CHICAGO — An Amtrak worker has died in an industrial accident at the passenger railroad’s yard south of Chicago Union Station. CBS-2 Chicago reports that the accident happened on Saturday. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said the worker, whose identity has not been released, died of multiple blunt-force injuries. No other injuries were reported; […]
California High Speed rail project completes environmental review for route to Bakersfield NEWSWIRE
SACRAMENTO — The California High-Speed Rail Authority has completed the environmental review process for the 23-mile from Shafter, Calif., to Bakersfield, allowing the authority to move toward construction into Bakersfield. The process required more than 100 stakeholder meetings, 17 public and technical-group meetings, and 15 monthly meetings coordinating regulatory agencies. More details are available here. […]
CP details paint schemes on commemorative locomotives NEWSWIRE
Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific has unveiled five locomotives honoring Canadian and U.S. armed forces. Each of the five rebuilt SD70ACU locomotives was painted in a different design inspired by various aspects of Canadian military equipment, both past and present. “As a leading employer of veterans, CP is proud to commemorate military machines and […]
House subcommitee to hold hearing on Amtrak NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — A hearing Wednesday to be held by the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials is expected to provide a forum for state operating authorities, unions, and the Rail Passengers Association to directly air concerns to lawmakers about the way current Amtrak management conducts its business. “Amtrak Now and Into the Future […]
Improved on-time performance continues for New York subways NEWSWIRE
An express New York City Transit F train speeds through the Smith/9th Street Station, the highest on the subway system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority reports that the subway system had an on-time performance rate over 80 percent in October, the fifth straight month reaching that figure. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Subway on-time performance continues […]
NS to dispose of executive F units, other roster oddities NEWSWIRE
The F units lead an office car train at Harrisburg, Pa., prior to their renumbering. Dan Cupper ALTOONA, Pa. – Norfolk Southern has put its A-B-B-A set of executive F unit locomotives up for auction, according to an assets-disposition bidding sheet distributed on Nov. 6 and obtained by Trains News Wire. Regularly assigned to NS’s […]
Public meetings set on Metra extension to Kendall County, Ill. NEWSWIRE
PLANO, Ill. — Two Kendall County communities will host open-house meetings on possible extension of Metra’s BNSF line beyond Aurora, Ill., into the county. Plano will hold a meeting on Dec. 2 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Plano Community Library; the next night, there will be a meeting at the Oswego Village […]
Steamtown names Baldwin-built steam locomotive No. 26 ‘Rover’ NEWSWIRE
Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 26 will be known as ‘Rover’ for the 2020 operating season. National Park Service Left to right: Supervisory Ranger John Mucha, Harlee Straut, Superintendent Cherie Shepherd, Gracee Straut, Ron Comunale, Trainmaster Will Sturdevant, Brian Wowak, and Jerry Dziedzic National Park Service SCRANTON, Pa. – Steamtown National Historic Site is pleased to […]
Trains Photo Contest 2019 winners: Go West!
FULL SCREEN Photo by Bryan Bechtold Runner-up: To appreciate the daunting task of the transcontinental railroad builders, you need only go west to Wyoming. The modern Union Pacific Railroad remains tested by the same vast landscape that challenged the pioneers. In a scene repeated for 150 years, a manifest train climbs out of Rock River, […]
Canadian Pacific unveils five locomotives honoring Canadian armed forces NEWSWIRE
CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific has unveiled five SD70ACU locomotives honoring Canada’s armed forces. The railroad is also releasing 10 locomotives of the same model in its classic maroon-and-gray paint scheme, five with block lettering and five with script lettering. Trains News Wire is awaiting additional information from the railroad. Wow. What a gesture by […]
Carbondale, Ill., receives funding for new transit facility NEWSWIRE
An artist’s conception of the Carbondale multimodal station, which has received a $14 million federal grant. City of Carbondale CARBONDALE, Ill. — The city of Carbondale has received a $14 million federal grant to build a new transportation center to replace its current Amtrak station. The facility, the Southern Illinois Multi-Modal Station, will be served […]
KCS invokes Force Majeure over protests in Mexico NEWSWIRE
This map shows, highlighted in orange, the area where protests shut down Kansas City Southern de Mexico on Friday. The railroad invoked Force Majeure as a result of the protests, the fifth this year to shut down operations to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY – As a result of another […]
