ALNA, Maine — Shipments of equipment from the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum have arrived at the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum’s Sheepscot campus, over the past two weeks, moved by truck from Portland and unloaded via a recently built ramp track. First to arrive were Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad “Rangeley,” […]
Magazine: Trains Magazine
MTA approves reorganization plan, task force to address delays NEWSWIRE
The Long Island Rail Road will be part of the MTA’s reorganization to reduce headcounts and deficits, as well as a new program to address train delays. Long Island EMD DM30AC No. 522 is shown at Port Jefferson, N.Y. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority overwhelming approved the reorganization plan of consultant […]
OmniTrax to acquire Winchester & Western NEWSWIRE
OmniTrax will acquire the Winchester & Western, which operates in four eastern states. OmniTrax DENVER — Short line holding company OmniTRAX will acquire the Winchester & Western, a 101-year railroad operating approximately 100 route-miles in Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland. The $105 million acquisition from Covia Holdings Corp. is expected to close during […]
Shippers to Congress: Precision Scheduled Railroading is anything but NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — The Class I railroads adopting Precision Scheduled Railroading operating models say they are providing better service as they become more efficient. But disgruntled shippers tell a different story: They say they’re paying the price for cutbacks in people and motive power that make railroads more profitable as service suffers. Railroad customers and their […]
UP train derails 70 cars in Missouri NEWSWIRE
MERCER, Mo. — No injuries were reported in the derailment of 70 cars of a Union Pacific train in north-central Missouri, near the Iowa border, on Thursday. The derailment occurred about 7:30 a.m. Union Pacific spokeswoman Kristen South told the Kansas City Star that no hazardous materials were involved. A video on the Star website […]
Wabtec delivers locomotives to Turkish oil refining company NEWSWIRE
One of several locomotives Wabtec has delivered to a Turkey-based refining company. Körfez Ulaştırma WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. completed delivery of five diesel-electric PowerHaul series locomotives to Körfez Ulaştırma A.Ş., the subsidiary of Turkey’s largest refinery Tüpraş operating in railway transportation. Körfez Ulaştırma is the first private operator in Turkey to make such a […]
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 2 NEWSWIRE
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is taken near the Union Pacific main line in Sussex, Wis. […]
Big Boy’s Great Midwest Tour: Wisconsin Part 1
Join Trains for Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s Great Midwest Tour. This video is from Clyman Junction, Wis., where Big Boy passed right under an increasingly scarce piece of railroad architecture: the once ubiquitous coaling tower. […]
Amtrak says it can’t reach agreement with Metra, asks STB to settle Union Station rent dispute NEWSWIRE
The Surface Transportation Board is once again being asked to settle a dispute between Amtrak and Metra over rent at Chicago Union Station. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Declaring the matter at an impasse, Amtrak has asked federal regulators to determine compensation and terms over Metra’s lease at Chicago Union Station. In a filing with the […]
Amtrak to begin nonstop Acela service between Washington, New York NEWSWIRE
An Amtrak Acela Express prepares to stop at Metropark, N.J., in 2017. Amtrak will begun running one nonstop Acela round trip daily between New York and Washington in September. Scott A. Hartley WASHINGTON — Amtrak will begin one nonstop round trip between Washington and New York’s Penn Station, the passenger railroad announced today. The service […]
California town holds ‘Wig Wags Forever’ festival to celebrate restoration of signals NEWSWIRE
Wig-wag signals in downtown Richmond, Calif., are being restored to operating condition. Google Street View RICHMOND, Calif. — Richmond will hold a “Wig Wags Forever” festival on Sunday, celebrating the restoration to operating condition of two of the nearly extinct grade-crossing protection devices. The signals, near 1 West Richmond Ave. at a grade crossing in Point […]
C&O 2716 move begins Friday; here’s what you need to know NEWSWIRE
C&O 2-8-4 No. 2716’s move to restoration begins Friday. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. The 75-year-old former Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive which has called the Kentucky Railway Museum its home for the past six decades is ready to be moved to is new home. Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation, CSX, and R.J. Corman Railroad Group will […]
