Railroads are likely to report stellar financial results for the second quarter as traffic and freight rates continue to rise. CSX Transportation will kick off two weeks of Class I railroad earnings reports and conference calls with Wall Street analysts when it releases quarterly results on July 17. It will be followed by Canadian Pacific […]
Section: News & Reviews
Clean-up continues for CN train that derailed into British Columbia lake NEWSWIRE
FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. No injuries were reported. FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. […]
Railroads commit to fund latest CREATE project in Chicago for more than $400 million NEWSWIRE
With the diamonds at Forest Hill Junction in the background, Bill Thompson of the Association of American Railroads, in hard hat, and Metra Chief Engineering Officer Bruce Marcheschi explain the elements of CREATE’s 75th Street Corridor project. The project will begin with construction of a flyover at Forest Hill Junction. TRAINS: David Lassen Members of […]
B&O Railroad Museum names new executive director NEWSWIRE
Kris Hoellen BALTIMORE – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum has named Kris Hoellen as its new executive director. A senior vice president at the National Aquarium, she will assume her new position in September 2018. “To have the opportunity to help transform the museum into a showcase of history and innovation, and positively contribute […]
Investigators question safety of Talgo equipment involved in fatal ‘Amtrak Cascades’ derailment NEWSWIRE
Steve Carter WASHINGTON – Investigators in a two-day hearing covering two recent fatal Amtrak derailments are questioning the safety of Talgo trains involved in one of the derailments. The equipment operates under a Federal Railroad Administration waiver. The derailment in December 2017 killed three and injured more than 60. It occurred on the first Amtrak […]
Narrow-gauge ‘Frisco’ 0-4-0 enters service in Missouri NEWSWIRE
Silver Dollar City No. 504 Dalton Fischer, Silver Dollar City BRANSON, Mo. – After an extensive rebuilding a Czechoslovakia-built 0-4-0T has entered service at the Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson. “Frisco” 504 is a 2-foot gauge 0-4-0T built in 1941 by Czechoslovakia’s Ceskomoravska Kolben Danek. The engine was rebuilt at the shops of […]
Union appeals to President Trump over KCS’ use of Mexican crews in US NEWSWIRE
Kansas City Southern INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which last week lost a federal court decision regarding Kansas City Southern’s use of international crews at the Laredo, Texas, gateway, is now appealing to the court of public opinion. The union has asked President Trump to intervene on its behalf. “Mr. […]
New model trains for the week of July 10, 2018
HO scale freight cars 50-foot single-sheathed boxcars. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (single steel doors and Dreadnaught ends); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (double steel doors and auto door end); Missouri Pacific (double wood doors and auto door end); Northern Pacific (double steel doors and auto door end); and Texas & Pacific (double steel doors and […]
Coaster commuter trains to add Charger locomotives NEWSWIRE
A Siemens Charger locomotive leads an Amtrak Cascades train over the Chambers Bay bridge in Steilacoom, Wash., on June 26, 2018. The agency which operates the San Diego-area Coaster commuter trains is buying five new Chargers. TRAINS: David Lassen OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The North County Transit District, which operates Coaster commuter trains in the San […]
Nickel Plate Road 765 will return to Ohio in September NEWSWIRE
Nickel Plate Road No. 765 returns to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic in September. This image was made in October 2013 on a Norfolk Southern excursion out of Fort Wayne, Ind. Trains: Jim Wrinn INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765’s September just got a little busier. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad says it will start […]
Watco to acquire first CSX Transportation line spinoffs in Illinois, Indiana NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Watco is the winning bidder for CSX Transportation’s Decatur and Danville Secondary subdivisions in Illinois and Indiana. The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad will be the new name for the 126.7 miles of track that Watco will acquire from CSX as the Class I railroad seeks to prune its network of lower-density, non-core […]
Amtrak suspends service to Rome, N.Y., station after part of ceiling falls NEWSWIRE
ROME, N.Y. — Amtrak service to the Rome, N.Y., station has been temporarily suspended after a portion of the station ceiling collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, the Rome Sentinel reports. Only one person was in the station when the ceiling fell in about 3:15 p.m., the newspaper reports, and was not injured. The station has been […]
