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CHICAGO – Iowa Pacific Holdings appears to be holding a fire sale of equipment following a series of recent financial troubles. A batch of new listings on rail equipment brokerage site Ozark Mountain Railcar appeared over the weekend offering a minimum of 33 pieces of Iowa Pacific equipment for sale, including locomotives and rolling stock […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Five-time Grammy-winning artist Marty Stuart loves a good country ballad, and many of them revolve around trains. Now he and his longtime bandmate, Harry Stinson of the Fabulous Superlatives, have written a song to capture the spirit and history of Nashville’s most iconic steam engine: Locomotive No. 576. The World War II-era […]
LS&I No. 22 is one of the pieces on exhibit at Mid-Continent Railway Museum’s Coach Shed No. 2 that opened Saturday. Trains: Jim Wrinn NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. – For the first time in 43 years, Mid-Continent Railway Museum has added significant indoor exhibit space funded and that hall is funded largely by a bequest from […]
Rick Geist ALTOONA, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Rep. Richard Allen “Rick” Geist of Altoona, Pa., a champion of railroading past, present, and future, died of a heart attack while vacationing in Russia late last month. He was 74. A consulting engineer, Geist represented the Altoona area in the State House for 17 terms (34 years), […]
The rebuilt Paoli, Pa., station opened on Sept. 23. Kitty Laepple PAOLI, Pa. — The Paoli Local has a new home, but lost two of its tracks in the process. The $48 million Paoli Station Accessibility Improvement Project officially opened on Sept. 23. Amtrak and SEPTA officials, as well as state and local dignitaries, cut […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Trucking and intermodal company Schneider has launched Schneider Rail Dray to aid shippers in getting freight to rail ramps and from rail ramps to receivers. Targeted for the new service are railroads, third party logistics companies without enough truck drivers, and shippers using their own intermodal containers, according to Schneider officials. […]
BELLEVUE, Wash. — CloudMoyo is excited to announce the launch of a new education initiative with the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA), an industry association representing the 603 short line freight railroad companies in the United States and their suppliers. ASLRRA and CloudMoyo will develop ongoing educational and informative webinars, focused on using […]
CHICAGO — Anacostia Rail Holdings Company and Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners today announced the formation of Precision Terminal Logistics, a jointly owned entity that will operate, build, and acquire transloading terminals across the U.S. In conjunction with its formation, PTL has acquired select assets from Arrow Material Services, LLC, a provider of transloading and […]
SR 4501 dressed as L&N 1593 departs Chattanooga Saturday. Charles Buccola CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Four years ago, the Louisville & Nashville Historical Society worked with members of the brand-new Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp., to cosmetically alter the appearance of C&O number 2716 to resemble an L&N M-1 class 2-8-4, number 1992 (one number higher than […]
BEAUMONT, Texas — Following heavy rains last week, Kansas City Southern has reopened trackage between Beaumont and Houston while Union Pacific still has freight embargoes on its Beaumont, Houston, and Lafayette Subdivisions, railroad officials say. Closures stemmed from flooding caused by Tropical Depression Imelda. KCS officials advise shippers to “expect delays for some time until […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Join Trains’ editors for a quick tour of the convention floor for the bi-annual Railway Interchange conference being held, this week, in Minneapolis. More information is available online. […]
WILMERDING, Pa. — Locomotive maker Wabtec is amping up promotion of its coming main line battery-powered locomotive. On Sunday, the Wilmerding-based rail supplier posted a new video to YouTube highlighting the proposed workings and benefits of a battery-powered locomotive for main line running. The approximately 3-minute video shows artists renderings of the locomotive along with […]
