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A view of Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 before restoration work began in 2015. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad SANTA FE, N.M. — Trains magazine has awarded its $10,000 2018 Preservation Award to the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, N.M., to complete restoration work on Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. […]
Strasburg Rail Road’s Linn W. Moedinger parlor car after restoration in Pennsylvania Strasburg Rail Road STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road has debuted its newest restoration project, a 12-wheel former Baltimore & Ohio parlor car, after more than two years of restoration work. The car, featuring 24 parlor chairs, is expected to see service […]
SEATTLE — The Pacific Northwest has an abundance of publicly and privately owned short lines. Two of the publicly held railroads have new operators. Oregon In the case of the International Port of Coos Bay in Oregon, the new operator is the port itself. The 133-mile line, running west from Eugene, Ore., to the coast […]
The westbound Canadian is running 15 hours late on Oct. 14, 2018, as it meets its eastbound counterpart in this shot from the eastbound train. VIA Rail Canada has again adjusted the 2019 Canadian, addressing sightseeing and intermediate-stop issues. Bob Johnston A comparison of VIA’s current and 2019 schedules for the Canadian (click to enlarge). […]
CHICAGO – Canadian National plans to bring back its employee-center Santa Train for the 2018 with a broader reach. The railroad made the announcement with a Facebook post on Thursday: “CN is delighted to announce it is expanding a decades-old tradition with a 2018 Santa Train that will provide more employees, their families and friends […]
NEWARK, N.J. — Thousands of people have applied to become locomotive engineers for NJ Transit, addressing the transit agency’s shortage of people to operate its commuter trains. But relief will be far from immediate. NJ.com reports that more than 5,000 people have already applied to become engineers, with the deadline for applications arriving on Friday. […]
NEW YORK — Norfolk Southern is approaching Precision Scheduled Railroading differently than CSX Transportation, with a much slower timetable and no appetite for disruptive change. But NS sees no reason why it can’t close productivity and operating ratio gaps with its more efficient eastern rival, Chief Financial Officer Cynthia Earhart says. “The biggest difference for […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has addressed some flaws in conducting background checks as part of its hiring process, but some issues remain, according to a report by Amtrak Office of Inspector General. Most notably, according to the report issued Nov. 1, reviews of applicants’ education and employment histories are insufficient, and the company does not ensure […]
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — R.J. Corman’s family of shortline railroads now includes a significant part of Nashville’s shortline railroading scene. R.J. Corman announced this week it has finalized an agreement to purchase the Nashville & Eastern Railroad Corp.; Nashville & Western Railroad Corp.; Transit Solutions Group, the operator of Nashville’s Music City Star commuter railroad; and […]
OMAHA, Neb. — The first phase of Union Pacific’s shift to an operating plan based on the principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading appears to be going smoothly. Federal regulators have not received shipper complaints about service and are satisfied that the railroad is keeping its customers informed as it methodically rolls out operational changes on […]
At InnoTrans, Turkish manufacturer Tülomsas displayed a mid-1980s-vintage Turkish State Railway DE11000 diesel loco, rebuilt to run on either diesel or batter power. Keith Fender Bombardier’s battery-powered Talent 3 EMU after a demonstration run at Hennigsdorf, Germany. Keith Fender BERLIN — If there was one recurring theme at the 2018 InnoTrans rail trade fare, it […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s bullet train dodged its second fatal projectile Tuesday in less than a week when voters overwhelmingly elected Democrat Gavin Newsom as high-speed rail champion Jerry Brown’s successor as governor. With 53 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, Newsom held a 58 percent to 42 percent lead over Republican candidate John Cox, […]
