Tuesday morning rail news: San Diego-area agency seeks STB order protecting maintenance work on eroding coastal bluffs The North County Transit District, which operates the San Diego-area Coaster commuter trains, has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board for an order to keep the city of Del Mar and the California Coastal Commission from regulating maintenance and […]
More Tuesday morning rail news: CP, Maersk announce Vancouver transload, distribution facility Canadian Pacific and Maersk, the world’s largest container-ship operator, will build a new transload and distribution facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, expanding CP’s existing Vancouver Intermodal Facility. CP says the facility will apply Maersk’s container logistics strategy and will rely on substantial use […]
Monday morning rail news: Tri-Rail to add trains as of Sept. 16 South Florida’s Tri-Rail will increase commuter rail operations as of Sept. 16, and plans to reinstate fare collection as of Oct. 1. The agency announced the train will begin operating 35 trains on weekdays and 15 on weekends and holidays, increasing peak-period weekday […]
More Monday morning rail news: BNSF maintenance to bring Metra schedule changes, grade-crossing closures Sept. 17-20 BNSF Line will see schedule changes, including some train cancellations, and closures of major grade crossings during a four-day maintenance project to replace 11,000 ties over a nearly 15-mile stretch of the three-track BNSF main line between Berwyn and […]
Friday morning rail news: Judge rules construction group can quit Purple Line light rail project The consortium overseeing construction of Maryland’s Purple Line light rail project will be allowed to quit in mid-project over disputes with the state over cost overruns, a state judge ruled on Thursday. The Washington Post reports Judge Jeffrey M. Geller […]
Local officials have begun announcing the award of U.S. Department of Transportation Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development (BUILD grants). Rail-related projects announced so far include: — $24.9 million to Lexington, N.C., to build a new train and bus station. The Lexington Dispatch reports the Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development grant also provides money […]
Friday morning preservation news: Northwest Railway Museum to reopen Train Shed Exhibit Hall The Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, Wash., will reopen its Train Shed Exhibit Hall on Sept. 11, which had been closed because of COVID-19 pandemic measures. The museum says the 24,000-square-foot hall includes many of its most significant artifacts. The museum is […]
Friday morning rail news: CN, CP call Saskatoon shared-main proposal ‘unworkable’ The proposal by the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to have Canadian National and Canadian Pacific share a rail corridor through the city to decrease traffic disruptions has been shot down by both railroads. CTV News reports both railroads sent letters to City Manager Jeff […]
More Friday morning rail news: Canadian government sets rules for in-cab voice, video recorders Most railroads in Canada have two years to install “black box” video and voice recorders on their locomotives according to regulations published by the Canadian government, a requirement that has a rail union voicing concerns about worker privacy. The CBC reports […]
More Friday rail news: Pacific Sun Railroad to discontinue operations; BNSF to take over BNSF Railway will take over operation of San Diego-area lines currently served by short line Pacific Sun Railroad, according to a petition filed with the Surface Transportation Board. Pacific Sun’s lease to operate the 21.3 Escondido Subdivision and 0.3 mile Miramar […]
Tourist railroad and preservation news for Thursday: Michigan’s Steam Railroading Institute cancels all 2020 excursions The Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, Mich., has decided not to operate any excursions this year, meaning its annual Fall Colors Tours and North Pole Express trips are off for 2020. “The operation of excursion trains is identified among the […]
Thursday morning rail news: Report: Investment groups make new bid to buy Kansas City Southern Two investment groups have made a new offer to buy Kansas City Southern after a previous bid was rebuffed, the Wall Street Journal reports in a paywalled article. Details of the bid by Blackstone Group Inc. and Global Infrastructure Partners […]
