NEW YORK — For the second time in a decade, the Florida East Coast Railway eluded the grasp of Genesee & Wyoming. Mexican mining company Grupo Mexico won the FEC in March with a $2.1 billion bid, a price that raised eyebrows in the industry. G&W’s bid for the FEC was “not competitive,” CEO Jack […]
Steam locomotive restoration specialist Gary Bensman cuts out staybolts for replacement on Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 on Tuesday, May 9. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Work has resumed on Western Maryland Scenic 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 after a two-month hiatus while the railroad worked with state officials to streamline funding for the 1949 […]
A Gaspe-bound VIA Rail train at Port Daniel, Quebec, in July 2011. This was the last year passenger service operated across the entire route. Bob Johnston GASPÈ, Quebec — The Premier of Quebec says that the provincial government will invest $100 million into a scenic branch line on the Gaspé Peninsula in an effort to […]
NEWPORT, R.I. — Omya, a producer of calcium carbonate that’s an essential ingredient in paper manufacturing, had an expensive problem: It had to resort to using as many as 300 trucks per quarter to ship product from its Vermont plant to paper mills in Maine. The struggling mills, facing long-term declines in paper demand and […]
Circus wagons are loaded onto flat cars in Charleston, W.Va., in preparation for the last circus train run to Uniondale, N.Y. Chase Gunnoe CSXT ET44AC No. 3333 will lead the last ‘Blue’ unit circus train to Uniondale, N.Y., form Charleston, W.Va. Here, Watco’s Kanawha River Railroad is switching the train in preparation for its outbound […]
PHOENIX — Beginning May 1, Amtrak began operating a Thruway bus connecting service in Maricopa, Ariz., for passengers traveling on the tri-weekly Sunset Limited-Texas Eagle service wanting to travel to the Tempe and Phoenix areas. Stagecoach Express is operating the shuttle service on the days the Sunset Limited operates through Maricopa. Thruway stops include: • […]
Money, Miss., is located approximately halfway between Jackson, Miss., and Memphis, Tenn., on CN’s ex-Illinois Central mainline. Google Maps MONEY, Miss. — Two Canadian National trains collided in Mississippi early Sunday morning resulting in an explosion and extensive delays to freight and passenger service. At least one of the trains was carrying crude oil, which […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific and retail giant Canadian Tire Corp., recently debuted North America’s first 60-foot intermodal container, according to a CP news release. The 60-foot container, which was developed by the Canadian Tire team in partnership with the railroad, provides an additional seven feet from the current 53-foot container standard. It will allow […]
HOUSTON — A 53-foot intermodal container aboard a Union Pacific train caught fire and exploded April 23 just north of downtown Houston. Local media reported that the container was carrying lithium-ion batteries in a train from the port of New Orleans to San Antonio, Texas. No one was injured, but the blast blew out windows […]
The Western & Atlantic Railroad’s Texas locomotive on display in a new livery at the North Carolina Transportation Museum on Friday, April 28. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn SPENCER, N.C. — The locomotive part of the Texas weights less than 30 tons, but it is still big enough to cause a sizeable controversy. A crowd gathered Friday, […]
Most of C&O No. 1309’s restoration is now complete, including a rebuilt cab and other major components. Jim Wrinn CUMBERLAND, Md. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 is going to be late for its own debut. Railroad officials say funding issues mean the locomotive will not make a July 1 appearance under its own […]
Burlington Northern No. 6234 on a photo charter at the St. Croix River Bridge in 2008. This unit will be used on the BN photo charter in May. Steve Glischinski OSCEOLA, Wis. — A diesel photo charter in Wisconsin next month aims to recreate the Burlington Northern Railroad of the 1970s. The May 8 charter […]
