AMARILLO, Texas – Two BNSF Railway trains collided head on near the small town of Panhandle, about 27 miles northeast of Amarillo on Tuesday morning. Preliminary reports from KFDA-TV NewChannel 10 in Amarillo show two double-stack container trains derailed and on fire in a field along the Class I railroad’s main line in the area. […]
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Take a video tour of Chicago Union Station’s ‘Metropolitan Lounge’ NEWSWIRE
After holding a preview and reception in the space on June 23, Amtrak this week opens its new Metropolitan Lounge at Chicago Union Station. The facility for sleeping-car and business-class passengers is twice the size of the 25-year-old lounge it replaces. Join Trains Associate Editor David Lassen for a tour of the facilities and work […]
CSX begins testing EMD SD70ACe T4 demonstrators NEWSWIRE
EMDX SD70ACe T4s Nos. 1609 1610 are being outfitted for demonstration service at CSX’s Queensgate Yard locomotive shop on June 19, 2016. J.E. Landrum CINCINNATI, Ohio – Railfans along CSX Transportation’s Cincinnati to Nashville, Tenn., rail lines may have caught a glimpse of new Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe Tier 4 demonstrators early this week. EMDX SD70ACe […]
Trains, June 2016
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UP No. 844 moved under her own power Thursday NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific 4-8-4 Northern-type No. 844 pictured at LaSalle, Colo., in 2009. Sources in Cheyenne, Wyo., say the giant locomotive had a steam test this week in preparation for a July return to mainline operation. Bruce A. Daugherty CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Working toward returning their much loved 4-8-4 to the high iron, the Union Pacific […]
Florida East Coast puts LNG locomotives in revenue service NEWSWIRE
A Florida East Coast liquefied natural gas revenue train on June 10. Michael Maiullari Florida East Coast Railway tested its first revenue-service liquefied natural gas locomotives and tender consist on an overnight Jacksonville, Fla., to Miami train June 8. Shortly after sunrise June 10, the revenue train returned north as FEC train 226. That northbound […]
NS locomotives appear to pause for Ali funeral procession NEWSWIRE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Railfans watching Muhammad Ali’s funeral procession through his hometown of Louisville on television today have noticed Norfolk Southern locomotives that appear to stop or pause until Ali’s hearse passes. One of the units is reported to be No. 8103, the Norfolk & Western heritage unit, a GE ES44AC. In response to posts […]
US-Mexico railroad agreement reached in San Diego NEWSWIRE
Desert Line Railroad route map San Diego Metropolitan Transit System SAN DIEGO — An agreement has been reached to pay for the reconstruction and operation of the 70-mile Desert Line railway in southeastern San Diego County that connects Mexico-based, but foreign-owned factories, to rail shipping in the United States. The landmark agreement between Pacific Imperial […]
Wisconsin Great Northern begins hauling freight NEWSWIRE
A Wisconsin Great Northern railroader checks on the first revenue load for the tourist railroad-turned short line. Steve Smedley Trego, Wis. Google Maps TREGO, Wis. — Wisconsin short line Wisconsin Great Northern, long known for its popular “bed and breakfast” tourist trains train powered by former Chicago & North Western F7 No. 423, has loaded […]
Motive Power laying off nearly half of Idaho workforce NEWSWIRE
Photographers spotted MotivePower’s HSP-46 No. 2003 at Pueblo, Colo., in 2013, in transit to the nearby Transportation Technology Center. The locomotive manufacturer says it will lay off more than 200 workers as the demand for new units slows. Daren Genau BOISE, Idaho — Officials with MotivePower Inc. say they’ll lay off 210 people at the […]
765 to pull steam excursion from Chicago Union Station in June NEWSWIRE
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society CHICAGO — For the first time in over a decade, a steam-powered passenger excursion will depart downtown Chicago Union Station on June 25th and 26th. Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive no. 765 will operate The Galesburg Zephyr between Union Station and Galesburg, Illinois for the Galesburg Railroad Days. These all-day, […]
Trains, May 2016
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