest, Canadian National CEO Canadian National NEW YORK — Canadian National’s strategy to rely on the American consumer to help fill up its railroad east of Chicago just got bigger. CN has been aiming to turn the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, into the Port of Prince Rupert of the East, an uncongested gateway […]
Camp car No. 419 will have a new life at Cass Scenic Railroad in 2020. Durbin & Greenbrier Valley: John Smith CASS, W.Va. — Hidden away in a corner of the Cass paint shop, next to the main shop building, carpenter Mark Farnsworth is reconstructing the last Mower Lumber Co., wood camp car conveyed to […]
An outbound Metra train arrives at the Barrington, Ill., station in April 2019. Barrington will begin offering a $1,200 premium parking permit at the station. TRAINS: David Lassen BARRINGTON, Ill. — Commuters who want that really prime parking space at the Metra station can now assure themselves of getting it every morning — but it’s […]
DENVER — Colorado officials are soliciting proposals to study the feasibility of rail passenger service along the Front Range with a 173-mile corridor from Pueblo to Fort Collins. The request from the Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission, along with the Colorado Department of Transportation, has issued the request for proposals to study […]
PIERRE, S.D. – It could be early June before freight service is fully restored on the Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad east of Pierre, S.D. Heavy rains last week led to multiple washouts, including two severe washouts, on the Genesee & Wyoming-owned property in central South Dakota. G&W spokesman Michael Williams tells News Wire […]
Great Northern SD45 No. 400 and NW5 No. 192 pose for a night photo in Duluth in 2009. The two units will be together again when No. 400 moves from Minneapolis to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – Great Northern Railway Historical Society’s GN SD45 No. 400, “Hustle Muscle” is heading north. […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration today released a status update reflecting railroads’ self-reported progress toward fully implementing positive train control systems as required by Congress. PTC supports the Department of Transportation’s top priority of safety. Based upon railroad’s First Quarter 2019 PTC Progress Reports submitted to FRA by April 30, those required to implement […]
WELLINGTON, Ohio — Media outlets are reporting that there are no injuries after a CSX Transportation train derailed in north-central Ohio town of Wellington on Tuesday. The Elyria, Ohio, Chronicle-Telegram reports that 22 cars and two locomotives derailed Tuesday morning in the center of Wellington on the former “Big Four” New York Central main line. […]
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec — Canadian National is joining Hutchison Ports in a long-term deal with the Quebec Port Authority for a new container terminal in the eastern Canadian city. Maritime Executive reports that the $775 million project is expected to be funded by the partners with an emphasis on environmental stewardship. Once built, the complex […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad will begin operating CSX Transportation’s 373-mile route across the Florida Panhandle on June 1. The new short line, owned by RailUSA, will use 20 locomotives leased from Wells Fargo. Nineteen units have been delivered, although none has yet been painted into RailUSA’s red, white, and blue paint […]
