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Garden City Terminal rail yard, Savannah, Ga. Georgia Ports Authority Increased U.S. port expansions include substantial development of rail infrastructure, among them intermodal projects at ports on both coasts, the Gulf of Mexico, and on inland waterways. With the enlarged Panama Canal available since 2016, eastern ports have been upgrading to lure Pacific ship traffic […]
A Miami-bound Brightline train speeds through Lantana, Fla., on Jan. 10, 2019. The initial public offering for the passenger operation, to be rebranded Virgin Trains USA, is set for Feb. 13. TRAINS: David Lassen MIAMI — The NASDAQ stock exchange is reporting that Virgin Trains USA’s initial public offering of common stock is set for […]
Association of American Railroads Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads recently reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Jan. 26. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 522,026 carloads and intermodal units, down 4 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week […]
NEW YORK — Friday’s announcement that Amtrak’s board of directors had reached agreement with New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the Penn Station Access project had been expected. An accompanying possibility — direct Amtrak service to Long Island — was not. In a press release following the Amtrak board meeting, Stephen Gardner, senior executive vice […]
Amtrak’s northbound Vermonter crosses a canal in Holyoke, Mass., on Aug. 30, 2018. Plans for additional service will increase frequency on this corridor from one to three round trips daily. Scott A. Hartley SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The upgrade of former Boston & Maine Railroad trackage that allowed the Vermonter to be rerouted via Greenfield, Mass., […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that the Pierce County, Wash., medical examiner isn’t entitled to a copy of a video recording made and held by BNSF Railway of a 2017 fatality in which a man standing on tracks was struck and killed. The ruling, filed Jan. 31, stems from a […]
Joe Boardman Bob Johnston WAUKESHA, Wis. — Former Amtrak President Joe Boardman has strong words for his old railroad in the March 2019 issue of Trains Magazine. In our monthly “The Trains Interview,” Boardman discusses rail safety, operations, dining car service and offers a critical opinion of the passenger railroad under the leadership of Amtrak’s […]
A Metra Electric train stops at the Homewood, Ill., station in May 2016. Metra has restored service to the entire Electric line, but on a limited scheduled. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has resumed service across its Electric Line, but will be operating on a “modified weekday schedule” today (Monday, Feb. 4) as repairs […]
NRHS is selling events for its annual convention in conjunction with the transcontinental railroad anniversary. Some events are already sold out. Trains: Jim Wrinn SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – With registration open one week for the National Railway Historical Society’s annual convention in May, the nation’s largest railroad enthusiast organization is reporting that some events […]
A Wilsonville-bound Westside Express Service train passes through Tigard, Ore., in June 2018. An Oregon legislator wants the service extended to the state capital, Salem. TRAINS: David Lassen PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon legislator is making a fourth attempt to generate interest in a plan to extend Portland’s lone commuter-rail line to Salem, Ore. The […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The Transbay Transit Center, the downtown bus terminal which will eventually also serve as San Francisco’s station for the California high speed rail system, will remain closed until at least June, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The $2.2 billion dollar facility had been open for just six weeks when it was closed […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A giant of the short line railroad industry has passed. Russell Tedder, who coordinated Georgia-Pacific’s railroads and served as chairman of the American Shortline Railroad Association, has died. He passed Jan. 29 at age 83. According to an obituary posted at Smith Funeral Home in North Little Rock, Ark., Tedder graduated […]
