BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s commuter-rail network was swamped by record ridership Tuesday as fans attended the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory parade — despite advance planning that included more than two dozen extra trains. The Boston Globe reports that MBTA authorities said ridership was about double the usual 127,000 trips. “We […]
CP maintenance workers remove ice from the walls of a Spiral Tunnel to prevent damage to passing trains. Canadian Pacific FIELD, British Columbia – This week’s fatal derailment in British Columbia that took the lives of three railroaders is not the first time tragedy has struck Canadian Pacific’s rugged Laggan Subdivision. Kicking Horse Pass, home […]
FIELD, British Columbia — Canadian Pacific president and CEO Keith Creel called this week’s fatal derailment in British Columbia a “tragedy” and has vowed to figure out what caused a train to derail while descending Kicking Horse Pass. Three railroaders were killed at about 1 a.m. Monday when a westbound grain train derailed between the […]
BEFORE EVR Cargo No. 1566 at the Tapa shops in June 2011. It is a former Conrail C30-7A No. 6577. Keith Fender Locomotive No. 1564 rebuilt as Operail C30-M (Ex-Conrail No. 6565) seen at the Tapa shops in October 2018. Operail TALLIN, Estonia — Former Conrail GE C30-7A locomotives are being given a radical rebuild […]
ATLANTIC CITY — While NJ Transit has said a need for federal approval is one reason it has not restored service on its Atlantic City line and other suspended services, a Federal Railroad Administration spokesman said the FRA has no role in reopening those lines. FRA spokesman Warren Flateau told NJ.com that “NJ Transit may, […]
CALGARY – Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada say the Canadian Pacific grain train that derailed in British Columbia on Monday, killing three railroaders, “started to move on its own” following a crew change. On Tuesday morning, TSB investigators held a press conference to update the media on their inquiry into this week’s […]
Metra’s Electric Line will remain on a modified schedule through Friday as the commuter railroad continues to repair damage caused by a freight-train derailment. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Continuing work to repair damage caused by a Canadian National freight-train derailment has led Metra to announce its Electric Line will remain on a modified schedule […]
A volunteer works on J. Neils Lumber Co. No. 4 in Libby, Mont., in 2012. Justin Franz LIBBY, Mont. – A museum in northwest Montana has won a $26,704 grant to rebuild the firebox on its 1906 Shay locomotive. The Heritage Museum in Libby recently obtained a matching grant from the Montana Office of Tourism […]
UP No. 618 steams for photographers in February 2010. Trains: Jim Wrinn HEBER CITY, Utah — When fans gather in Utah in May to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad, one iconic steam locomotive will be conspicuously absent: Heber Valley Railroad’s Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618. “We really wanted it to be in […]
Garden City Terminal rail yard, Savannah, Ga. Georgia Ports Authority Increased U.S. port expansions include substantial development of rail infrastructure, among them intermodal projects at ports on both coasts, the Gulf of Mexico, and on inland waterways. With the enlarged Panama Canal available since 2016, eastern ports have been upgrading to lure Pacific ship traffic […]
A Miami-bound Brightline train speeds through Lantana, Fla., on Jan. 10, 2019. The initial public offering for the passenger operation, to be rebranded Virgin Trains USA, is set for Feb. 13. TRAINS: David Lassen MIAMI — The NASDAQ stock exchange is reporting that Virgin Trains USA’s initial public offering of common stock is set for […]
Association of American Railroads Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads recently reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Jan. 26. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 522,026 carloads and intermodal units, down 4 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week […]
