UP forecasts single-digit growth in 2019. This westbound mixed freight is in eastern Iowa. Trains: Jim Wrinn Executives from the six publicly traded Class I railroads expect 2019 to be another solid year for traffic and revenue growth amid a relatively strong economy. In most cases, the railroads expect this year to be a replay […]
A Chicago-bound Amtrak Hiawatha passes the station at Deerfield, Ill., on Dec. 24, 2016. Almost all Amtrak corridor service in and out of Chicago will resume Friday after cancellations on Wednesday and Thursday. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — With temperatures expected to bottom out at minus-23 degrees and wind chills in the minus-50 degree range […]
The western part of the CN system is humming with traffic. New acquisitions are aimed at filling out the rest. Trains: Jim Wrinn MONTREAL — Canadian National, flush with growth in western Canada, is turning to acquisitions and partnerships to help fill up the rest of its railroad. But it’s not looking at traditional railroad […]
A Canadian National freight makes its way through Trains’ hometown, Waukesha, Wis., in March 2018. CN announced fourth-quarter earnings earlier this week that beat analysts’ expectations. TRAINS: David Lassen MONTREAL — Canadian National had a strong finish to a year that began with congestion on its main line in Western Canada and ended with a financial […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. — CSX Transportation has reached a financial settlement with the family of a movie crew person killed during the filming of a movie scene on a railroad track in 2014. The settlement was field last week in Chatham County State Court in Savannah, the Los Angeles Times reports. Terms were not disclosed. Camera […]
A South Shore commuter train approaches the Hegewisch station in South Chicago on a frigid March 16, 2017. South Shore and Metra Electric service has been stopped by downed wires. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Downed power lines have halted service for South Shore and Metra Electric District routes through Friday, part of the continuing […]
The engineer of Amtrak’s train 22, the Texas Eagle, assists an employee climbing aboard P42DC No. 17 on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. The northbound train was stopped at Shirley, Ill., with mechanical issues related to maintaining main reservoir air pressure. At the time of the photo the air temperature was minus-9 with a windchill of […]
PARIS — Alstom and Siemens have offered concessions to European regulators examining their proposed merger, Reuters reports, but there is no guarantee the move will be enough to satisfy antitrust concerns. Alstom confirmed in a statement on Monday that it had offered concessions, but said, “There is, however, still no certainty that the content of […]
A Metra Rock Island train approaches the 95th Street station on the Beverly Branch on Jan. 2, 2018, a day when temperatures hovered near zero. Even more extreme weather will lead to modified Metra schedules on Wednesday. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has announced modified schedules for its operations on Wednesday, Jan. 30, reflecting […]
KCS CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer will be the U.S. chair of the U.S.-Mexico Economic Council. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern President and CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer has been named as the U.S. chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Mexico Economic Council. The post means Ottensmeyer will preside over the twice-annual U.S.-Mexico CEO Dialogue and […]
STEARNS, Ky. — A restoration shop in Kentucky is branching out to produce new open-air passenger cars for tourist lines. Crossroads Railcar Services, which refurbishes passenger cars in the former Kentucky & Tennessee Railway steam shop in Stearns, Ky., has begun construction on the prototype for what is planned to be a full line of […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is proposing 2019 fare changes that amount to a 6.3 percent increase and would take effect July 1. If approved, the changes would be the first since 2016 and the fourth since 2012. By state law the agency is allowed to increase fares no more than 7 percent […]
