STAMFORD, England — Four 16-year-old boys have admitted in court they were drinking alcohol and playing soccer in a school gymnasium full of model train exhibits when they began trashing models, flipping tables, and causing more than $35,000 in damage in May. The BBC reports that three of the boys received 12-month-sentences to a youth […]
Bill Gates: Software mogul or railroad tycoon? NEWSWIRE
SEATTLE — Bill Gates: Software mogul or railroad tycoon? Gates is best known for being the co-founder of Microsoft, a founding father of the personal-computing era, his current career as a philanthropist, and his status as one of the richest people on the planet. He’s also an investor in railroad stocks. Cascade Investment LLC, the […]
BNSF main line re-opens after 145-car derailment NEWSWIRE
WALTON, Kan. — BNSF Railway trains are moving over a Kansas main line again less than two days after high winds toppled 145 freight cars on the plains. A BNSF Railway representative tells Trains that no injuries were reported after high winds knocked over 93 empty tank cars parked on a siding near Walton, and […]
Brookfield asks federal regulators to lift hold on Genesee & Wyoming acquisition NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Brookfield Asset Management has urged federal regulators to quickly lift the indefinite hold they have placed on its proposed $8.4-billion acquisition of Genesee & Wyoming. Brookfield, in an Aug. 16 letter to the board made public on the agency’s website today, wrote that the hold creates unnecessary regulatory uncertainty, raises costs, and complicates […]
Norfolk & Western No. 611 begins trip to Pennsylvania and the Strasburg NEWSWIRE
Norfolk & Western No. 611 sits at Buena Vista, Va., this morning on its trip to Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road. Kevin Gilliam BUENEA VISTA, Va. — Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 has begun its trek to Pennsylvania, but its northbound run through the Shenandoah Valley is going less than smooth thanks to a freight […]
State hearing to consider additional Amtrak service to Pittsburgh NEWSWIRE
ALTOONA, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s legislature will hold a hearing on the possibility of increasing train service between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The Aug. 28 hearing by the state house of representatives transportation committee’s subcommittee on railroads will be held at the Altona Railroaders Memorial Museum. It is scheduled for a 3 p.m. start. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review […]
Study says landmark Bismarck rail bridge could be converted to pedestrian use, but cost is high NEWSWIRE
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota State University study says it would be feasible to convert BNSF Railway’s Bismarck-Mandan bridge into a pedestrian crossing of the Missouri River, but such a conversion would be expensive. The study by the university’s Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture places the costs of the conversion of the bridge […]
Virginia town closes in on depot restoration NEWSWIRE
Cosmetic restoration efforts are ongoing on the Boones Mill, Va. freight and passenger station in central Virginia. Mike Smith Passengers board a N&W passenger train in this historic photo of the Boones Mill, Va. depot. Town of Boones Mill collection BOONES MILL, Va. — A depot dating back a century-and-a-quarter in south-central Virginia could reopen […]
Steam locomotive to return to the Pacific Northwest from Arizona NEWSWIRE
SEATTLE — A steam locomotive that worked for years in the Pacific Northwest is headed home after a vacation in Arizona. Former Northern Pacific No. 1762 and Spokane, Portland & Seattle No. 539, a 2-8-2 Mikado built in 1917, has been acquired by the Port of Kalama, located along the Columbia River near Longview Wash. […]
Trains Presents: Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive No. 2716 goes home in Kentucky
In late July 2019, the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. moved its leased former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 steam locomotive No. 2716 from its home at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven to its new home at Kentucky Steam’s headquarters in Ravenna. The goal is to restore the locomotive to operation there. Doing the honors […]
Amtrak unveils two-day, 50%-off, September-only fare sale NEWSWIRE
New York-bound ‘Acela Express’ train No. 2104 hurtles through Princeton Junction, N.J., on April 25, 2019. The discounted $87 Washington-New York September fare is available for Sept. 13 on this train but not on eight of 15 other ‘Acelas’ running that day. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON – Beginning today through Aug. 17, Amtrak is offering a […]
Coal miners still protesting in Kentucky; reject proposed settlement for back pay NEWSWIRE
THE coal train that Kentucky coal miners have prevented from leaving the mine until they are paid back wages. Chris Anderson Coal miners are physically blocking a CSX Transportation branch leading to a Kentucky coal mine. Miners claim they are owed back wages of as much as $4,000 each. Chris Anderson CUMBERLAND, Ky. — The […]
