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DENVER — Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer launched its first all-U.S. route Sunday with the first departure from Denver of the “Rockies to the Red Rocks” daytime excursion to Moab, Utah. The train utilizes leased Union Pacific SD70 locomotives pulling SilverLeaf coaches, former Canadian National cars from the 1950s which have been remanufactured with larger windows and […]
OMAHA, Neb. — The weather-related service disruptions just keep mounting for Union Pacific. Already hit hard this summer by fire-related closures, the railroad on Saturday informed customers of a series of washouts caused by torrential rains in Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas. “Our engineering teams are actively working to restore service to areas which […]
NEW YORK — A New York City Transit subway operator has been removed from his position after allegedly allowing a female friend to operate a D Train subway for several stops in Brooklyn — which came to the attention of a transit supervisor after the woman posted video on social media. The New York Post […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canadian government will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination for domestic rail, air, and marine workers, as well as many passengers, as part of a broad vaccination mandate announced Friday. All federal workers also must be vaccinated. National Public Radio reports that Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said in announcing the rule that […]
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is asking U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to mediate a dispute between his state, New York, and Connecticut over New York’s efforts to seek an additional $637 million in COVID-19 transit relief funding. NJ.com reports that New Jersey and Connecticut agreed to use Federal Transit Administration […]
MT. VERNON, N.Y. — A three-year project to overhaul and replace four bridges spanning a cut over Metro-North’s New Haven line in downtown Mount Vernon has been concluded. An Aug. 10 ribbon-cutting featuring newly appointed acting Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber and Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi signaled the speedy completion of […]
Portland Union Station Maine Central 4-6-2 No. 467 rests at Portland Union Station in the early 1950s. The former Maine Central headquarters is seen above the locomotive. Today, this area is occupied by a mall and parking lot. H.W. Pontin photo […]
All through August, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the grit, the glory, and the grandeur that was the Western Pacific Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images selected from Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library. Only from Classic Trains! […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Amtrak will resume operation of the Coast Starlight over its full Seattle-Los Angeles route, beginning with departures from both endpoints on Monday, Aug. 23, following completion of bridge work between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, Calif. However, the train’s sleeping-car inventory currently remains limited for more than a month after its […]
DULUTH, Minn. — The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is moving ahead with repairs to return Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-0 No. 332 to service. Repairs are being made to the firebox of the locomotive, where a crack had developed near an old weld. The museum plans to remove this and another existing weld in […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will reopen an intermodal facility in Greencastle, Pa., to increase terminal capacity and address the supply-chain congestion that is leading to container delays across the U.S. rail system, the railroad has announced. The Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility, about 65 miles southwest of Harrisburg and 11 miles north of Hagerstown, […]
Take a tour of George Campbell’s impressive freelanced layout, an 11 x 30 foot module modeled after Cincinnati, Ohio to Appalachia. […]
