Each week, Trains editors discuss all the news that is fit to publish. This week, Trains Editor Jim Wrinn and Digital Editor Steve Sweeney talk about the Big Boy steam locomotive’s hydrostatic test; a Canadian Pacific runaway train in British Columbia, Amazon becoming a common carrier, and more! Only from Trains! […]
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BART, Amtrak exploring possible joint transbay crossing NEWSWIRE
A Capitol Corridor train passes through Crockett, Calif. Amtrak and BART are considering a shared crossing of San Francisco Bay that would allow direct service between San Francisco and Sacramento. Steve Glischinski SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area Rapid Transit and Amtrak are joining forces to study the possibility of a second San Francisco Bay rail […]
Denver moves closer to opening commuter rail G Line with approvals from FRA NEWSWIRE
Denver A Line commuter trains meet at the Peoria station. Two approvals from the Federal Railroad Administration have moved Denver’s RTD closer to opening its G Line service to Wheat Ridge, Colo. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — With approval on two fronts from the Federal Railroad Administration, Denver’s Regional Transportation District has reached “a major […]
Duluth museum to return Northern Pacific SD45 to operation NEWSWIRE
No. 3617 rests in the museum hall in October 2016. Brian Schmidt DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum has begun a fundraising campaign to return Northern Pacific SD45 No. 3617 to operation. The locomotive was donated to the museum by Canadian National in 2007 after service on Wisconsin Central and CN. Wisconsin Central […]
KCS names Sameh Fahmy executive vice president for Precision Scheduled Railroading NEWSWIRE
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Southern has named Sameh Fahmy to the position of executive vice president for Precision Scheduled Railroading. He will report to KCS President and CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. “I am very pleased to announce that Sameh will lead the implementation of principals of the Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) methodology that […]
Posner Foundation grant supports Operation Lifesaver efforts NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Operation Lifesaver, Inc. has announced what it describes as “a generous donation” from the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh. The undisclosed amount will support four projects. The grant will fund suicide prevention messages in communities identified by the Federal Railroad Administration’s Trespass and Suicide Dashboard that shows locations and trends in fatalities along railroad […]
Railroaders step up to support families of those lost in British Columbia wreck NEWSWIRE
FIELD, British Columbia – Railroaders from across North America are stepping up to support the families of the three men killed earlier this week when a Canadian Pacific grain train derailed in the mountains of British Columbia. A GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money for the families of conductor Dylan Paradis, engineer […]
UP touts positive train control progress in fourth quarter NEWSWIRE
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific has installed positive train control equipment on 100 percent of required route miles and implemented the technology on all required passenger train routes. Implementation efforts continue to ensure PTC interoperability with other freight and passenger railroads operating on Union Pacific tracks by 2020, as allowed by federal law. One of […]
Pittsburgh authority bills NS $3 million for derailment repairs NEWSWIRE
A Twitter post shows the damage to the Station Square light rail station. The agency which operates the light rail system is billing Norfolk Southern $3 million for the costs of repairs. Port Authority of Allegheny County Twitter account PITTSBURGH — The Port Authority of Allegheny County is billing Norfolk Southern about $3 million for […]
AAR: Crude oil, ‘other’ carloads lone holdouts in second week of railroad traffic plunge in the US NEWSWIRE
Association of American Railroads Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Feb. 2, as well as volumes for January 2019. U.S. railroads originated 1,238,487 carloads in January 2019, up 1.7 percent, or 21,054 carloads, from January 2018. U.S. railroads also originated 1,316,168 […]
Amazon as a common carrier, just like railroads NEWSWIRE
Speculation grows about Amazon’s increasing role as a freight carrier and what that may mean for suppliers of transportation services by air, truck, water, and perhaps eventually by rail. Since what has been termed the “2013 Christmas Fiasco” in which United Parcel Service failed to deliver Amazon packages before Christmas Day, Amazon has been assuming […]
‘Big Boy’ passes early pressure test
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Union Pacific’s Big Boy is another step closer to running this year after it passed a Federally required hydrostatic test. Union Pacific posted a video on YouTube Wednesday showing workers knocking on the locomotive with hammers while pressurized water filled the boiler. One scene shows a pressure gauge at 300 pounds per […]
