WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a tax case involving CSX Transportation and the state of Alabama for the third time — a decision Bloomberg News calls a partial win for both parties. The court rejected petitions by CSX and the Alabama Department of Revenue on Monday. That means a 2018 […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Transit Authority has named Carolyn Gonot as its new executive director, ending a six-month search. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Gonot is the first woman to hold the position for the agency, which operates the FrontRunner commuter rail line, along with TRAX light rail and bus service. She […]
Drivers and driving boxes await installation at Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Chris Campbell 56 inch drivers are ready for installation on Western Maryland 2-6-6-2 No. 1309. Chris Campbell RIDGELEY, W.Va. — The long and twisting restoration of 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 at Western Maryland Scenic Railroad may finally be nearing a successful conclusion, punctuated with the […]
Iowa Interstate’s Chinese-built 2-10-2 No. 6988 is back in service again in 2019. After a lull that ended in 2018, the QJ-type is seeing service on the former Rock Island main line in Illinois and Iowa. Watch it pull excursions with a train of P70 coaches, and freight, too! […]
TOKYO — A power outage that disrupted train service on the Japanese island of Kyushu was caused by a slug. The mollusk was electrocuted when it made its way into a trackside device, an investigation has concluded. The rail operator on Japan’s southernmost island, JR Kyushu, announced the findings on Sunday. The company had to […]
Friends of the 261’s E9A No. 101, ex-Milwaukee Road No. 32A, leads an eastbound excursion train past the former Milwaukee Road depot in Hopkins, Minn., on June 23, 2019. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS – The Friends of the 261 debuted its newly acquired former Milwaukee Road E9A over the weekend on trips over the Twin Cities […]
A New York-bound NJ Transit train crosses the Portal Bridge in October 2018. The bridge, more than a century old, is one component of the Gateway Project for Northeast Corridor infrastructure. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Legislatures in New York and New Jersey have passed identical bills creating the Gateway Project Development Commission, a key […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A grand jury report has blasted the San Jose area’s public transit system as “one of the most expensive and least efficient … in the country,” the San Jose Mercury News reports. The report released last week says the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, which operates bus and light rail systems, […]
A special Metra train promoting visits to the Pullman National Monument arrives at the 111th/Pullman station on the Metra Electric line. In the background is Pullman’s landmark Clock Tower building, surrounded in scaffolding for its renovation. Metra photo by Courtney Aubrecht Passengers on Metra’s special train to the Pullman National Monument detrain at Pullman. Metra […]
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. — The Mount Washington Cog Railway helped rescue an injured hiker on the east’s tallest peak over the weekend. On June 22, a 46-year-old Indiana man was injured while hiking to the summit of Mount Washington. The man, identified by the Associated Press as Michael Couch, is an amputee who was raising […]
An eastbound mid-day PATH train from Newark has just left the Harrison, N.J., station on its way to New York City’s World Trade Center station in October 2018. PATH has announced plans to expand capacity on this and other lines. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK —Officials have unveiled a $1-billion, three-year plan to increase capacity on […]
A Union Pacific container train leaves the Port of Los Angeles in March 2016. The port’s executive director says tariffs on Chinese goods will affect 64% of container volume at the port. TRAINS: David Lassen A westbound BNSF intermodal train passes through Hinsdale, Ill., on June 22, 2019. BNSF and UP have reported lower container […]
