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Eurostar’s latest Siemens-made Velaro trains wait at London St. Pancras International on Nov. 14. Keith Fender LONDON –Eurostar is celebrating 25 years of service from London to Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel. On Nov. 14 media and invited guests joined senior management on a train from London to Paris to mark the occasion. […]
St. Croix Valley SD40-2 No. 1326, wearing an NP logo for the day, heads south near Pine City, Minn. on Oct. 8, 2019. Steve Glischinski RUSH CITY, Minn. – The St. Croix Valley Railroad, famous for its diesels painted in the style of the Northern Pacific Railway, is facing the loss of one of its […]
Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum is pleased to announce that it has acquired one of the last traditional single-unit streetcars ever built for service in North America. This new addition to the museum’s collection allows IRM to trace the history of urban rail transport from 1859 all the way to […]
A Twitter post shows damage to Pittsburgh’s Station Square light rail station in August 2018. The agency which operates the light rail system will receive more than $2.5 million in reimbursement for damages from Norfolk Southern. Port Authority of Allegheny County, via Twitter PITTSBURGH — The Port Authority of Allegheny County will receive more than […]
CALLAWAY, Neb. – Rail historian Francis G. Gschwind, who extensively photographed and wrote about Union Pacific in the steam era, died last month in Callaway. He was 95. In partnership with his best friend and collaborator Jim Ehernberger, he was the co-author of such books as Colorado & Southern Northern Division; Smoke Across the Prairie: […]
WASHINGTON — The nomination of former U.S. Rep Todd Rokita (R-Ind.) to Amtrak’s board of directors will move to the U.S. Senate after being approved on a voice vote in committee this week. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved the nomination earlier this week. President Donald Trump nominated Rokita in May for […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit will drop the name “Red Line” for its light-rail corridor because of objections that the title evokes redlining, the former practice of denying home loans to non-white families in some areas of Seattle and other cities. The Seattle Times reports that CEO Peter Rogoff said during a meeting of the transit […]
ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has signed a contract with Stadler for 127 METRO trainsets, with two options for additional 25-train orders. The contract, valued at more than $600 million, is the largest single order for rail vehicles in the company’s history, and is the first major U.S. order for METRO trains. […]
Jim Stoddard, of Stoddard’s LTD Co., shows of a piece off lighted locomotive art with Digital Editor Steve Sweeney at Trainfest 2019. MRVP WAUKESHA, Wis. – Kalmbach Media is reinstating a tradition that began in the 2000s. On Friday, Nov. 22, modelers, railfans, and train lovers are invited to take their trains to work to […]
Trains editors regularly share with you rail news that is fit to publish (and comment on!) This week, Brian and Steve talk about Amtrak’s Coca Cola locomotive, Joe Biden’s push for a rail revival, and more. Only from Trains! […]
A new Acela trainset at Alstom’s Hornell, N.Y., shops. Amtrak HORNELL, N.Y. — Amtrak released a new photo today of a prototype high speed trainset being built in upstate New York. France’s Alstom is building the new Acela trainsets at its Hornell shops. The passenger sets with power cars are expected to enter service on […]
Amtrak marks a new partnership with Coca-Cola by wrapping ACS-64 locomotive No. 606. Here, it hustles the northbound ‘Silver Meteor,’ train No. 98, through Newark, Del., on Nov. 14. Gary Pancavage NEWARK, Del. – Amtrak has debuted a new look for Siemens ACS-64 No. 606: the colors of Coca-Cola. The locomotive has pulled the northbound […]
