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Foreigner
Canadian National grain train G884 heads back east with three CSX locomotives on Jan. 19, 2014. The train is operating on trackage rights over BNSF Railway’s Aurora Subdivision from East Dubuque to Portage, Ill. Photo by Matt Krause […]
MBTA workers discover historic sign at Government Center NEWSWIRE
BOSTON – In the midst of a multi-million dollar station renovation, MBTA workers have discovered a historic subway sign beneath the streets of Boston, WCVB-TV reports. MBTA is rebuilding the Government Center stop, the interchange between the Blue and Green lines, and last week during the initial teardown workers discovered mosaic sign announcing the station’s […]
Trains magazine to live stream Union Pacific Big Boy move April 28–May 7 NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific moved No. 4014 across the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in November 2013 in anticipation of its move to Wyoming. Jim Wrinn LOS ANGELES — Beginning on Monday, April 28, Trains magazine will live stream Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014’s 11-day journey from Colton, Calif., to Cheyenne, Wyo. TrainsMag.com registered users will have […]
Waiting game
CSX intermodal train Q124 rolls northbound on the main line at Lineville, Ala., as a Herzog ballast train awaits in the siding on Sept. 30, 2011. Photo by Bradley Bates […]
Steel in the U.S. and Canada, 2001
Mini-mills provided half of U.S. and Canadian steel-making capacity in 2001. Their decentralized geographic distribution mirrored U.S. population density (with the notable exception of California), and did not work to the benefit of railroads. The remaining integrated mills primarily sold high-quality sheet steel to auto and appliance factories. Railroads included in this map: BNSF Railway; […]
Collection of noted photographer J.J. Young Jr. available online NEWSWIRE
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – A new photo page is showcasing the photography of famed rail photographer J.J. Young Jr. The page features Young’s work in the Binghamton area from 1959 until he moved out of the state. More than 800 black-and-white photos cover railroads such as the Delaware & Hudson, Erie Lackawanna, and Lehigh Valley. The […]
Side-by-side
Norfolk Southern intermodal train No. 215 passes a stopped freight with Canadian Pacific power at Faulconer, Ky., on the CNO&TP First District on Feb. 29, 2016. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
Railroad Museum of New England acquires three new cars NEWSWIRE
Rutland No. 260 Howard Pincus THOMASTON, Conn. — The Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston has added three cars to its already extensive collection. An 1891 Rutland Railroad combine is one of the longest-serving pieces of rail passenger equipment in the U.S. Much newer are two cars from Metro-North’s wire maintenance train, including a greatly […]
Canadian Pacific plans expansion of St. Paul Yard NEWSWIRE
Steve Glischinski ST. PAUL, Minn. – While Canadian Pacific Railway has been “downsizing” several yards across its system since new management took over in 2012, the company is planning to expand its former Milwaukee Road yard in St. Paul. CP says it wants to extend five tracks at the east end of the yard by roughly […]
Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography
FULL SCREEN Jack Delano, courtesy of the Library of Congress Santa Fe conductor George Burton tends the fire in the stove of his freight train’s caboose in March 1943. Burton lived in Chillicothe, Illinois, and worked the run between there and Corwith Yard in Chicago. FULL SCREEN Jack Delano, courtesy of the Library of Congress […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad files lawsuit against Oregon agency NEWSWIRE
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court seeking an injunction as relief from the Oregon Department of State Lands. The complaint alleges the state agency interfered with a reconstruction project and violated the company’s constitutional rights. Oregon Coast Scenic is the lessee and operator of the Port […]
