A Norfolk Southern train stopped within feet of striking a modular home stuck on railroad tracks in Georgia on March 8. Phil Maton ATLANTA — Truck drivers in Georgia will now be routed around a troublesome railroad crossing, thanks to a near-collision last week between a Norfolk Southern freight train and a manufactured home stuck […]
ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk & Western Class J locomotive No. 611 will travel to Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road for four weekends of events in September and October. The Virginia Museum of Transportation and Strasburg will combine for events including an opportunity to ride behind the restored N&W 4-8-4, opportunities to operate and fire the locomotive, […]
HOUSTON — A high-speed rail project in Texas could see significant growth in the near future as land acquisition efforts by the developing company are ramped up. According to a Community Impact Newspaper report, Texas Central, the company undertaking the project, has acquired about 30 percent of the land parcels needed to support the land […]
This view from Metra’s 11th Street/Museum Campus station looks toward Soldier Field. The area over the Metra tracks by the stadium is the site for a proposed multibillion-dollar development, which also would include a new transit center. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — A multibillion-dollar development proposed for the air rights over Metra tracks next to […]
Twenty six cars of a Union Pacific freight train derailed on a bridge near Logan, N.M., March 13. New Mexico State Police Wind gusts of up to 64 mph likely caused these railcars to derail in northeast New Mexico. New Mexico State Police Twenty six cars of a Union Pacific freight train derailed on the […]
A close-up look at Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7906 leading a westbound intermodal train at “Curvo,” a little-known engineering hotspot on the route of the first Transcontinental Railroad. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Curvo, Utah, is a location on the route of the first Transcontinental Railroad that may be unique in American railroading. A Transcontinental Railroad spot […]
Leland Stanford’s Sacramento, Calif., mansion. Don Cox The Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, Calif., offers today’s visitors a glimpse into the life of a remarkable man — Central Pacific Railroad president, California governor, and founding father of a great university. Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Collis P. Huntington, and Stanford all had mansions, but only one […]
Association of American Railroads Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 9. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 508,958 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.7 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week […]
EDMONTON, Alberta – The Government of Canada is providing more than C$1 billion for two Edmonton light rail expansion projects through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan. Additionally, the Government of Alberta is contributing about C$1.17 billion through the Climate Leadership Plan, and the City of Edmonton is providing about C$706 million. The Valley Line […]
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) is requesting detailed answers from Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson about February’s signal failure at Chicago Union Station. More than 100,000 Amtrak and Metra passengers had trips disrupted by the Feb. 28 signal problems at Chicago Union Station. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — The chairman of the House subcommittee on railroads is […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has launched faster and, in most cases, more frequent intermodal service from Mexico to destinations on Norfolk Southern and Canadian National. The service changes, effective today, are part of the railroad’s shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. “The goal is to consolidate traffic, create more density and, in some […]
A Metra Rock Island train arrives at the Midlothian station in December 2018. The Rock Island line will have additional service on Saturday and Sunday for St. Patrick’s Day events, while a number of other Metra routes will see additional trains Saturday for Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra will […]
