KETCHUM, Idaho — Union Pacific and Watco Cos.’ East Idaho Railroad are making investments in a refrigerated rail business that moves produce and other food from the West Coast to Upstate New York, Capital Press reports. The rail service begins in Wallula, Wash., on Union Pacific rails. The refrigerated cars then pass through Oregon before […]
PATH Car No. 143: A survivor of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Ralph Spielman An emergency sign inside Car No. 143. Planners could not have envisioned the emergency passengers in this car might have had to endure. Fortunately, the train this car was in was […]
Attendees at Saturday’s St. Louis TEMPO meeting that are working toward a Sunset Limited Flatonia, Texas, stop: Clockwise from top left: Mark Murphy and Eric Hosey (Amtrak); Dennis Geesaman, Mark Eversole, and Mark McLaughlin (Flatonia); Josephine Jordan and Kim Fossland (Union Pacific); Jay Fountain (Amtrak-retired); and Tom Mulligan (UP-retired). Bob Johnston ST. LOUIS — Eight years […]
only i would wake up on an empty NJTransit train parked and shut down in a trainyard 2 hours from my home. that was an interesting 911 call pic.twitter.com/cdSkCTtQry — claire bridget (@claaiirreeyyy) September 6, 2017 NEWARK, N.J. — A college student who was evacuated from her campus in Florida woke up on an empty […]
Amtrak’s southbound Saluki seen leaving Chicago from the City of New Orleans on an existing grade-separated, former Illinois Central right-of-way that could accommodate high speed trains. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — The Midwest High Speed Rail Association this week released a 50-page white paper which describes how a combination of high-speed trunk lines and upgraded feeder […]
ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority will soon begin a nation-wide for a new CEO. MARTA General Manager and CEO Keith Parker announced this week he would be resigning from the top spot at Atlanta’s transit agency to become CEO at Goodwill of North Georgia. Parker has held his current position at MARTA […]
HONDO, Texas — A project that looks to build a new freight rail line west of San Antonio is moving forward with preliminary surveying and right-of-way work. The Southwest Gulf Railroad Co. recently announced it has started construction on its Medina Line, a proposed 9-mile rail line operating north from Dunlay. Crews are starting to […]
Genesee & Wyoming and SEACOR have announced a joint venture to own and operate a rail ferry service, CG Railway, between the U.S. and Mexico. Business Wire via Genesee & Wyoming One of two 585-foot roll-on-roll-off rail ferries providing four-day CG Railway service between the ports of Mobile, Ala., and Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, in Mexico. Each […]
WINTER PARK, Fla. — A video production telling the story of Florida’s historic trains will premiere at Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. The one-hour documentary, Selling Sunshine: Florida Trains, is produced by Rich Luckin of Luckin Productions in conjunction with Kalmbach Publishing’s Trains Magazine and Pete Hansen. The […]
A BNSF Railway photo shows water rising above the rail on the Conroe Subdivision in Cleveland, Texas. Cleveland is approximately one hour north of Houston. BNSF Railway This BNSF-issued map illustrates the current state of its network in the Houston area as of Tuesday evening. BNSF Railway HOUSTON — Historic flooding from Hurricane Harvey is […]
A screenshot of a map of the proposed Great Lakes Basin Railroad that was intended to bypass Chicago congestion. The Surface Transportation Board rejected the parent company’s application on Aug. 31 as incomplete. Great Lakes Basin Transportation Co. WASHINGTON — In a unanimous decision today, the Surface Transportation Board rejected an application by the Great […]
An eastbound Union Pacific-Ferromex grain train rolls through Gothenburg, Neb., in October 2016. Chase Gunnoe MINNEAPOLIS — Cargill is investing $18 million to expand a Union Pacific-served grain facility in Gibbon, Neb. The expansion will increase the facility’s capacity by an additional 2 million bushels of grain storage and increase its unload capacity of 65,000 […]
