Amtrak service returned to Roanoke in October 2017. A study on extending service to the southwest, into the New River Valley, is on hold. Bob Johnston CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — A study to determine what is needed to bring Amtrak service to Christiansburg and the New River Valley has been placed on hold because Norfolk Southern […]
A San Diego Trolley passes near the city’s airport in January 2016. The area’s association of governments is looking for a plan to connect rail transportation to the San Diego airport. TRAINS: David Lassen SAN DIEGO — San Diego-area officials have begun the process of better connecting transit to San Diego’s airport, with talk of […]
NEW HAVEN, Ky. — The Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. will host a 75th birthday party for former Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 Kanawha No. 2716, which is under restoration by the steam group. The event will be held at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, where the engine is located, this Saturday, Dec. 15. The […]
A crowd gathers near Spring, Texas, to watch the passing of President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train on Dec. 6, 2018. The locomotive and car that carried the president’s remains are now on display in Omaha. Matthew Holman OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is placing the locomotive that led President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train, […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak has cancelled or altered service on a number of trains in the Southeastern U.S. because of a severe winter storm, with some of the changes effective through Tuesday. The cancellations began Saturday. The following trains have been cancelled for today (Sunday, Dec. 9): — Auto Trains No. 52 and 53 between […]
Union Pacific’s Roper Yard, Salt Lake City Google Maps OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific is downgrading Roper Yard in Salt Lake City and shifting manifest switching 40 miles north to Ogden, Utah, and is pruning low-volume interline intermodal lanes operated in conjunction with Norfolk Southern. The separate moves, which the railroad announced in a pair […]
An RTD A Line train from the Denver Airport decends the bridge across Interstate 70 and Airport Boulevard on its way to downtown. The A Line faces the threat of closure by the Federal Railroad Adminstration because of ongoing crossing-gate issues. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — Denver’s troubled A Line commuter rail service to Denver […]
ATLANTA — The board for Atlanta’s transit agency has approved plans for a 22-mile commuter rail line to operate south of the city. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit District board voted on Thursday to approve plans for the line to serve Clayton County, from the existing MARTA rail transit East Point Station to Lovejoy, Ga., […]
A rendering of new Buffalo intermodal terminal, which will replace a 66-year-old station used by Amtrak. Construction should start this winter. New York State Department of Transportation BUFFALO — The New York State Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to design and build a new intermodal transportation facility, replacing Amtrak’s 66-year-old station on the […]
This articulated Santa Fe covered hopper has been preserved at the Oklahoma Railroad Museum. ORM OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma Railway Museum has added a rare Santa Fe articulated grain covered hopper to its collection. Known as a “Super Hopper,” the car is composed of five separate aluminum hoppers and totals 166 feet 7 […]
Skookum, the Pacific Northwest 2-4-4-2 that has not run since 1955, was under steam Thursday and moving under its own power after repairs. Martin E. Hansen GARIBALDI, Ore. – A week of good shop work is worth everything for a locomotive that hasn’t run since 1955. That’s the story behind 2-4-4-2 No. 7 Skookum at […]
SP 2-8-2 No. 745 will run Dec. 15 in New Orleans. LASTA NEW ORLEANS, La. — On Dec. 15, Southern Pacific steam locomotive No. 745 will pull a Christmas train through some of New Orleans’ most historic neighborhoods. It is the second excursion in two years for the 2-8-2, which for many years prior was […]
