A westbound freight passes the Clinton depot in 2006. Chris Guss CLINTON, Iowa – It’s not common that Class I railroads purchase depots in 2017, however Union Pacific has recently purchased the Clinton depot on 11th Avenue South, the Clinton Herald reports. A real-estate transfer document obtained by the newspaper shows that the building was […]
Amtrak passengers enjoy a leisurely afternoon in the Sightseer Lounge while rolling through Hearne and Palestine once home to the Texas & Pacific’s ‘Texas Eagle’ Longview-Laredo section. Three photos, Bob Johnston LONGVIEW, Texas – “Rare mileage” aficionados have been flocking to Texas since the last week in May to find out if that magic “tingle” […]
Kanawha River Railroad crews switch out the entire consist of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit circus train near Charleston, W.Va., in May 2017. The cars were being switched for disposition and setoff for when the final shows ended in Uniondale, N.Y., later that month. Chase Gunnoe NEWARK, N.J. – Passenger car […]
Sioux Falls, S.D. Google Maps SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — In an exemption notice filed with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, the Ellis & Eastern Railroad said it has reached an agreement with the Buffalo Ridge Regional Railroad Authority to lease and operate 41 miles of track in southwestern Minnesota currently operated by short line Minnesota […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National and a union representing more than 3,000 trainmen reached a deal on a new contract Monday just hours before a strike, CTV News reports. “An agreement in principle has been reached,” said Doug Finnson, president of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. “We’re working on the final language at this point.” Union members […]
N&W No. 611 rides across a bridge near Goodview, Va., Jan. 6 as it makes its way from Roanoke Va., to Spencer, N.C., for service. Samuel Phillips ROANOKE, Va. — The Virginia Transportation Museum is considering letting its centerpiece attraction, Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 roam farther from home. According to Roanoke TV station […]
CP CEO Keith Creel Canadian Pacific NEW YORK — Canadian Pacific and CSX Transportation are discussing a joint marketing and operating agreement that would, among other things, create run-through trains to bypass choke points in Chicago. “We’ve had some discussions with CSX operationally as well as commercially,” CP CEO Keith Creel told an investor conference […]
A Norfolk Southern conductor rides a tank car during a switching move at the CSX Transportation-NS interchange in Point Pleasant, W.Va., in September 2013. Chase Gunnoe WASHINGTON — There are 4,000 fewer Class I railroad employees than there were at this time last year, according to new data published this week by the Surface Transportation […]
LONDON — Sir Roger Moore, the English actor who played secret agent James Bond in seven different films, died this week in Switzerland at the age of 89. The BBC reports the actor died following a brief battle with cancer. While film fans will remember Moore for his roles in “Live and Let Die” and […]
Utah Railway MK50-3 No. 5001 on the Utah Railway near Helper, Utah, in June 2015. Chase Gunnoe PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. — With the decline in coal traffic on the Utah Railway, Genesee & Wyoming has moved six Utah Railway units to its Kyle Railroad. BNSF Railway moved the MK50-3 units from Utah to Kansas this spring. […]
Watco team members gather with local officials to celebrate the opening of the company’s employee training center in Birmingham, Ala., this week. Watco Cos. Watco’s new training center in Birmingham is equipped with locomotive simulators, classroom space, and other hands-on equipment. Watco Cos. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Watco has opened a new state-of-the-art employee training center […]
CSX Transportation Yard hump map CSX Transportation NEW YORK — CSX Transportation CEO E. Hunter Harrison has said that hump yards can justify their existence only when they classify more than 1,400 to 1,500 cars per day. One glance at the volume levels at CSX’s top 10 terminals shows why the railroad is quickly moving […]
