An Amtrak coach attendant helps a mother and child aboard the Coast Starlight at Albany, Ore., on Aug. 27, 2013. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — In a meeting last week, Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson told the head of the Rail Passengers Association that the company “will continue to operate, and even selectively upgrade, what […]
Eight of these Stadler diesel multiple units will provide the equipment for BART’s 10.1-mile Antioch extension. Sam Richards BART passengers will transfer to and from the electric “legacy” cars at a special platform east of the Pittsburg-Bay Point station. Sam Richards ANTIOCH, Calif. — Bay Area Rapid Transit’s new 10-mile Antioch extension, the transit agency’s […]
TORONTO — VIA Rail Canada’s Canadian is notorious for delays. But a trip this week from Toronto to Vancouver is proving to be spectacularly late, even by VIA standards. The CBC reports that as of Thursday afternoon, the westbound Canadian was some 45 hours behind schedule, after leaving Toronto 26 hours late. While VIA has […]
A Norfolk Southern train passes south (railroad east) over the new Genesee Arch Bridge officials dedicated on May 24, 2018. Norfolk Southern/John Kucko Digital CASTILE, N.Y. — Ushering in a modern era for freight rail in New York’s Southern Tier, Norfolk Southern and New York State officials, along with supporters, today dedicated a new steel […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway recently complete upgrades to its renowned centralized Network Operations Center in Fort Worth. Reconstruction took more than a year of planning and displaced dispatchers for months. […]
Cape Charles, Va. Google Maps CAPE CHARLES, Va. — The Delmarva Central Railroad has notified the Surface Transportation Board that it intends to assume operations on 15 miles of rail line formerly operated by the Bay Coast Railroad. The change will happen before May 29. Bay Coast has operated the southernmost 70 miles of the […]
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, Kansas City Southern CEO Trains: David Lassen NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern has ordered 50 new locomotives for delivery next year in anticipation of continued traffic growth, CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer told an investor conference on Wednesday. “We actually just placed an order for some locomotives that will be delivered early next […]
Rebuilt F40PHM-2 No. 200 leads an outbound Metra BNSF train through Highlands in Hinsdale, Ill., on April 28, 2018. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has announced a kids-ride-free program through the summer months, with up to three children ages 11 and under able to ride free with an adult from Memorial Day through Labor […]
Chicago & North Western baggage car No. 1236. The Illinois Railway Museum is making the car available to a good home. Illinois Railway Museum website UNION, Ill. — You may know someone whose basement is full of trains, or at least someone who has a few items of train paraphernalia around the house. But the […]
Wheelset from B&M No. 3666. Kittery Historical and Naval Museum, Kim Sanborn KITTERY, Maine — A wheel from a long-lost Boston & Maine steam locomotive that fell off a bridge and into a river in 1939 is now on display in Maine. The wheel off of B&M No. 3666 was put on display at the […]
Brian Solomon’s Railway Guide to Europe By Brian Solomon Kalmbach Publishing Co.; 416 pages, softcover, 6 x 9 inches; $24.99. www.kalmbachhobbystore.com Reviewed by Bill Hough Planning a rail-oriented trip to Europe is challenging, since most travel guidebooks are written for a general audience and don’t necessarily contain specific information that a railfan would like to […]
A satellite image of the overpass where CSX Transportation crosses over a Norfolk Southern line in Alexandria, Va. Google Maps Alexandria, Va. Google Maps ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Amtrak and Virginia Rail Express passenger services south of Washington are expected to resume today as crews continue clean-up of a weekend CSX Transportation train that tumbled off […]
