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Nickel Plate 765 becomes ‘767’ and helps announce waterfront development NEWSWIRE
An artist’s rendering of a nightclub scene at the proposed “Headwaters Junction” waterfront development that will be the centerpiece of new development in Fort Wayne, Ind., and a home for Nickel Plate Road No. 765. Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society crew members unveil the Nickel Plate Road No. 765’s new […]
NS unveils latest rebuilt AC44C6M, new paint scheme NEWSWIRE
NS AC44C6M No. 4004 at the Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pa. Norfolk Southern Corp. ALTOONA, Pa. — Norfolk Southern’s latest DC to AC conversion locomotive has been released from the railroad’s Juniata shops in Altoona in a paint scheme slightly different than previous rebuilds. NS AC44C6M No. 4004 is part of the railroad’s DC to […]
Operation Lifesaver opposes new Subaru commercial w/video NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Operation Lifesaver, Inc. is reaching out to top leadership at Subaru and its advertising agency on a new commercial that shows a woman and a man illegally riding in a boxcar. The national non-profit rail safety education group recently sent a letter to Subaru’s vice president of marketing asking the car manufacturer to […]
Stadler wins big contract for Caltrain bilevel EMUs NEWSWIRE
A recent photograph of a Swiss-built Stadler bilevel EMU that the rail supplier will begin making for Caltrain commuter rail services. Stadler U.S. Swiss railcar building Stadler says it received the contract to design and manufacture 16 six-car KISS bilevel electric multiple-unit trains for Caltrain in California. The contract, with an option for an additional […]
UPDATE: Genesee & Wyoming to buy Providence & Worcester NEWSWIRE
A Providence & Worcester aggregate train seen at Reeds Gap, Conn. Scott A. Hartley WORCESTER, Mass. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced Monday that it would buy the Providence & Worcester for $126 million later this year. The P&W owns more than 163 miles of track in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut and has operating […]
BIG BOY WORK BEGINS NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844 acts as a shop switcher to place 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 on a turntable at the railroad’s Cheyenne, Wyo., shops in July. Hayley Enoch CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two weeks after Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 844’s successful excursion for the 2016 Cheyenne Frontier Days, the railroad says that the Heritage Operations team […]
Lancaster & Chester receives new six-axle power NEWSWIRE
A new mother-slug combination arrives at South Carolina’s Lancaster & Chester Railroad recently. David B. Clarke New power recently arrived on the Lancaster & Chester in Chester, S.C., with fresh blue paint. The mother-slug combination is the first six-axle power the railroad has ever received, with the mother being the SD40T-2 (ex-Union Pacific No. 8802, […]
A privately run commuter railroad for New England NEWSWIRE
Boston Surface Railroad Co.’s chartered Providence & Worcester passenger train pauses at Woonsocket, R.I., July 30, 2016. Scott A. Hartley WORCESTER, Mass. — Commuter trains could be running between Woonsocket and Providence, R.I., by late 2017, if all goes according to Vincent J. Bono’s plans. Bono is Boston Surface Railroad Co.’s CEO. He founded the […]
Coal trains on the rise in southwest Virginia NEWSWIRE
BIG STONE GAP, Va. — Within a year of mothballing a section of its former Clinchfield line between Frisco, Tenn., and McClure, Va., CSX Transportation has witnessed a notable upswing in coal traffic over the past two weeks. Newly-formed Contura Energy LLC is now leading the way to increased rail traffic out of southwestern Virginia. […]
Sale of FEC car 90 offers the chance to live like a railroad tycoon NEWSWIRE
Henry M. Flagler’s personal business car on the Florida East Coast, No. 90, is now up for sale. Ozark Mountain Railcar website NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — If you want to live like a railroad tycoon, at least a little, you’d be hard pressed to do any better than own the private railroad car of one of […]
Amarillo looks to sell Santa Fe 2-10-4 steamer NEWSWIRE
AMARILLO, Texas — City officials in Amarillo have voted to sell one of the city’s largest museum pieces — an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 2-10-4 steamer. The city has owned the locomotive, known as the Madam Queen, since shortly after the railroad retired the engine in the 1950s. According to the Amarillo Globe-News, city […]
