Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611, shown at Jamestown, N.C., in September 2018, will star in more public appearances at the Strasburg Rail Road in September 2019. Trains: Jim Wrinn STRASBURG, Pa. — After record-breaking ticket sales, the Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc., of Roanoke, Va., and the Strasburg Rail Road Co., announce more […]
Replica steam locomotive Union Pacific 4-4-0 No. 119 stands outside its modern engine shed in rural Utah in 2018. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Come May 10, 2019, two locomotives will be in the spotlight for some 12,000 spectators at the 150th celebration of the first Transcontinental Railroad completion: Replicas of Central Pacific Jupiter and Union Pacific […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 23. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 503,017 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.5 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending March 23 were […]
The 2-8-0 sports its new retro paint in the Duluth shop on March 26. Tim Schandel, Lake Superior Railroad Museum DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s Duluth & Northeastern 2-8-0 No. 28 has been repainted to its original Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway paint scheme and number in preparation for the 2019 […]
Dave Mull in the Carson & Colorado shop David Lustig DURANGO, Colo. – Southern Pacific narrow gauge 4-6-0 No. 18, normally a denizen of California’s Owens Valley, is having a ball right now. Temporarily working out of Durango on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, it’s burnishing the rails hauling passengers and photo freights, […]
A BNSF Railway track backhoe removes debris from flooded trackage on the Creston Subdivision on the Southeast edge of Pacific Junction, Iowa on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Steve Smedley Looking west at the Nebraska Central Railroad’s bridge over the Loup River at Monroe, Neb., on Tuesday evening. Steve Smedley Looking north on the BNSF Railway’s […]
Railcar mover nicknamed “Lurch” pulls Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2926 out of its shed for the day’s work on March 27, 2019. Thomas Scalf ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society received a grant in March from the John H. Emery Rail Heritage Trust to install positive […]
No. 261 pulls an excursion on the Twin Cities & Western in September 2018. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 will pull two trips for the Milwaukee Road Historical Association in June. The excursions are being operated by the Friends of the 261 in conjunction with MRHA’s annual convention being held this […]
TORONTO — The province of Ontario has claimed costs for two major transit projects in Toronto have almost or more than doubled, a claim the city denies. The claim by the province, which wants to take over Toronto’s subway system, came in a letter to the city from an advisor on the takeover plan, the […]
Potomac Eagle F7 No. 722 in B&O colors leads a photo special. Chase Gunnoe ROMNEY, W.Va. — One of the East’s best-known tourist railroads has been sold to one of the nation’s top freelance steam locomotive rebuilders. But does that mean there will be steam for the first time at West Virginia’s diesel-powered Potomac Eagle? […]
Could narrow gauge freight in the U.S. make a return? Durango & Silverton’s parent is seeking freight business for its three tourist-based railroads. Brian Schmidt DURANGO, Colo. – American Heritage Railways has hired a longtime rail industry veteran to head up efforts to develop freight business on its three scenic railroads: The Mount Rainier Railroad […]
Baltimore & Ohio Geeps help a pair of Mikados near Akron, Ohio, in the 1950s. Herbert H. Harwood Jr., collection of Maryland Rail Heritage Library, Baltimore Streetcar Museum WILMINGTON, Del. — The Hagley Museum & Library in Wilmington, Del., has has acquired the Herbert H. Harwood Jr. Railroad and Transportation Collection of photographic negatives. Comprising […]
