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East Penn Railroad SW900 No. 52 leads the last train of cars on the Venice Branch north of Philadelphia on April 4 over the Schuylkill River. The branch will now sit idle from lack of business. Gary Pancavage The East Penn Railroad locomotive crew pose for a final run photograph with No. 52 on April […]
Williston, Vt. Google Maps WILLISTON, Vt. — In spite of a state report that downplayed the feasibility of commuter rail service in northern Vermont, a private company last week announced the purchase of 12 Budd Rail Diesel Cars with the intent to use them for commuter service between Montpelier, Burlington and St. Albans, Vt. AllEarth […]
Augusta, Ga. Google Maps AUGUSTA, Ga. — Norfolk Southern, BNSF Railway, and CSX Transportation have dispatched executive trains to the 2017 Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta. The trains are run for the benefit of shippers and other guests of the railroads, with the primary purpose of providing overnight accommodations […]
Baltimore’s current rail tunnel alignment Federal Railroad Administration Baltimore tunnel project overview Federal Railroad Administration BALTIMORE — For Amtrak passengers in Baltimore, the Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel is like a jump back to medieval times. The train slows, tunnel walls close in, and take on the appearance of a dungeon, illuminated by occasional lights and […]
A Department of Defense train hauling a spent nuclear fuel cask in an undated photo. U.S. Department of Energy WASHINGTON — The resurrection of a controversial plan to store nuclear waste under Nevada’s Yucca Mountain could also mean a revival for a proposed rail line to the remote site. In late March, the Trump Administration […]
LSOX No. 1001, a new Tier 4 switcher built by Knoxville Locomotive Works in east Tennessee. James Graham KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Locomotive Works has begun delivery of its largest order of low-emissions Tier 4i locomotives. The order for nine switch locomotives, KLW SE10B and SE15B models, are being supplied to Locomotive Solutions for service […]
The manufacture and maintenance of rail is as old as railroading — and so are broken rails. Though today’s rail is much harder, stronger, and of higher quality than rail made even 40 years ago, railroads and metallurgists have just recently begun to understand why rails still are breaking. As railroads installed new rail in […]
CSX Transportation’s Osborn Yard Google Maps LOUISVILLE, Ky. — CSX Transportation’s Osborn Yard in Louisville will be the third yard in less than two weeks to have its hump operations shut down. CSX spokeswoman Laura Phelps tells Trains News Wire that after a thorough review of the railroad’s Louisville-region operating plan, the railroad has informed […]
“We used to hire women in positions set aside for them, such as stenographers. Of course, they never had a chance to develop. We start the boy in at the bottom as office boy and give them a long ladder to climb. Things are changing now. If the women are started at the bottom like […]
Grates from the firebox of Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 are going to use in the firebox of Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261. Though of different size and design, they were both built by the American Locomotive Co. in the 1940s and can share certain components. Erik Hoofnagel MINNEAPOLIS — In an example […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – GMéxico Transportes S.A. de C.V., the transportation business unit of Grupo México, and the Florida East Coast Railway Holdings Corp. have entered into a purchase agreement to acquire FEC in an all-cash transaction for an undisclosed value. FEC President and CEO Jim Hertwig says, “The FEC team looks forward to working with […]
An Albany & Eastern excursion operated east from Lebanon on March 17. Here it returns westbound in late morning. Brian Schmidt ALBANY, Ore. — The Albany & Eastern Railroad in Oregon has published its 2017 schedule for its Santiam excursion trains. This year, several holiday themed excursions trains will take passengers along the 17-mile Sweet […]
