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CARY, Ill. — Metra’s board has approved plans for a new station for this community on the commuter railroad’s Union Pacific Northwest Line, the Chicago Tribune reports. The new station will solve a long-standing flaw with the building it will replace. Currently, the station is on the opposite side of the tracks from where passengers […]
An Ontario Northland worker uses a portable wheel lathe to true a locomotive wheel in the field. Buying the lathe was one of several ways the regional railroad and freight operator seeks to improve service and reliability for customers. Ontario Northland Ontario Northland CEO Corina Moore Ontario Northland WAUKESHA, Wis. — Corina Moore is responsible […]
Donors of a certain monetary level to an effort to restore five Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives will receive this print. FRMP STRASBURG, Pa. – The Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania recently commissioned a painting from renowned railroad artist Peter Lerro Jr. This attractive watercolor depicts five historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives in the […]
A map showing the approximate main and branch lines of the Southern Ontario and Goderich-Exeter railroads. Genesee & Wyoming LONDON, Ontario — Two Canadian shortlines are expected to turn their track back to landlord Canadian National by the end of the year. The Southern Ontario Railway, which operates 46 miles of track between Nanticoke and […]
A Rio Tinto train completes an automated trip in October 2017. Rio Tinto WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration is seeking public input on the operation of driverless trains and, so far, it appears railroaders and the public are overwhelmingly against the idea. In March, the FRA announced it wanted public input about automated train […]
Fans swarm Bennett Levin’s PRR E8 during Streamliners at Spencer in 2014. Trains: Jim Wrinn PHILADELPHIA — A special train to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society behind privately owned PRR E8s has been cancelled. The train was to have run from Philadelphia to Altoona May 9 for the […]
Private cars bring up the rear on the westbound California Zephyr at Hinsdale, Ill. TRAINS: David Lassen WASHINGTON — Some private car owners say Amtrak’s new tariff rates and restrictions will make business more challenging and expensive, but at least they now have a written policy to work with. Amtrak announced an increase in tariffs […]
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CHICAGO — Thirty stations will be improved, 92,000 railroad ties will be replaced and 15 bridges will be rehabbed as part of Metra’s 2018 construction program, the commuter rail agency has announced. All total, nearly $85 million has been allocated for the program covering Metra’s 11 lines serving northeast Illinois, with work beginning this month […]
The westbound Capitol Limited passes through Goshen, Ind., on March 24, 2018. The train is one of two which will offer cold-meal service for sleeping car passengers beginning June 1. TRAINS: David Lassen WASHINGTON — For sleeping car passengers on two Amtrak routes between Chicago and the East Coast, it appears dining innovation is a […]
Moonlight Dome will run several trips on Amtrak to support Norfolk & Western No. 611. Adam Auxier WASHINGTON — The Virginia Museum of Transportation will operate a series of private railcar trips utilizing a rare Baltimore & Ohio dome behind Amtrak trains beginning April 28 and 29. These trips are fundraising events for Norfolk & […]
A Green Mountain passenger excursion waits at the Ludlow, Vt., depot in 2015. In addition to the new Burlington trips, dinner trains will resume out of Chester in September. Steve Glischinski BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont Railway System’s Green Mountain Railroad is expanding dinner train service next month with the introduction of the Champlain Valley Dinner […]
