A screen image capture of the cover of a report studying reverse commuting on Chicago’s Metra. Metra CHICAGO — A March 4 launch date has been scheduled for the start of new reverse-commute service on Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line, officials have announced. The new service is intended to provide improved outbound transportation from Chicago’s […]
EUGENE, Ore. – Passengers on the southbound Coast Starlight that was stranded near Oakridge in southern Oregon are continuing on their journeys Tuesday following the arrival of a rescue locomotive to pull the train back to Eugene. Video shows Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5478 pulling the train into Eugene on Tuesday. Fallen trees across Union […]
A pair of BNSF Railway units pull a train of some 130-plus stored coal hoppers from Spikebuck, Colo., about five miles west of Parkdale, Colo., where Royal Gorge Route tourist trains terminate. Jody Moore CANON CITY, Colo. — A piece of Rio Grande’s long-dormant Tennessee Pass route saw freight traffic on it again briefly Monday. […]
WASHINGTON – California Gov. Gavin Newsom shook hands with President Trump at a White House dinner Sunday night, where Trump brought up the contentious high speed rail project during a brief conversation, Newsom told reporters. Despite their differences, Newsom says he want to “continue to have a relationship with the president on things that matter.” The […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific has pulled 107 locomotives from its surge fleet and added 300 train and engine crews in response to harsh winter weather and derailments that gummed up its system over the past month. “I want to make it clear that the setbacks we’ve experienced are not due to the implementation of […]
The westbound New River Train with there Amtrak P42DCs and a 30-car passenger car consist rolls along its namesake river on its journey to Huntington, W.Va., from Hinton, W.Va., on Oct. 29 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After 52 years of operating mainline passenger excursions between the West Virginia cities of Huntington and Hinton, […]
Squash players during a championship match at Chicago Union Station. Professional Squash Association screen image capture CHICAGO — There’s a squash in the Great Hall at Chicago Union Station. No, not a squash of passengers from Amtrak or Metra commuter trains. Squash as in the sport played on a court with rackets and a ball. […]
Union Pacific directors pose at the 100th Meridian, 247 miles west of Omaha, Neb. There were still many miles to go to reach Ogden, Utah. Library of Congress collection Many railroads have had their share of drama and intrigue, but it is hard to recall another railroad with the narrative complexity and heroic scale of […]
VIA Rail Canada service arrives in Parkhurst, British Columbia, in 2006. The Vancouver Island service last operated in 2011, but the provincial government is seeking a contractor to assess the condition of the rail route. Bob Johnston VICTORIA, British Columbia — British Columbia’s provincial government is seeking a contractor to assess the condition of the […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway’s revenue and profits were up in 2018, with industrial products revenue and volume leading the way. BNSF’s annual operating income increased 9 percent, to $6.9 billion, on revenue of $23.9 billion, an increase of 12 percent, the railroad’s parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday and BNSF reported in its […]
WASHINGTON — China’s state-owned rail equipment manufacturer is showing interest in building new rail cars for the Washington Metro system, the Washington Post reports, despite concerns expressed in Congress about cybersecurity and economic issues of such a plan. CRRC sent 11 employees to a January event for companies interested in bidding on the system’s 8000-series […]
WILMERDING, Pa. — The deed is done. GE Transportation and Wabtec are now a single, merged company. In documents released early on Monday, officials with the combined company expect Wabtec Corp.’s divisions to earn about $8.4 billion in revenue producing locomotives and parts, mining equipment, heavy-duty diesel engines, railroad components, information services, and transit systems. […]
