DURANGO, Colo. — Rail Events Inc., the company which licenses Polar Express events, is suing Iowa Pacific Holdings for unpaid royalties. Attorneys for Rail Events allege in court filings in Colorado that Iowa Pacific has failed to pay royalties on events hosted on several of the railroads that it operates as subsidiaries, including the Texas […]
Union Pacific’s former Southern Pacific rotary snow plow SPMW 207 is back to work sending snow skyward over Donner Pass in California on Feb. 25. The plow last operated over the pass in 2016, when it returned from rebuilding. Mike Haire SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Union Pacific’s route through the Feather River Canyon is still closed […]
Progress Rail ALBERTVILLE, Ala. – Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, today announced it has successfully completed initial emissions testing of its new, repower locomotive – the EMD24B – and has begun the process of certifying the locomotive per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s stringent Tier 4 emissions standards. The EMD24B locomotive will now start the […]
ATLANTA — A major motion picture company is starting a nationwide search for used railroad equipment that will be used on set in a yet-to-be-named film. The film company is looking for up to two dozen pieces of rolling stock, including passenger cars, freight cars, and cabooses, to be taken to the Atlanta area later […]
Saginaw, Mich.,-based Lake State Railways repainted a GP40-3 in special colors to celebrate its 25th anniversary year in 2017. Kevin Burkholder SAGINAW, Mich. — Lake State Railway is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2017 and to commemorate the occasion, a GP40-3 has been released from rebuilding and painting in a special 25th Anniversary scheme with […]
Canadian Pacific’s new logo returns to its heritage with a golden beaver. CALGARY, Alta. — Canadian Pacific is bringing back its iconic beaver logo as it looks to the future, while re-connecting with its past. “I am excited to say that ‘the beaver is back,” says Keith Creel, CP President and CEO. “Thanks to a […]
The compensation package E. Hunter Harrison is seeking from CSX Transportation would likely rank him among the highest paid CEOs in the nation. The latest available information on CEO pay nationwide is from 2015. Harrison is seeking a four-year contract worth more than $300 million. Although CSX said most of Harrison’s compensation would come in […]
Federal Railroad Administration WASHINGTON — More than 4 percent of railroad employees involved in accidents in 2016 tested positive for drug use. Trains News Wire sought the information from the Federal Railroad Administration after the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that three Amtrak employees involved in a fatal crash on the Northeast Corridor in April […]
MARIAS PASS, Mont. — BNSF Railway’s operations across northern Montana and the Pacific Northwest are slowly getting back to normal after being shuttered twice in the last week due to a series of avalanches on the southern edge of Glacier National Park. The railroad closed its Hi Line Subdivision over Marias Pass from Feb. 5 […]
Saginaw Timber No. 2, lettered for later owner Polson Logging, makes a test run following work at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in May 2016. Ken Hojnacki NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. — A longstanding dispute over restoration of a steam locomotive ends in victory for the engine’s owner and major financial implications for one of the nation’s […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration’s proposal to put two crew members in most locomotive cabs has been caught in limbo between two administrations. A senior FRA official speaking on background tells Trains News Wire that the Department of Transportation had forwarded the final proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget for approval […]
No. 4449 leads an excursion at Cut Bank, Mont., on the BNSF Railway Hi Line in October 2009. Justin Franz PORTLAND, Ore. – Tickets to ride behind Southern Pacific Daylight No. 4449 in June will go on sale around Feb. 15, and if you want to ride coach, it will cost you $595 for the […]
