BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is proposing 2019 fare changes that amount to a 6.3 percent increase and would take effect July 1. If approved, the changes would be the first since 2016 and the fourth since 2012. By state law the agency is allowed to increase fares no more than 7 percent […]
An MBTA PCC stops in Milton, Mass., in December 2008. Justin Franz BOSTON – The end of the line appears to be in sight for Boston’s historic streetcars. Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority officials revealed this week that they want to replace the decades-old Presidents’ Conference Committee streetcars in service on the Mattapan-Ashmont High Speed Line […]
No. 422 rests at Kansas City, Mo., prior to shipment. The unit is expected to receive a larger logo upon delivery to the railroad in Minnesota. Zack Pumphery ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Burlington Northern’s Cascade green paint scheme was consigned to history with BN’s merger with Santa Fe in 1995, but the colors are making […]
Cameramen crowd the platform as Monday’s Amtrak inspection special arrives at the Metropark station in New Jersey. Ralph Spielman Amtrak inspection car American View provided New Jersey officials with a look at infrastructure issues between New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station. Ralph Spielman Stephen Gardner of Amtrak explains details of the storm-damaged North River […]
Athens, Texas Google Maps ATHENS, Texas — One East Texas student is dead and one is injured after an Athens Independent School District bus driver drove in front of a Union Pacific freight train on Friday afternoon. The collision took place just after 4 p.m. in south Athens, and left the school bus partially wrapped […]
Replacing Southwest Chief service over Raton Pass with a bus bridge would have a high price for communities along the route, according to a new report. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — A bus bridge replacing the Southwest Chief between Albuquerque, N.M., and Dodge City, Kan., would lead to annual economic losses of more than $116 million […]
CHICAGO — Today’s Empire Builder departures from Chicago and Seattle have been cancelled, reflecting weather concerns across the Amtrak train’s northern route. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said the cancellations were a mutual decision by Amtrak and BNSF Railway, which hosts the train for the majority of its route. Amtrak had previously modified schedules for many […]
Lynden Tennison, UP Chief Strategy Officer Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today announced the pending retirement of Chief Strategy Officer Lynden Tennison, just six months after he was named executive vice president. Tennison began serving as executive vice president and chief strategy officer on Aug. 1, 2018. Two weeks later, when chief operating […]
WW&F members plan to build about 2,000 feet of track next fall with help from the Webb Award received on Jan. 26 from the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts. Here is the end of track in October 2018. WW&F: Mike Fox WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts has awarded its annual $10,000 H. […]
Led by the “Salute to Veterans” cab car, an Amtrak Hiawatha kicks up snow as it passes through the Healy Metra station in Chicago on Dec. 30, 2018. Service on the Hiawatha and other trains from the Chicago hub is being modified in advance of severe winter weather. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — With extreme winter […]
An E Line light rail train approaches the Arapahoe at Village Center station on Denver’s light rail system. An extension of the E, F, and R lines will open in May. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — A 2.3-mile extension of Denver’s light rail system is scheduled to open May 19, adding three new stations. The […]
Amtrak Empire Service train 281 from New York Penn Station to Niagara Falls, N.Y., crosses the Livingston Avenue Bridge in Albany, N.Y., as the Captain JP III cruise ship remains wedged against the bridge on Friday, Jan. 25. Dan Kittay ALBANY, N.Y. — One of eight boats that broke free from their moorings in New […]
