Norfolk Southern says this August derailment onto a Pittsburgh light rail line was caused by a broken rail. Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pa.) PITTSBURGH — Norfolk Southern says a broken rail caused the August derailment which sent cars from a stack train tumbling onto a station of Pittsburgh’s light rail system. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review […]
This map of coastal Santa Cruz County shows a potential commuter rail line in red. Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission WATSONVILLE, Calif. — The agency examining a transit plan, including commuter rail, for Santa Cruz County has deferred its decision until January. At a Nov. 15 meeting, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission […]
Its cosmetic restoration complete, Northern Pacific No. 2435 poses outside the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. David C. Schauer NP No. 2435 inside the Lake Superior Railroad Museum shop where it was restored cosmetically. The six-year restoration is now complete. David C. Schauer DULUTH, Minn. – The Lake Superior Railroad Museum has completed the cosmetic restoration of […]
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — The Greenbrier Companies is a big deal in North American railcar manufacturing — the second largest of seven major competitors in the market, according to its 10-K SEC filing. But it’s also a major player internationally. Greenbrier has joint ventures in Europe and Brazil; earlier this year it acquired majority ownership […]
LOWELL, Ark. — John Roberts, CEO of rail intermodal pioneer J.B. Hunt, says rail reliability issues are causing the company to turn away customers from its intermodal business. “That drives a sales guy like me crazy,” said Roberts, according to a J. B. Hunt-released transcript of his comments at the recent Baird Industrial Global Conference […]
Keith Creel, Canadian Pacific CEO Canadian Pacific NEW YORK — Class I railroad mergers are unlikely to occur in 2019, but if two of the major systems were to combine the most likely pairing would be between CSX Transportation and Canadian Pacific, a Wall Street analyst wrote in a research note this week. “We believe […]
[…]
[…]
A Metra BNSF train crosses over Interstate 294 between Hinsdale and Western Springs, Ill., on Christmas Eve 2015. The bridge is the narrowest point on the highway; a planned road-widening project will require the construction of a temporary bridge for the BNSF main line, followed by replacement of the existing structure. TRAINS: David Lassen HINSDALE, […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration issued a final rule for passenger equipment, allowing high-speed operation up to 220 mph and establishing crashworthiness and rider-protection standards intended to allow more options for U.S. operators. The FRA says these requirements will “remove regulatory barriers and enable use of new technological designs, allowing a more open U.S. […]
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Railroad officials are looking into why a tank car began rolling and kept going for 11 miles Sunday before Norfolk Southern railroaders could climb onto the car and apply handbrakes to stop it. The Morning Call of Allentown reports that a paraffin wax-filled tank car went rolling from Emmaus, Pa. The car […]
Amtrak’s Desert Wind makes a station stop in Las Vegas, Nev., on May 18, 1993. Station services were at the Plaza Hotel (advertising the $1 drinks in the background), which would also be the site for the Las Vegas station for the proposed X Train. David Warner A Denton A Train commuter trainset passes the […]
