OTTAWA — Canada’s Minister of Transport has ordered the nation’s railroads to update their work rules to address crew-fatigue issues. In a Dec. 21 news release, transport minister Marc Gastineau said companies must submit updated rules for review by May 19, 2019, with the government to approve the updated rules by the end of June. […]
Magazine: Trains Magazine
CN meets PTC installation deadlines, applies for two-year extension on full operation NEWSWIRE
A northbound Canadian National stack train passes through Waukesha, Wis., in May 2018. CN announced on Dec. 20 that it has met the Dec. 31 deadline for installation of PTC equipment. TRAINS: David Lassen HOMEWOOD, Ill. — Canadian National has met installation requirements for positive train control equipment and applied for a two-year extension to […]
Dallas Area Rapid Transit awards contracts to build Cotton Belt commuter line
DALLAS — Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded $872 million in contracts to design and build its 26-mile Cotton Belt commuter rail line, the Dallas Morning News reports. The contract was awarded to a joint venture of Archer Western Construction, based in Irving, Texas., and Herzog Contracting, based in Fort Worth. Construction is scheduled to […]
GE continues locomotive production in Erie, for now NEWSWIRE
ERIE, Pa. — GE workers are still assembling finished locomotives in Erie. That’s despite a GE promise in 2017 to shift finished assembly and production from Erie to the company’s newest assembly plant near Fort Worth, Texas, by the end of 2018. Those plans are on “pause” for the time-being the representative says. The Erie […]
Steam, narrow gauge worlds mourn loss of Ernie Robart NEWSWIRE
ALBUQUERQUE — The western steam and narrow gauge preservation communities today are mourning the loss of a long and remarkable fixture in their worlds: Ernie Robart has passed away. Robart was an early advocate for saving the Colorado narrow gauge, and his work ultimately led to the creation of today’s Cumbres & Toltec Scenic. He […]
NS to repay state, city for incentives to keep headquarters in Norfolk NEWSWIRE
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern will pay Virginia and the city of Norfolk about $2.4 million as a result of its announced plan to move its headquarters to Atlanta. The Virginian-Pilot reports the funds represent a repayment of incentives the company received as part of a 2016 agreement to keep its headquarters in Norfolk until […]
SEPTA’s AEM-7s get second lease on life in New Jersey NEWSWIRE
A string of Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority AEM-7 locomotives at Frazer, Pa., before relocation to Morrisville, Pa., and lease work on NJ Transit. Gary Pancavage PHILADELPHIA — Railfans who’ve yet to see AEM-7 locomotives in the wild will get one more chance to do so in the coming weeks as the last of Philadelphia’s operational […]
Trains top stories for 2018: No. 3: Brightline NEWSWIRE
Brightline locomotives and trainsets appear at the railroad’s West Palm Beach “b” shops in January. Bob Johnston MIAMI — Could privately owned and operated passenger rail ever succeed in the U.S., given the billions of dollars of public spending lavished annually on competing highway, transit, and air travel transportation modes? If so, what would it […]
Van Buren Street Station historic images
FULL SCREEN Jack Ferry collection For a decade, the cover of the Illinois Central system timetable carried illustrations of the Chicago lakefront. All purported to show the view from the top of Great Central Station, which burned in the Great Fire of 1871. The depot’s arched train shed, however, was never rebuilt. FULL SCREEN Detroit […]
Amtrak 188 engineer to stand trial in 2019 NEWSWIRE
PHILADELPHIA – The locomotive engineer at the controls of an Amtrak train that derailed near Philadelphia in 2015 is set to stand trial in September 2019. Eight people died and more than 200 were injured when Amtrak train No. 188 derailment on the Northeast Corridor in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond neighborhood in May 2015. A National […]
Colorado’s ‘Winter Park Express’ gets a lounge car
DENVER – The Winter Park Express will have a lounge car when it departs Denver for Winter Park, Colo. on Jan. 3. Ever since the weekend ski train began operating in 2016, skiers and snowboarders have been asking Amtrak to sell snacks and beverages onboard the train. This week, Amtrak announced that their wishes would […]
CSX donates turntable to Tennessee town as part of No. 576 restoration NEWSWIRE
WATERTOWN, Tenn. – CSX Transportation has donated a turntable to a small community in Tennessee that could eventually be used by Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 No. 576, under restoration in nearby Nashville. Earlier this week, Historic Watertown Inc. announced that it had secured the donation of a surplus turntable from CSX. The […]
