An F40PH-2C leads a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter train across the Charles River in Boston on April 21, 2016.The MBTA will begin offering service between Boston and Foxborough, Mass., under a pilot program. Scott A. Hartley FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will begin an 11-month pilot program of commuter rail service […]
Swiss-built diesel-powered rack rail cars pause at the top of Colorado’s Pike’s Peak during a Trains Magazine tour of Colorado in June 2015. Trains: Steve Sweeney MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. — One of the highest rack railroads in the world will re-open in 2021, say Colorado media outlets. Denver’s Fox 31 reports that the Pikes Peak Cog […]
Big Boy No. 4014 will steam between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Ogden, Utah, in May 2019. CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Trains Magazine and Special Interest Tours will offer a multi-day Big Boy No. 4014 chase bus on the Union Pacific locomotive’s inaugural run in May 2019, promoters said Friday. The massive 4-8-8-4 will operate from its homebase […]
WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has defended penalties it plans to impose on shippers who don’t load and unload cars quickly or who make last-minute changes to unit train service schedules. “We are certain the proposed tariffs are fair, balanced, and reciprocal in nature,” Kenny Rocker, UP’s executive vice president of marketing and sales, wrote in […]
Lance Fritz, Union Pacific CEO Union Pacific NEW YORK — With major changes under way at Union Pacific, which is cutting costs and shifting to an operating plan based on Precision Scheduled Railroading, what does it mean for the railroad’s long-running steam program? “We’re not sure. But right now, nothing,” UP CEO Lance Fritz told […]
Even with its holiday adornments, No. 261 still proudly displays its Milwaukee Road heritage. Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. – “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular Christmas song, but it’s theme can also apply to mainline steam operators who find the holiday season a way to bring in more revenue […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific PALM BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Pacific will renew its locomotive fleet by continuing to rebuild stored high-horsepower AC-traction units in 2019 and 2020 before considering the purchase of new power, CEO Keith Creel says. “We’re not in the market at all for new locomotives,” Creel told an investor […]
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have asked Norfolk Southern to begin weekly conference calls to keep them updated on operational changes as the railroad moves toward adopting principles of Precision Scheduled Railroading. Surface Transportation Board Chairman Ann Begeman made the request in a Nov. 27 letter to NS CEO Jim Squires. “I am writing to inform […]
New Nippon Sharyo cars like these were damaged en route to delivery to Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit. Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit SMART has not accepted delivery of its new equipment because of damage like this sustained in transit. Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Four new Nippon Sharyo diesel multiple unit […]
Applications are available online at nrhs.com for 2019 National Railway Historical Society railway heritage preservation grants in 2019. Several awards will be made in 2019 for amounts up to $8,000. The application deadline is Feb. 18, 2019. Since 1991, the NRHS has provided a half million dollars to rail preservation efforts, through hundreds of grants […]
A computer rendering of the new OC Streetcar. Groundbreaking for the 4.1-mile system is Friday. Orange County Transportation Authority The planned route of the OC Streetcar. Orange County Transportation Authority. SANTA ANA, Calif. — The Orange County Transportation Authority will break ground tomorrow on a 4.1-mile streetcar route linking Santa Ana and Garden Grove, Calif., […]
The Toys for Tots Train is put together at Oak Island Yard, N.J., earlier today. Juniata Terminal BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — This year’s version of the New York Capital Region Toys for Tots train offers a special treat for railfans in addition to gifts for children: perhaps the last mainline run of two privately-owned former Pennsylvania […]
