First Progress-built Tier 4 locomotives for CSX arrive NEWSWIRE

CSX SD70ACe-T4 No. 8908 shows off its fresh paint. Erik Landrum CINCINNATI – Delivery of CSX Transportation’s first SD70ACe-T4 locomotives began last week when nine of the 10-unit order was shipped from Progress Rail’s Muncie, Ind., plant. Norfolk Southern delivered the nine units from Muncie to Cincinnati where they were interchanged to CSX. The order, […]

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NS cleaning up derailment at Horseshoe Curve NEWSWIRE

ALTOONA, Pa. — Cleanup continued Saturday on a Norfolk Southern derailment at the landmark Horseshoe Curve. Norfolk Southern spokeswoman Rachel McDonnell Bradshaw told the Altoona Mirror that 11 cars were involved in the Friday evening derailment, none with hazardous materials, and that the cause is under investigation. The Mirror had previously reported that the train […]

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Major coal firm files for bankruptcy NEWSWIRE

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following the recent bankruptcy filing of coal producer Cambrian Holdings, another Appalachian coal company has filed for bankruptcy protection. According to court documents, Revelation Energy LLC and its Blackjewel LLC parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of West Virginia. According to the filing, made under the […]

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West Virginia intermodal terminal may close or be sold NEWSWIRE

CHARLESTON, W.V. — The West Virginia Port Authority is moving forward to find a lessee for one of the state’s intermodal facilities in anticipation of possibly auctioning the facility off or selling it. At a meeting Tuesday, the West Virginia Port Authority Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the board chairman to begin […]

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North Carolina Railroad sued over access to records NEWSWIRE

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed suit against the North Carolina Railroad Co., in a dispute over records the organization requested from the railroad company, but were denied. In a statement issued Monday, the SECL announced that it had filed suit in Wake County (N.C.) Superior Court after the railroad company […]

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New model trains for the week of July 4, 2019

Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Fairbanks-Morse H-15-44 and H-16-44 diesel locomotives. New paint schemes. H-15-44: Rock Island (red and silver). H-16-44: Central RR Co. of New Jersey (blue and yellow); New York Central (black and white with radio stencil); and New York, New Haven & […]

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Cleanup of NS derailment in swamp likely to take weeks NEWSWIRE

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The cleanup of a coal-train derailment in the Great Dismal Swamp will likely take weeks, the Virginian-Pilot reports. Thirty-six cars of the Norfolk Southern train derailed in the swamp early Tuesday. [See “Amtrak service to Norfolk suspended following NS derailment,” Trains News Wire, June 26, 2019.] Chris Lowie, manager of the Great […]

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