An Adirondack Scenic Railroad locomotive and train. Alex Mayes RAY BROOK, N.Y. — The long-standing rail trail battle in upstate New York over a proposal to tear up 34 miles of Adirondack Scenic Railroad track will heat up on Thursday, as the state agency that oversees the land prepares to adopt language making it easier […]
ATLANTA — It’s official: Norfolk Southern is moving its headquarters to Atlanta. “Alignment, collaboration, and accountability are the hallmarks of Norfolk Southern’s plan to transform this company and its culture. Our new headquarters in Atlanta advances these key elements of success,” CEO Jim Squires told employees in announcing the move, according to a company press […]
NEW YORK — The spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading to most of the Class I railroad systems is both an opportunity and a risk for short line and regional railroads. The opportunity, short line executives say, is that Class I railroads focus more on carload traffic, provide service that’s more consistent and reliable, and spin […]
Athearn Trains HO scale EMD SD40T-2 tunnel motor News & Products for the week of December 13, 2018 HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD40T-2 diesel locomotive. Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern Pacific (speed lettering with D&RGW reporting marks in two road numbers, Roman lettering in four numbers), St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt), and Union […]
Belen, N.M. TRAINS: Rick Johnson BELEN, N.M. — Railroad officials are investigating the cause of a weekend train accident in Belen, on BNSF Railway’s Southern Transcon. A BNSF representative confirms to Trains that two trains were involved in a derailment Saturday, Dec. 8, about 2:30 p.m. local time along a section of triple track. Two […]
Cass Scenic Railroad tripleheader at Whitaker. Trains will also be able to run along the Greenbrier River to Durbin again, starting in 2019. Trains: Steve Sweeney CASS, W.Va. — Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad crews in West Virginia have only a couple hurdles before reconnecting the town of Cass with Durbin along the former Chesapeake […]
Metra CEO Jim Derwinski, left, and BNSF Railway Vice President DJ Mitchell address a public hearing in Chicago Tuesday. Richard Wronski CHICAGO — A key member of the House Transportation Committee publicly criticized BNSF Railway and Chicago’s Metra commuter rail line Tuesday for having “failed all too often” to provide reliable and acceptable service within the […]
ERIE, Pa. — GE Transportation marked the 20-year anniversary of its best kept secret, the Global Performance Optimization Center. Since opening two decades ago, this “mission control” capability transformed how the rail industry worldwide maintains and manages its locomotive fleet and maintenance resources. “Locomotive monitoring has come a long way since we started the first […]
TRENTON, N.J. — NJ Transit may not restore service on two routes and weekend service on another by January, as it had originally said when those services were interrupted to allow for installation of positive train control. The agency’s executive director, Kevin Corbett, told the state’s Senate Transportation Committee on Monday that service will be […]
Chesapeake & Delaware via the Surface Transportation Board Middletown & New Jersey Railroad via the Surface Transportation Board WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern is spinning off branch lines in New Jersey and New York, along with related trackage rights on commuter railroads, to short line operators. Dover & Delaware River Railroad will lease 27.2 miles of […]
Northstar at St. Paul Union Depot in 2017. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. – For only the second time since it began service in 2009, a Northstar commuter train will provide revenue service to St. Paul Union Depot. The commuter trains normally operate over 40 miles of BNSF Railway track between Big Lake and Minneapolis. […]
SEATTLE — In a busy year for changes in operators for short lines in the Pacific Northwest, here’s another one. This time it’s a BNSF Railway-owned line in northeastern Washington and southern British Columbia currently operated by OmniTrax subsidiary Kettle Falls International Railway. The new operator, according to Surface Transportation Board filings, will […]
