SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California High Speed Rail Authority responded strongly on Monday to a Federal Railroad Administration intent to cancel funding and seek the return of federal grants, calling it “unwarranted, unprecedented, and harmful” to the state and nation. Those were the words of Brian Kelly, CEO of the authority, in a statement accompanying the […]
DENVER — The commission overseeing efforts to launch passenger rail service along Colorado’s Front Range has hired its first project director. Randy Grauberger, a long-time Colorado Department of Transportation staff member most recently employed at the engineering firm WP, has been hired by the Southwest Chief and Front Range Passenger Rail Commission. The group, created […]
BALTIMORE — CSX Transportation CEO James Foote on Monday joined Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in officially seeking federal funding for the $466 million Howard Street Tunnel clearance project. Hogan’s office announced that it submitted an application for a U.S. Department of Transportation grant that would fund raising clearances in the tunnel to permit double-stacks to […]
LOGANSPORT, Ind. — The displaced Indiana Transportation Museum may soon have a new home. According to a notice published in the Federal Register, the Logansport & Eel River Railroad is seeking a waivers for a requirement to put a section of out-of-service track back into service. The Federal Railroad Administration filing says the railroad, which […]
UrbanX via YouTube NEW YORK — Will New York’s transportation network remain the same in 20 years? Probably not, according to a recent URBAN-X Forum for the Future panel held in Brooklyn. URBAN-X is a Brooklyn-based venture-capital firm that educates, invests in and advocates for companies shaping the future of cities through technology and design. […]
A private-duty security truck waits near a Norfolk Southern locomotive ready for pick-up at the Wabtec Freight interchange with NS in Lawrence Park, Pa. Stephan M. Koenig ERIE, Pa. — It’s already been a full week since members of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America Local 506 and 618 went on strike. In […]
PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak has suspended all service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg because of problems with the overhead wire west of the Elizabethtown, Pa., station. The suspension was announced at 6 a.m. EST on Monday, and is in effect pending the completion of repairs. Watch Amtrak.com for updates. The passenger railroad had previously announced the cancellation […]
NEW YORK — Rail systems in the Northeast are operating with some delays and schedule alterations in light of a storm forecast to drop up to 10 inches of snow in New York City. As of 8:20 a.m. EST, New York’s MTA is reporting some delays on the Metro-North New Haven Line, and cancellations of […]
The driver of a garbage truck hit by this Amtrak charter has been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in the Jan. 31, 2019, accident. Rep. Jeff Denham, via Twitter CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The driver of a garbage truck has been found not guilty of charges resulting from a 2018 accident in which his truck was hit […]
Kansas City Southern ORLANDO, Fla. — Kansas City Southern will be able to park at least 10 percent of its locomotive fleet as it moves tonnage on longer trains under its shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. KCS rostered 1,100 locomotives at the end of 2018 and has identified 75 older units that will be stored, […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – “A new statewide train system, over 700 miles in length, capable of travel at speeds up to 200 mph,” reads a 2005 brochure published by the California High Speed Rail Authority. The system will “carry as many as 68 million passengers annually by 2020.” Those dreams are stalled somewhere in the arid […]
Knoxville Locomotive Works SE10B No. 30 is new power for San Francisco Belt Railway. Doug Wooton Alco No. 23 loads cars with “dirty dirt” at the SFBR yard. Davis Strench No. 25’s engine will be removed, and the unit placed on display. Kyle Stockman SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Bay Railroad is in the […]
