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Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 under restoration in Cheyenne, Wyo., in June 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn OGDEN, Utah — When will Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 travel to Ogden in May 2019? That’s the question that’s on every big steam locomotive fan’s mind. In May 2018, UP announced that both No. 4014, currently […]
Hammond Lumber Co. 2-8-2T No. 16 displays an extended smokebox in this undated photo. The seam is just ahead of the smokestack. Martin E. Hansen collection Q I am unable to identify any particular pattern for when a smokebox is short or when it is long. I do note, in most cases, that when the […]
CONTAGEM, Brazil — GE Transportation released a new time-lapse video of heavy-haul freight locomotive production in the company’s plant in Brazil. All locomotives are now built on an assembly line that moves continuously, much as in automobile assembly plants. […]
CHICAGO — It was called “Operation Trailer Trap.” The plan: Park a semitrailer truck loaded with goods on a Chicago side street as a lure for thieves. The goal: Strike back against freight thefts that have plagued the crime-ridden area. The outcome: Totally awry. A Norfolk Southern official has apologized to Chicagoans, saying the operation […]
Howard Green Journalist-turned-author Howard Green conducted more than 14,000 interviews while at Canada’s Business News Network, including the chief executives of every major Canadian company and more than a few American firms. But no interviews were like the ones he did with E. Hunter Harrison when he was at the helm of Canadian National and […]
Wheel and boiler work mark the next chapter in No. 4014’s restoration […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Watco hopes to begin operating a pair of CSX Transportation routes in Illinois and Indiana early next month. The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad will take over CSX’s Decatur Subdivision in Illinois and the neighboring Danville Secondary in Indiana on or around Sept. 6, pending regulatory approval, Watco said in a filing […]
An outbound Metra Rock Island train passes the New Lenox, Ill., station, set to be moved on Aug. 15. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW LENOX, Ill. — The 118-year-old New Lenox railroad station, most recently used by Metra, will be moved from its longtime location to a farm 5 miles away on Wednesday, Aug. 15. The […]
NEW YORK — What weighs 68 tons, is almost 40 feet long, arrives in its own container, and could revolutionize railhead maintenance in North America? A rail milling machine, of course. More than 20 rail transit and rail commuter line operations staff from coast to coast had a brief inaugural look on Tuesday at one […]
No. 18 at Independence, Calif., in July 2017. David Crosby INDEPENDENCE, Calif. – Southern Pacific narrow-gauge 4-6-0 No. 18 will be steamed up and operated in Independence Oct. 4-5. The locomotive was restored and is operated by the locally based all-volunteer Carson & Colorado Railway, which takes its name from the original railroad that operated […]
North County Transit District OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The North County Transit District is seeking the public’s feedback on new branding and user interface options on multiple projects for the agency. These include a new paint scheme for the Coaster, a redesign of the agency’s website, and a fresh take on the NCTD logo. The NCTD […]
An artist’s rendering of what an Acela Express first class interior will look like in trainsets set to debut in 2021. Amtrak WASHINGTON — Amtrak today revealed the interiors on its new Acela Express fleet, which will redefine the customer experience on Amtrak’s premium Northeast Corridor service. The new trains, scheduled to enter service on […]
