Durango & Silverton No. 493 will be converted to burn oil as the popular tourist railroad works to lessen the potential fire hazard. Trains: Jim Wrinn DURANGO, Colo. — With coal-fired steam trains running again to Silverton, Colorado’s legendary Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is looking forward to the future and how it can […]
Florida East Coast No. 90, the private car of Henry M. Flagler, departs Indiana Transportation Museum shortly before the eviction deadline. William Whitmer NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — With minutes to spare late last night, the last piece of Indiana Transportation Museum rolling stock left its home of more than 50 years as police moved in to […]
Work progresses on C&O 1309 at Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Diversified Rail Services Trailing truck from C&O 1309. Diversified Rail Services Welder fabricates new ashpan on C&O 1309. Diversified Rail Services RIDGELEY, W.Va. — In a continuing update series of dispatches about the restoration of 2-6-6-2 No. 1309, Western Maryland Scenic Railroad and contractor Diversified […]
Railroads are likely to report stellar financial results for the second quarter as traffic and freight rates continue to rise. CSX Transportation will kick off two weeks of Class I railroad earnings reports and conference calls with Wall Street analysts when it releases quarterly results on July 17. It will be followed by Canadian Pacific […]
FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. No injuries were reported. FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. FULL SCREEN Owen Laukkanen A view from a July 11 freight train derailment near Pemberton, British Columbia. […]
With the diamonds at Forest Hill Junction in the background, Bill Thompson of the Association of American Railroads, in hard hat, and Metra Chief Engineering Officer Bruce Marcheschi explain the elements of CREATE’s 75th Street Corridor project. The project will begin with construction of a flyover at Forest Hill Junction. TRAINS: David Lassen Members of […]
Kris Hoellen BALTIMORE – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum has named Kris Hoellen as its new executive director. A senior vice president at the National Aquarium, she will assume her new position in September 2018. “To have the opportunity to help transform the museum into a showcase of history and innovation, and positively contribute […]
Steve Carter WASHINGTON – Investigators in a two-day hearing covering two recent fatal Amtrak derailments are questioning the safety of Talgo trains involved in one of the derailments. The equipment operates under a Federal Railroad Administration waiver. The derailment in December 2017 killed three and injured more than 60. It occurred on the first Amtrak […]
Silver Dollar City No. 504 Dalton Fischer, Silver Dollar City BRANSON, Mo. – After an extensive rebuilding a Czechoslovakia-built 0-4-0T has entered service at the Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson. “Frisco” 504 is a 2-foot gauge 0-4-0T built in 1941 by Czechoslovakia’s Ceskomoravska Kolben Danek. The engine was rebuilt at the shops of […]
Kansas City Southern INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which last week lost a federal court decision regarding Kansas City Southern’s use of international crews at the Laredo, Texas, gateway, is now appealing to the court of public opinion. The union has asked President Trump to intervene on its behalf. “Mr. […]
HO scale freight cars 50-foot single-sheathed boxcars. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (single steel doors and Dreadnaught ends); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (double steel doors and auto door end); Missouri Pacific (double wood doors and auto door end); Northern Pacific (double steel doors and auto door end); and Texas & Pacific (double steel doors and […]
A Siemens Charger locomotive leads an Amtrak Cascades train over the Chambers Bay bridge in Steilacoom, Wash., on June 26, 2018. The agency which operates the San Diego-area Coaster commuter trains is buying five new Chargers. TRAINS: David Lassen OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The North County Transit District, which operates Coaster commuter trains in the San […]
