Derailed tank cars from a Union Pacific unit ethanol train burn near Iowa cornfields on March 10, 2017. Ted Ellis WASHINGTON — National Transportation Safety Board officials say Union Pacific’s “impressive” response following a March 2017 derailment is a sign the railroad’s maintenance and government oversight were lacking before the accident. NTSB officials met Tuesday […]
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo governmental organization will help fund a feasibility study on reinstating train service between Toledo and Detroit, the Toledo Blade reports. The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government will provide $20,000 toward the study, expected to cost $50,000, and is asking the city of Toledo to fund the remainder. The roughly […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Winnipeg, Manitoba-based The TransX Group of Companies, one of Canada’s largest and oldest transportation companies, focused on truck transportation. “This strategic acquisition allows CN to deepen its supply chain focus, strengthening our exceptional franchise, including our intermodal business, notably the specialized, fast-growing […]
SEATTLE — BNSF Railway is starting work on a number of major bridge and tunnel projects in Washington, Idaho, and Montana that promise to maintain and even increase freight capacity in the Pacific Northwest. In Seattle, BNSF is working with the U.S. Coast Guard to determine how it will replace a century-old bridge across Salmon […]
An eastbound Ft. Wayne and Eastern freight passes the former Pennsylvania Railroad and Amtrak station in Warsaw, Ind., in 2013. Warsaw, which last saw Amtrak service in 1990, would be one of the stops on a proposed service between Chicago and Columbus, Ohio. Bob Johnston VALPAIRAISO, Ind. — Proposed passenger service between Chicago, Fort Wayne, […]
Canadian Pacific FP9 No. 1401 leads a business train through Mechanicville, N.Y. Railroad officials were rumored to be on the train as it moved through upstate New York on Oct. 29. Dan Kittay ALBANY, N.Y. — Observers are speculating on the purpose behind a Canadian Pacific special train that made its way through New York […]
Former Great Northern “Ranch” car White Pines Lake in Ohio. Minnesota Transportation Museum ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Transportation Museum is seeking funds to move a former Great Northern Empire Builder “Ranch” lounge car from Ohio to Minnesota. The car, former GN White Pines Lake, has been restored by The Depot Event Center in […]
VIA Rail Canada’s flagship Canadian pauses at Sioux Lookout, Ontario, on Oct. 15, 2018. Bob Johnston Dining car Palliser may be more than 60 years old, but it looks flawless as it awaits dinner service as the eastbound Canadian rolls through a sparsely populated portion of Ontario. Bob Johnston SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. — The official […]
A Metro-North New Haven Line train rolls through a curve at Stratford, Conn., in 2015. Metro-North parent MTA says Amtrak demands are delaying a project to bring some New Haven Line trains to Penn Station. Scott A. Hartley NEW YORK — A Metropolitan Transportation Authority official says Amtrak demands have stalled a project that would […]
The former Toledo Terminal “Upper River Bridge” is coming down this week after its owner couldn’t even give away the structure. Chad Young TOLEDO, Ohio – Travelers on the Ohio Turnpike have passed one of its unique landmarks in Toledo for decades, but that will soon change. Crews have begun to remove the former Toledo […]
No. 18’s tender rests on the turntable at Durango, Colo., on Thursday. Randy Babcock DURANGO, Colo. – Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 18’s whaleback tender has arrived at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s main shops this week after traveling by truck from its home in Independence, Calif. The locomotive is still en route to […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is accelerating the rollout of its Precision Scheduled Railroading operating plan after encouraging signs from the first round of changes on the eastern portion of its system. “While early, I am pleased with the initial results as we’ve seen improvements in several key performance indicators on our network,” CEO Lance […]
