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Crews work to clean up the derailment Wednesday afternoon. Chris Hughes BILLINGS, Mont. – Montana Rail Link’s former Northern Pacific main line across Montana is closed today following a derailment near Columbus, about 40 miles west of Billings. A westbound coal train derailed on single track at approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. MRL spokesman Jim Lewis […]
STRASBURG, Pa. — The Strasburg Rail Road has acquired another diesel locomotive to bolster its burgeoning freight business. This one is an ex-ATSF SSB-1200, rebuilt from a 1953 EMD SW9. The unit was last in use at the Celanese plant at Narrows, Va. Currently identified as SRC No. 1235, the locomotive arrived in Lancaster on […]
Linn Moedinger Linn Moedinger is among the last of his kind: those who learned his trade from the final generation of Class I steam railroaders. At the end of 2018, the president and chief mechanical officer of Pennsylvania’s famed Strasburg Rail Road will retire. Linn’s name is a household word in the steam fraternity. We […]
Aerial view of Saturday’s fatal derailment. Transportation Safety Board of Canada THOMPSON, Manitoba – An official with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a washed out culvert led to a fatal derailment on the Hudson Bay Railway on Sept. 15. A 38-year-old man died Saturday evening when an HBR train derailed on a bridge […]
NORTH CREEK, N.Y. – Four months after the Saratoga & North Creek Railway shut down amid financial troubles, New York state has filed to abandon the former Delaware & Hudson line. The motion filed with the federal Surface Transportation Board last week states there us “no present or prospective need for freight services” on the […]
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – As remnants of Hurricane Florence drench parts of central Appalachia Monday, railroads in the Carolinas are in the process of restoring rail service, evaluating flood damages, and cleaning up a derailment. In a weekend customer service advisory issued by CSX Transportation, the railroad confirmed rail service had been restored in the […]
A Mission Mountain Railroad locomotive shows off its new paint scheme honoring a local high school. Justin Franz COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — Watco’s Mission Mountain Railroad has painted two GP39-2 locomotives in the colors of two area high schools, a major departure from the regular Watco black and yellow livery. WAMX No. 3942 has been […]
A Texas Pacifico crew works at Ballinger, Texas, in 2012. The state of Texas has made major investments in the line operated by Texas Pacifico. Wes Carr AUSTIN, Texas — What could be the loneliest railroad in the United States is getting a facelift. Crews are at work upgrading the South Orient rail line, which […]
Watco’s Decatur & Eastern Illinois makes its first run on Sunday, between Decatur and Paris, Ill. Steve Smedley DECATUR, ILL. — The Midwest has a new railroad. The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad made its inaugural run out of Decatur on Sunday, Sept. 9. The first revenue move left the Decatur yards on Sunday morning […]
MISSOULA, Mont. — Tom Walsh, who has been with Montana Rail Link since the railroad’s inception, has announced his retirement as the company’s president. Stacy Posey will become the new Montana Rail Link president, effective Jan. 1, 2019, the company announced Monday. Walsh has been with MRL for 31 years. “My time at Montana Rail […]
The Town of Churchill announced the sale of the Hudson Bay Railway on its Facebook page. CHURCHILL, Manitoba — A deal has finally been reached to sell the Hudson Bay Railway, the currently closed line which provides the only ground transportation option to Churchill, on Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba. A post on the town’s […]
No. 14 heads west out of Piru in April 2016. Luke Renish FILLMORE, Calif. – A one-year-long effort by California’s Fillmore & Western Railway has culminated in the completion of the new 45-foot Hunn Creek Bridge in Santa Paula and the reconnection of the railroad with the Union Pacific and the outside world. A number […]
