Newly rebuilt Norfolk Southern AC44C6M No. 4005 leads an empty coal train through Natural Tunnel at Glenita, Va., after returning from its first revenue run since leaving Juniata Locomotive Shops in Altoona, Pa., in December 2016. Visitors will be able to walk over the Norfolk Southern right-of-way into Natural Tunnel in July. Tishia Boggs DUFFIELD, […]
A view of containerships at the rail terminal in Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Port of Prince Rupert via Twitter PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – Canadian National will get another intermodal boost from the fast-growing Port of Prince Rupert, which on Tuesday announced a container port expansion that should be complete in 2022. The port […]
CSXT AC6000CW No. 698 leads a 150-car coal train out of Alleghany Tunnel into Virginia as its passes Chesapeake & Ohio’s A Cabin in April 2011. Chase Gunnoe JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After several vacant stations and interlocking towers have been demolished on CSX Transportation rights-of-way, the Class I railroad has said that it is addressing […]
Norfolk & Western No. 611 awaits departure from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in 2015. David J. Stewart ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will not be pulling any mainline excursions in 2018, officials with the Virginia Museum of Transportation announced Saturday. The iconic 4-8-4 is the latest mainline steam locomotive […]
Riding on the observation platform of a private car, as these passengers are doing on a train passing through Hinsdale, Ill., would no longer be allowed under proposed Amtrak rules. TRAINS: David Lassen WASHINGTON — Private-car owners and guests on cars with observation platforms would no longer be able to ride those platforms on any […]
Amtrak’s Coast Starlight passes through Chatsworth, Calif., in February 2018. Amtrak is no longer busing passengers around a collapsed tunnel on the Starlight route. TRAINS: David Lassen OAKRIDGE, Ore. — Amtrak service between the Pacific Northwest and California has been severed after the passenger railroad announced this week that it would no longer be busing […]
A Google Maps 3D view shows a portion of the Dumbarton Rail Bridge, idle since 1982. Facebook is involved in efforts to revive the bridge for commuter rail service. Google Maps MENLO PARK, Calif. — Efforts to return the old Southern Pacific Dumbarton rail bridge crossing the southern part of San Francisco Bay to service […]
CSX ES40DC No. 5339 leads container train Q156 east through Little Falls, N.Y., on CSX’s former Conrail main line in April 2017. Stu Noelte NEW YORK – CSX Transportation is likely to set service-measurement records in the second quarter as the railroad continues to refine its operations, Chief Financial Officer Frank Lonegro says. “It’s really […]
Frank Sandberg, left, with his son Steve in England. SHOREVIEW, Minn. – Frank E. Sandberg Jr., an early activist in rail preservation and father of Friends of the 261’s President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Sandberg, died June 13 of complications following a heart attack. He was 77. An early advocate of rail preservation, he […]
WASHINGTON – Beginning June 13, Amtrak customers traveling onboard Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains can now choose from a new contemporary Corridor Café Menu, featuring fresh new premium products from Boar’s Head Brand as well as a wide variety of high quality snacks, drinks and sundries. “We are pleased to introduce this new menu […]
In May, CN train L502 passes the Port Huron waterfront with the Port Huron-Sarnia Ontario Blue Water Bridge in the background, enroute to service Dunn Paper located at the end of the line. Stephen C. Host PORT HURON, Mich. — Lake State Railway is a little longer today. The short line on Monday began operating […]
Snow still covered Pikes Peak in this June 2015 view at the summit. Brian Schmidt MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. — The owner of Colorado’s Pikes Peak Cog Railway says the iconic tourist attraction could reopen as early as 2020 if the company can strike a deal with the local community on a pair of tax breaks […]
