Three original California Zephyr cars, the Silver Lariat, Silver Rapids, and Silver Solarium, trail Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr near Pinecliffe, Colo., on Nov. 4, 2017. Chase Gunnoe WASHINGTON — It will soon cost more money to haul a private car behind Amtrak trains. The passenger railroad is increasing its private-car tariff for the second time […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Southern has largely cleared cross-border congestion that bogged down its busy railroad between Laredo, Texas, and Mexico City. KCS on Oct. 16 placed an embargo on certain types of merchandise traffic to help ease a logjam of cars in Mexico as well as those waiting to cross the border […]
Accompanied by a police escort, a trainload of officials and dignitaries departs the Cathedral Square station, inaugurating service on Milwaukee’s streetcar line, The Hop. TRAINS: David Lassen Officials cut a ribbon adorned with — what else? — hops as part of Friday’s opening ceremonies for The Hop streetcar system. TRAINS: David Lassen MILWAUKEE — Streetcars […]
HARRISON, N.J. — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey celebrated the opening of a new PATH station in Harrison, the first phase in a $256-million redevelopment project. The Oct. 30 opening of the station on the westbound side of the PATH rail line is the first part of a four-phase project. It […]
Ontario Northland has returned SD40-2 No. 1730 to its as built appearance. Ontario Northland NORTH BAY, Ontario — Add Ontario Northland to the list of railroads with heritage units. On Thursday, the regional railroad rolled out rebuilt SD40-2 No. 1730 as it appeared in 1972 when built by EMD. Said the railroad: “As Ontario Northland […]
BARSTOW, Calif. — The City of Barstow has announced that BNSF Railway will expand its Barstow yard, adding an intermodal facility. The Victor Valley News reports that the announcement came at an Oct. 31 meeting of the Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee. The newspaper reports that grading work for the project has […]
Association of American Railroads Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads Wednesday reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Oct. 27. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 562,804 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.4 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week […]
An artist’s rendering for what a redeveloped entrance to Chicago Union Station might look like from Clinton Street. Amtrak CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council gave the go-ahead Wednesday for a $900 million redevelopment plan that includes an office tower on Amtrak-owned property next to Chicago Union Station. As part of the redevelopment, the station’s […]
Tristan Gray of Clear Brook, Va., presents the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad with $1,000 in donations. The five-year-old boy raised the funds for his recent birthday party instead of asking for birthday presents. WMSR CUMBERLAND, Md. — A five-year-old railfan from Virginia is doing his part to return Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 to […]
Ron Batory, Federal Railroad Administration administrator U.S. Department of Transportation WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration is setting up a big tent and inviting in a broad group of interests to join and collaborate to drive incidents of grade crossing and trespassing fatalities to zero. A summit Oct. 29 drew some 200 parties from railroads, […]
Derailed tank cars from a Union Pacific unit ethanol train burn near Iowa cornfields on March 10, 2017. Ted Ellis WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board officials say Union Pacific’s “impressive” response following a March 2017 derailment is a sign the railroad’s maintenance and government oversight were lacking before the accident. NTSB officials met Tuesday […]
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo governmental organization will help fund a feasibility study on reinstating train service between Toledo and Detroit, the Toledo Blade reports. The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government will provide $20,000 toward the study, expected to cost $50,000, and is asking the city of Toledo to fund the remainder. The roughly […]
