MONOWI, Neb. – The town of Monowi recently gained fame for a singular reason. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Monowi is the only incorporated town, village, or city in America with a population of one, and several news outlets have been running stories on the town, centering on Elsie Eiler who serves as the […]
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UP lawsuit says railroad failed to maintain tracks NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO — Union Pacific is seeking monetary damages from a switching short line which UP contends failed to properly maintain tracks it leases from the Class I railroad at its Centex Industrial Park in Elk Grove Village, Ill. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, UP alleges that the Chicago Terminal Railroad […]
Minnesota museum acquires Great Northern SD7 NEWSWIRE
Former Great Northern and Burlington Northern SD7 No. 6008 works at a grain elevator in Litchfield, Minn. The locomotive has been donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Transportation Museum has acquired former Great Northern Railway SD7 No. 558. Cargill, Inc. donated the locomotive, one of 23 SD7s […]
BNSF triple tracking New Mexico grade NEWSWIRE
A fresh BNSF Railway crew handling westbound stacks charges up the 10-mile grade from Belen, N.M., to Dalies on March 3, 2018. On the left, preliminary work continues on adding a third main line to this section of the Gallup Subdivision. Meanwhile, an eastbound vehicle train in the distance is first in line waiting as […]
Texas city decides to keep troubled Ten-Wheeler NEWSWIRE
PORT ARTHUR, Texas— The Port Arthur City Council voted Tuesday night to keep troubled Louisiana & Arkansas 4-6-0 No. 503, despite a last-ditch effort by preservationists to save the locomotive from scrap that would have meant taking the engine out of this Gulf Coast city. After hearing comments from about half a dozen citizens, the […]
Friends of the 261 offer steam excursion to fund PTC equipment NEWSWIRE
No. 261 crosses the Kettle River at Sandstone, Minn., on a June 2016 excursion. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – The Friends of the 261 will operate a steam excursion from Minneapolis to Duluth over BNSF Railway June 9-10, 2018, to raise funds for the installation of the positive train control system on Milwaukee Road steam locomotive […]
Progress report on Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 NEWSWIRE
Big Boy No. 4014 in the Cheyenne, Wyo., steam shop in March 2017. Trains: Jim Wrinn DENVER – Union Pacific’s restoration of Big Boy No. 4014 enters yet another phase in coming days as the steam shop crew in Cheyenne, Wyo., plans to lift the boiler and roll out the 4-8-8-4’s trailing truck for inspection […]
Canadian Pacific to drop Expressway short-haul intermodal service NEWSWIRE
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific will discontinue its pioneering Expressway short-haul intermodal service on June 1, ending a nearly two-decade experiment of luring trucks off Highway 401 between Toronto and Montreal. From its launch in May 1999 as the successor to the Iron Highway concept developed by CSX Intermodal, the Expressway roll-on, roll-off trailer-on-flatcar trains […]
Norfolk Southern adds crews, reopens through route to ease congestion in South NEWSWIRE
Norfolk Southern terminal dwell times TRAINS; Norfolk Southern data NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern is taking steps to unclog congested areas of its system in Alabama and Georgia, where a combination of traffic growth and bad weather have gummed up yards and single-track main lines. For the year-to-date compared to the first quarter of 2017, […]
Union Pacific to buy Tier 4 intermediate locomotives NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific EMD24B order will look similar to demonstrator PRLX No. 24 built in 2016. Carl M. Lehman PATTERSON, Ga. – Union Pacific is acquiring 10 Progress Rail EMD24B locomotives to be built at the manufacturer’s Patterson, Ga., facility. The locomotive model was previously called PR24B before the consolidation of the Progress and EMD line […]
BNSF Railway’s revenue, profit rise on traffic gains in 2017 NEWSWIRE
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway reported higher revenue and earnings for 2017 amid volume growth and pricing increases. The railroad’s pre-tax earnings rose 11.2 percent last year, to $6.3 billion, as revenue climbed 7.9 percent, to $21.4 billion, BNSF’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. BNSF’s operating ratio was 65.7 percent, an improvement […]
Canadian Pacific wins contract for international intermodal traffic NEWSWIRE
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific has wrestled some international intermodal traffic away from congested rival Canadian National. Beginning April 1, CP will begin hauling 85 percent of the Ocean Network Express traffic at the Port of Vancouver, CEO Keith Creel told investor conferences last week. Ocean Network Express, or ONE, is the new combination of […]
