LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s reconstructed Blue Line is set to fully reopen the week of Oct. 28, a spokesman for the agency tells Trains News Wire. The system’s oldest operating light rail line has been undergoing a major renovation and modernization in two phases, shutting the southern half from January to […]
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League of Railway Women names CP’s Pam Arpin its 2019 Railway Woman of the Year NEWSWIRE
MINNEAPOLIS – The League of Railway Women HAS named Canadian Pacific Assistant Vice President Customer & Corporate Services Pam Arpin the winner of the 2019 Railway Woman of the Year award. Arpin was honored at the General Session of Railway Interchange. “I am extremely proud to be recognized among a list of such notable women in […]
Suburban officials irked as Denver RTD again delays opening of N Line NEWSWIRE
Denver’s RTD has announced a delay to mid-2020 for the opening of its N Line, originally slated to begin service in 2018. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — The Denver-area Regional Transportation District has announced that the opening of its commuter-rail N Line will be delayed again, and officials in at least two of the cities […]
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 to extend tour through Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado before Thanksgiving home coming NEWSWIRE
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 will be home in time for Thanksgiving — arriving at the Cheyenne shops on Nov. 27 after it completes the tour it begins today. In an email to members of the Union Pacific Steam Club, railroad officials announced that after Big Boy’s Southwest Tour stops […]
UP’s chief financial officer to retire NEWSWIRE
Rob Knight, outgoing UP chief financial officer Union Pacific Jennifer Hamann, incoming UP chief financial officer Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — The dean of railroad chief financial officers, Union Pacific’s Rob Knight, will retire at the end of the year. UP yesterday named Jennifer Hamann, who currently serves as senior vice president — finance, as […]
Trains News Wire Round-up for the week of Sept. 27, 2019 NEWSWIRE
Trains editors’ present rail news that is fit to publish. This week, Brian and Steve talk about Railway Interchange, Union Pacific’s Big Boy, Canadian Pacific’s chief engineer, and more! […]
Video: ScaleTrains.com HO scale SD40T-2 tunnel motors
Featuring roadname and roadnumber specific detailing, these HO scale Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 tunnel motor diesels are part of the ScaleTrains.com Rivet Counter series. The model’s also feature prototype-specific sound and lighting effects and an ESU LokSound Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder. See and hear a pair of these spectacular tunnel motors handle a freight train […]
KCS line to Mexico City still out of service after sabotage, fire, and theft NEWSWIRE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s Mexican subsidiary remains shut down about 80 miles northwest of Mexico City following a fiery collision last week caused by theft-related sabotage. All Kansas City Southern de Mexico service to and from the Mexico City-area remains suspended, KCS officials say. Vandals reportedly blocked tracks in Nopala in the […]
MTA authorizes $51.5 billion for a new five-year capital program NEWSWIRE
Part of the funds will go to New York City Transit for new signaling and equipment, station improvements, and track replacement. Subway riders on the nation’s largest transit system can expect to see more work trains, such as this one at the West 4th Street station in Manhattan, for system upgrades in the next five […]
World War I-era Missouri Pacific maps published online by University of Arkansas NEWSWIRE
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than a hundred historical railroad maps of the Missouri Pacific, including Arkansas predecessors, are now online as a result of a digitalization project at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The maps are part of the university’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture and were a 2017 gift by […]
AAR: Most carload and intermodal traffic trend downward, again NEWSWIRE
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Sept. 21, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 528,670 carloads and intermodal units, down 6.8% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending Sept. 21 were […]
APTA chief outlines steps Congress can take to help commuter railroads NEWSWIRE
APTA recommendations for Congress Richard Wronski WASHINGTON — The CEO of the American Public Transportation Association Congress Tuesday to boost federal funding to meet growing needs and new technology, reform existing programs and policies, and address the difficulties facing those agencies. At a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, titled, […]
