Ron Batory joined Conrail in 1998, 15 months before the big railroad was split between CSX and Norfolk Southern, to oversee the Shared Assets operation. Fred W. Frailey WASHINGTON – The Trump White House Monday announced Ronald L. Batory of New Jersey to be the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation. Batory […]
A Rocky Mountainer train from Vancouver, B.C. enters Jasper, Alta., in 2015. Bob Johnston QUESNEL, B.C.—Out-of-control forest fires in the Cariboo region north of Vancouver, B.C., have closed Canadian National’s former British Columbia Railway line between Lillooet and Quesnel, CN spokeswoman Kate Fenske tells Trains News Wire. “CN is working closely with Emergency Management B.C., […]
Scott Altenbach (right) enjoys the fresh air after emerging from the internal boiler inspection of Santa Fe Railway No. 2926. Also harnessed for safety is Bill McSweeney who assisted the inspection from outside the manway opening atop the boiler. Bill Diven Volunteers working to restore Santa Fe Railway No. 2929 swarm the locomotive during a […]
Withuhn in his Washington office. Smithsonian Institution BURSON, Calif. – Any account of railroading in the past four decades would be incomplete without including the formidable contributions of William L. Withuhn, whose work as a historian, museum professional, journalist, author, shortline executive, preservationist, and engineering consultant is without precedent. He is best known for his […]
TAVARES, Florida – A new tourist train operation is coming to central Florida. The Orlando & North Western Railway, an affiliate of Mid America Railcar Leasing, is in final negotiations to begin service north of Orlando as the Royal Palm Railway Experience. In a press release distributed on July 5, the railroad say that it has […]
Manawa, Wis., is located on the original Green Bay & Western and is now part of the CN network. The rail line through town has not seen a freight shipment since 2012. Google Maps MANAWA, Wis. – Canadian National is in the early stages of issuing a formal discontinuance on a section of the original […]
The first passenger train on the new high-speed line arrives at Bordeaux on Saturday. The brand new TGV L’Océane train with the latest InOui branding is an Alstom product from early 2017. Two photos, Keith Fender BORDEAUX, France – French rail operator SNCF added another 302.5 miles to its high speed rail network on July […]
The general vicinity of where a two-vehicle crash took place after a railfan struck a truck head-on while chasing UP No. 844. Google Maps KENNARD, Neb. – Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Saturday after a railfan hit another truck head-on while chasing Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 on its run back […]
Brandon, S.D. Google Maps BRANDON, S.D. — Residents of Brandon got a rude awakening this month when officials with the Ellis & Eastern Railroad said they would rebuild the railroad’s tracks through the community. The line had not been operational since 1994. Ellis & Eastern wants to rebuild the track between Brandon and Manley, Minn., […]
Incoming Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson Delta Air Lines WASHINGTON — Although incoming Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson made a name for himself in the airline industry, he comes from a railroad family. His father, Hale, was an office worker for the Santa Fe in his native Texas. The family followed railroad work from Galveston to Dallas […]
Portions of an Indiana Rail Road map show the short line (in red) and CSX Transportation line (in blue.) Indiana Rail Road officials say they’d like to abandon their rights to operate over tracks between Bedford and New Albany, Ind. Indiana Rail Road website INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Rail Road has petitioned the Surface Transportation […]
An eastbound CSX coal train passes a refinery near Catlettsburg, Ky., on the railroad’s Big Sandy Subdivision. The eastern Kentucky route was once dispatched by Huntington Division dispatchers in nearby Huntington, W.Va., but is now managed by the railroad’s Louisville Division offices in Kentucky. Soon, this route will be managed by Jacksonville-based dispatchers. Chase Gunnoe […]
