More Monday morning rail news: Oregon excursion train cancels season Northeast Oregon’s Eagle Cap Excursion Train has cancelled its 2020 season after previously delaying opening because of the coronavirus pandemic. The operation based in Elgin, Ore., made the decision based on the risk involved in operating, given the age of passengers and volunteers and the […]
Magazine: Trains Magazine
Digest: Legislators decry new Caltrain funding proposal
Monday morning rail news: Change to ballot initiative could cut Caltrain funding, may be illegal, legislators say A proposed change to a ballot initiative meant to generate tax support for Caltrain could mean the San Francisco Bay commuter railroad receives little or no revenue from the tax, according to a group of legislators. The San […]
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Digest: Wheeling & Lake Erie shops damaged in fire
Saturday rail news in brief: Damage to W&LE shops could reach $3 million The Wheeling & Lake Erie shops in Brewster, Ohio, sustained damage estimated at close to $3 million in a fire that broke out Thursday evening and was not fully extinguished until early Friday morning. The Wooster Daily Record reports that 23 fire […]
Steam over Cumbres
Chasing rainbows & time Introducing the story of the C&TS from the pages of Trains magazine […]
Surface Transportation Board asserts jurisdiction over Texas Central project
Texas Central’s regulatory path to the start of high speed rail service between Dallas and Houston has become more complex. Reversing an earlier decision, the Surface Transportation Board has ruled that the proposed service will qualify as part of the interstate rail network and therefore is under to the board’s jurisdiction, and that the company […]
Digest: Shortline company seeks to end California operating contract
Friday morning rail industry news: Progressive Rail seeks to end 10-year deal to operate line in Santa Cruz, Calif. Minnesota-based shortline company Progressive Rail wants out of its 10-year contract to operate a 32-mile line serving Santa Cruz, Calif., after just two years, according to the government agency that owns the line. The Aptos Times […]
Digest: Construction of new South Shore branch could begin in October
More Friday morning rail news: South Shore aims for October start to West Lake extension work Construction on the South Shore Line’s West Lake Corridor extension, an 8-mile commuter rail branch between Hammond and Dyer, Ind., could begin in October. The Times of Northwest Indiana reports. That date reflects an expectation that the Northern Indiana […]
Trains Presents: Geared steam locomotive show at Cass, W.Va.
Cass Scenic Railroad reopened in June 2020 with a splash of geared steam. Climax No. 9 kicked off things with a photo charter, then lead a pack of Shays for side-by-side running and a five-chime whistle to let everyone know that steam is alive and kickin’ in the Mountain State! […]
Trains Presents: Geared steam locomotive show at Cass, W.Va.
Cass Scenic Railroad reopened in June 2020 with a splash of geared steam. Climax No. 9 kicked off things with a photo charter, then lead a pack of Shays for side-by-side running and a five-chime whistle to let everyone know that steam is alive and kickin’ in the Mountain State! […]
Trains Presents: East Broad Top revival
The phenomenal narrow gauge of the Northeast, the East Broad Top, is coming back. Nine years after it was closed and almost six decades since it shut down in the 1950s as a coal hauling railroad, the EBT has reopened and is on track to reopen in steam in 2021. Here’s a report from our […]
