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Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s restored Soo Line GP30 No. 700 will appear at Union Depot Trains and be the subject of a night photo session on May 31. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. – Train Days 2019 at the Union Depot in St. Paul this June will feature LakerRail, an exhibition of railroad photos and […]
On April 12, Wabtec tested modernized locomotives for its two largest customers, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The UP unit seen here is known as a C44ACM. ERIE, Pa. – Pascal Schweitzer, vice president, global services organization, freight, under Wabtec, is proud of what his company has achieved in the past five years and what […]
The Allegheny Valley Railroad will purchase lines it is currently leasing from CSX. Carload Express WASHINGTON – Pittsburgh area short line Allegheny Valley Railroad will acquire 47.5 miles of rail lines it has leased from CSX Transportation since 2003. The deal, disclosed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday, will require Surface Transportation Board approval. It would […]
DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming reported weaker first quarter results on Tuesday as traffic and operating income fell on its North American railroads due largely to the impact of winter weather and the flooding that followed. North American same railroad operating income declined 4%, to $69.3 million. Operating expenses rose 17%, more than offsetting […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale General Electric U23B diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives General Electric U23B diesel locomotive. New paint schemes. Low short hood: Missouri Pacific (blue and white) and Conrail Express (blue and white, one road number). New numbers: Low short hood: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (blue and yellow warbonnet); Chessie System […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific CEO Keith Creel likes what he sees from the other railroads that are adopting the Precision Scheduled Railroading operating model of his mentor, the late E. Hunter Harrison. Specifically, Creel points to how Chicago and other gateways remained fluid this winter despite the […]
Wm. K. Walthers Inc. HO scale Electro-Motive Division Phase II GP9 with low short hood HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division Phase II GP9 with low short hood. Chicago & North Western, Burlington Northern, Milwaukee Road, Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Wisconsin & Southern. Four road numbers per scheme (two each in direct current and Digital […]
A GP9u crosses the Rockaway River on the Dover & Rockaway River Railroad, which connects with the Dover & Delaware River. Chesapeake & Delaware is the parent company of both railroads, as well as two other New Jersey short lines. Courtesy of Scott Harris, Dover & Delaware River Railroad NEWARK, N.J. — The Dover & Delaware […]
This schematic of Conrail’s North Jersey Service Area shows planned and current improvements. Courtesy of Conrail Greenville Yard in Bayonne and Jersey City, N.J., will see projects addressing capacity needs in several areas. Courtesy of Conrail This overhead image shows the current Point No Point Bridge over the Passaic River, as well as the proposed […]
A northbound Norfolk Southern train passes through Ferguson, Ky. Trains: Jim Wrinn LOWELL, Ark. — Precision Scheduled Railroad-driven lane closures and bad winter weather reduced intermodal traffic by 7 percent for J. B. Hunt Transport in the first quarter of 2019. “Volume or the lack thereof is obviously the main story,” David McGee, executive vice […]
1. Retired but still active, Jerry and Alison Ogden maintain their Possum Creek Railroad to stay lush, with wall-to-wall plants they bought from Miniature Plant Kingdom. At this stage, six years after its initial construction, the trackplan still works and access is easy, but several unruly or languishing plants have been replaced. Jerry started with […]
Amtrak’s Ray Lang speaks at Tuesday’s hearing in Chicago on commuter rail issues. To his left is Metra CEO Jim Derwinski. Others are Patricia Caslin of BNSF, John Friedmann of Norfolk Southern, and Mike Matteucci, regional director for Canadian National. Richard Wronski CHICAGO — Amtrak is rejecting a proposal to let Metra take over operations […]
