Video by Michelle Madding, via Facebook INDIANAPOLIS — CSX Transportation and local officials are expected to look into the what caused a fire at the railroad’s yard in Avon, Ind., near Indianapolis, Wednesday evening. Multiple media outlets report that a fire was reported in CSX’s Avon Yard at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Local fire departments […]
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Freight railroads diverting traffic from oncoming tropical storm NEWSWIRE
NEW ORLEANS — The threat of Tropical Storm Barry striking Louisiana as a hurricane by the weekend has already begun to disrupt rail service. Because the Flood Protection Authority in New Orleans closed flood gates, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are rerouting New Orleans traffic and UP officials say they have suspended interchange with eastern […]
Maine narrow gauge museums prepare for big move NEWSWIRE
Historic view of parlor car ‘Rangeley.’ Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad ALNA, Maine – After months of planning, the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. & Museum will begin moving equipment next week to the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum as part of a recently-announced collaboration between the two 2-foot-gauge railroads. On Tuesday, the first two […]
Parts locomotives being readied for shipment to fading MLW-haven Western New York & Pennsylvania NEWSWIRE
Western New York & Pennsylvania Montreal-built six-axle locomotives prepare to take a train north from Driftwood to Turtlepoint, Pa. Increased frequency of service between these two points and delays in receiving the newer GE locomotives will allow for more scenes such as this in the remaining weeks of the summer. Stephan M. Koenig ERIE, Pa. […]
AAR releases carload and intermodal traffic for the week of July 6, 2019 NEWSWIRE
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 6. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 448,459 carloads and intermodal units, down 7.5% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending July 6 were 220,759 […]
Amtrak’s Delaware shops clean house of the last F40PHs and its P40 NEWSWIRE
CSX Transportation train Q389-08 brings west the last of Amtrak’s F40PHR locomotives and a lone P40. Amtrak’s Delaware shops sold the units to Larry’s Truck Electric earlier in the year, the sale marked the last of the F40s on Amtrak as well as the first P40 to go to a third party for scrap. Stephan […]
Big Boy 4014 to remain in North Platte ‘until further notice’ NEWSWIRE
A Union Pacific train creeps along slowly westward at Gibbon, Neb., as flood waters touch the base of the track ballast. Flood waters and poor operating conditions have forced the railroad to keep UP Big Boy No. 4014 at the North Platte, Neb., yard until further notice. Jim Wrinn NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Due to […]
BNSF Railway opens new intermodal terminal in Southern California NEWSWIRE
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway opened its new intermodal terminal in Barstow, Calif., this week for premium container service between Southern California and Chicago. The $27 million terminal includes two production tracks totaling 6,600 feet, two lifts, and 640 paved parking spaces, BNSF spokeswoman Lena Kent says. Service is provided five days a week. […]
Canadian Pacific dome car ‘Selkirk’ joins passenger car fleet NEWSWIRE
‘Selkirk’ rests beneath the Calgary skyline. Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian Pacific dome car Selkirk entered service with the railroads Heritage Fleet this summer after an extensive rebuilding. The ex-Southern Pacific dome was rebuilt in the former locomotive shop at Ogden Yard in Calgary under the supervision of Kevin Hrysak, senior manager of heritage […]
Michigan-Ontario rail tunnel re-opens after June derailment and acid spill NEWSWIRE
The last Canadian National last detour train on CSX Transportation, X900-08 rolls past the Wabtec test track in Harborcreek, Pa., bringing to an end more than a week’s worth of detours on three railroads in the region. Stephan Koenig ERIE, Pa. — Canadian National confirms that the St. Clair Tunnel at Sarnia, Ontario, is open […]
New railroad proving ground to open in England NEWSWIRE
An artist’s rendering of the campus planned for the Institute for High Speed Rail and System Integration in Leeds, England. University of Leeds LEEDS, England — The United Kingdom government has today confirmed funding to create one of the most advanced conventional and high speed rail research facilities in the world, in Leeds. The University of […]
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic works toward 2020 debut of rotary snowplow OY NEWSWIRE
Stathi Pappas, Director of Special Projects for the C&TSR on snowplow OY: If this thing has 90 days of service on it since it was built in 1923, I’d be very surprised. We are very fortunate because there really isn’t a whole lot of work that really needs to be done to make it operable. Thomas […]
