NORFOLK, Va. — Amtrak will add a second train to Norfolk beginning March 4, the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reports. Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods told the newspaper the schedule has yet to be finalized, but a press release from the city of Norfolk said the train will have a mid-morning depature. The new train, like the current […]
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority NEW YORK — News came on Tuesday that the Bronx will get four new Metro-North stations on a century old line. This newest link in Metro-North’s operations will access Penn Station via the New York Connecting Railroad from New Rochelle NY over the Hell Gate Bridge to Sunnyside, Queens, using […]
CSX Transportation ES44AC-H leads a coal train through Hubbard Springs, Va., on Jan. 22. Chris Anderson HUBBARD SPRINGS, Va. — Carolinas-bound coal returned to CSX Transportation’s Cumberland Valley Subdivision on Jan. 22, as southbound loaded coal train N759-20 crossed the stretch of railroad on its journey to Duke Energy’s Marshall Steam Station in Terrell, N.C. […]
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan — Drivers stopped for a passing Canadian National train Tuesday are lucky to be alive after the train derailed at the grade crossing spilling freight cars and cargo over the prairie. At least two drivers happened to have cameras with them to capture the entire event from both sides of the crossing. One […]
CHICAGO — For the second time in recent years, debris has fallen on people and a platform serving Metra passengers at the north concourse of Chicago Union Station. The latest incident occurred at Track 5 about 5 p.m. Tuesday. Two people were taken by Chicago Fire Department personnel to a hospital for treatment, but were […]
B&O EA 51 is getting a cosmetic restoration at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. Wayne Laepple BALTIMORE, Md — An under-the-radar restoration project to cosmetically restore the first streamlined Electro-Motive diesel passenger locomotive is well under way at the B&O Railroad Museum. Built in 1937, B&O EA No. 51 was the first unit with […]
Duluth & Northeastern No. 28, seen in Duluth in 2017, will return to service this summer after missing operations in 2018. Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum faced a challenging 2018, and plans to use 2019 to refocus on in-house projects and fiscal responsibility. Housed in the former Duluth Union Depot, […]
A schedule for Big Boy 4014’s first operations should be out in February. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. — The wait for Big Boy 4014’s first operating schedule got a little shorter or a little longer, depending on how soon you want to make travel plans. On Wednesday, the Union Pacific Steam Club, a new […]
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed replacing the AirTrain monoral at New Jersey’s Liberty International Airport, a project which could cost $2.1 billion. The current system which opened in 1996, is nearing the end of its 25-year lifespan and is beginning to show its age, according to a report from New […]
Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa. — The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has reached its $250,000 goal for the Ready For The Roundhouse fundraising campaign for the preservation of five historic steam locomotives. The nonprofit Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania took the lead in the Ready For The Roundhouse campaign, which was kicked off with […]
Chuck Baker, new American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association President WASHINGTON – Today the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s Chair, Judy Petry, President and General Manager of Farmrail System, Inc., announced the ASLRRA Board’s appointment of Charles H. “Chuck” Baker as the association’s new President. Baker will begin his tenure on Feb. […]
Norfolk Southern’s classic ABBA cab units pass through Harrisburg, Pa., in August 2012. Trains: Jim Wrinn ALTOONA, Pa. — Norfolk Southern’s fabulous four — the F-units that were rebuilt for executive train service in 2007 — are being renumbered. NS will drop the first digit from each unit’s road number to make way for General […]
