SKYKOMISH, Wash. — An ex-Great Northern SD9 locomotive enthusiasts had hoped might be displayed in the historic railroad town of Skykomish instead may be destined for scrap. The locomotive’s fate is wrapped in a controversy over whether it was ever actually donated to or accepted by the town, a small community in the Cascade foothills […]
WASHINGTON — Six Class I railroads filed a Section 6 notice on Friday, kicking off what is expected to be a tense round of negotiations with labor unions representing more than 125,000 railroads across the country. In a press release announcing the notice, officials with the National Railway Labor Conference and the National Carriers’ Conference […]
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Lessened demand, increased competition, and closed rail lanes caused a 9% decline in third quarter intermodal volume, officials of the Hub Group announced Wednesday. Intermodal revenue declined by 7% to $539 million at the intermodal, trucking, and third-party logistics company. “Intermodal has in fact lost some share, and it’s not just […]
MORELIA, Mexico – Trains are again running on the Kansas Southern de Mexico mainline to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas following a shutdown this week due to civil unrest. “The mainline is now cleared of protestors and while we remain cautiously optimistic that the mainline will remain clear, in matters of civil protests, risk remains […]
Arizona Eastern Railroad E8 No. 6070 leads a Saratoga & North Creek Railway train past former Delaware & Hudson RS36 No. 5019 at the North Creek Depot in October 2011. A Nevada company has withdrawn from negotiations to operate on part of the S&NC route but says it is still interested in running a tourist […]
SEPTA General Manager Jeff Knueppel SEPTA Nearing the end of a 30-plus year career with the Southeast Pennsylvania Transportation Authority general manager Jeff Knueppel is retiring at the end of 2019. He spoke at length with Trains News Wire about the changes he’s seen and helped make at SEPTA, the importance of listening to employees, […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Intermodal net income was down 30% in the third quarter of 2019 for major intermodal, trucking, and logistics company Schneider National. The drop was due to reduced volumes and increased rail costs, officials say. Revenue was off by 2% and Schneider’s intermodal operating ratio increased to 89.9, up from 85.8 for […]
LOS ANGELES — Rapper Snoop Dogg will serve as host for LA Metro events of the reopening of its light rail A Line (formerly known as the Blue Line) on Saturday, Nov. 2. The rapper, along with Metro and Los Angeles officials, will be part of press conferences and reopening ceremonies at three sites: At […]
Equipment manufacturer Talgo is challenging the NTSB report that faulted the equipment involved in the December 2017 wreck of an Amtrak Cascades train and led to a recommendation that the trainsets be removed from service. Steve Carter SEATTLE — Passenger equipment builder Talgo has formally challenged a National Transportation Safety Board finding that led to […]
A hawk uses a Union Pacific PTC radio tower to survey the landscape for its next meal at La Fox, Ill., in September 2019. UP reports PTC has been implemented on 93 percent of the system mileage requiring the technology. TRAINS: David Lassen OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific now has positive train control operating on […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak is cancelling some trains and operating a modified schedule with others this afternoon as a result of “severe weather issues in the Northeast,” the passenger railroad says in an advisory on its website. Cancelled trains are: — Boston-New York Acela Express No. 2190; — Empire Service trains 280 (Niagara Falls-New York) and […]
A Canadian National crude oil trainset passes through River Forest, Ill., on Union Pacific on Sunday, Oct. 27. CN and Canadian Pacific will see an upswing in crude oil traffic following a decision by the province of Alberta to lift quotas on oil production if the oil moves by rail. TRAINS: David Lassen EDMONTON, Alberta […]
