Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Southwest Tour. In this video, Trains editors take you on the road between Caliente, Nevada, and Las Vegas as Big Boy rolls to California. […]
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Union Pacific leads decline in third quarter rail traffic NEWSWIRE
In a down year for North American rail volumes, Union Pacific led the third quarter decline in traffic among the six big systems, with its intermodal volume slumping 12% and its overall carloads off by 9%. Among the big four U.S. systems, BNSF Railway fared the best in the third quarter. Its intermodal volume was […]
Big Boy’s Great Southwest Tour: Milford, Utah to Caliente, Nevada NEWSWIRE
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Southwest Tour. In this video, Trains editors take you on the road between Millford, Utah, and Caliente, Nevada as Big Boy rolls to California. […]
DOT, FRA, announce nearly $400 million in rail infrastructure grants NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program. The funding opportunity includes $396 million in grant funding. “This $396 million in federal funding will provide a tremendous boost to private, state and local investments to improve […]
New model trains for the week of October 10, 2019
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division GP7 diesel locomotive. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (black-and-gray scheme with “Everywhere West” slogan); Chicago & North Western (repaint in two road numbers and passenger service with “Route of the Streamliners” slogan); Denver & Rio Grande Western (orange-and-black scheme with Flying Grande lettering, four numbers); Maine Central (gold-and-green scheme, four numbers); […]
NJ Transit reveals heritage locomotives
KEARNY, N.J. — NJ Transit unveiled three heritage locomotives Saturday at its annual Family Days event at its Meadows Maintenance Complex, and is scheduled to debut the locomotives for the general public on Tuesday. The three locomotives are GP40PH-2 No. 4109, repainted to a version of the Central of New Jersey livery it wore when […]
CN steam engine faces move from Ontario station display site NEWSWIRE
CN steam locomotive No. 6167 faces a move from its current display site next to Guelph (Ontario) Central Station. Stephen C. Host A Canadian National steam locomotive on display in Guelph, Ontario, must be moved — for the second time. CNR No. 6167, which was moved in 2010 to its current location next to Guelph […]
Houston agency readies ballot measure on transit expansion NEWSWIRE
A light rail train passes through downtown Houston. The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County will present a $3.5 billion plan for expansion of its light rail system to voters in November. Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County HOUSTON — The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, is making a $3.5 billion bet that […]
Indiana Rail Road, rail industry groups, sue Illinois over mandatory crew size law NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO, Ill. — The Indiana Rail Road is taking the debate over laws requiring minimum crew sizes for freight trains to federal court in Illinois. According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, Indiana Rail Road, along with railroad industry advocacy groups the Association of American […]
Key question at shipper conference: Are railroads still relevant? NEWSWIRE
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A common theme woven through several presentations at a regional rail shippers’ conference this week involved a key question: Are railroads still relevant? The world increasingly expects transportation that’s fast, reliable, and easy. Railroads are slow, unreliable, and complicated. As a result, they’ve lost market share to trucks and often aren’t even […]
Long Island Rail Road alters some weekend service for bridge project NEWSWIRE
The Long Island Rail Road’s Hicksville, N.Y., station, as seen from a New York & Atlantic train. Main Line service between Hicksville and New Hyde Park will be suspended Oct. 5-6 for a bridge replacement project. TRAINS: David Lassen GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — The Long Island Rail Road will suspend service between its New Hyde […]
Los Angeles Union Station replica sells for $8.2 million NEWSWIRE
The building’s entrance mimics the classic look of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. Charles Freericks LOS ANGELES – One of Southern California’s best-known railfan edifices has been sold to be converted into creative office space. A near-replica of Los Angeles Union Station, the Allied Model Trains building in Culver City has been sold for $8.2 […]
