CONTAGEM, Brazil — GE Transportation released a new time-lapse video of heavy-haul freight locomotive production in the company’s plant in Brazil. All locomotives are now built on an assembly line that moves continuously, much as in automobile assembly plants. […]
Nippon Sharyo closing northern Illinois railcar plant NEWSWIRE
Nippon Sharyo’s plant in Rochelle, Ill., is closed and is on the market. Avison Young ROCHELLE, Ill. — Eight years after opening to much fanfare, Nippon Sharyo’s passenger rail car manufacturing plant in Rochelle, Ill., is closing and up for sale. The company blamed the closing on its failure to complete a contract to deliver […]
NS apologizes for Chicago ‘bait truck’ operation; burglary charges dropped NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO — It was called “Operation Trailer Trap.” The plan: Park a semitrailer truck loaded with goods on a Chicago side street as a lure for thieves. The goal: Strike back against freight thefts that have plagued the crime-ridden area. The outcome: Totally awry. A Norfolk Southern official has apologized to Chicagoans, saying the operation […]
‘Railroader’ examines the life and times of four-time CEO E. Hunter Harrison NEWSWIRE
Howard Green Journalist-turned-author Howard Green conducted more than 14,000 interviews while at Canada’s Business News Network, including the chief executives of every major Canadian company and more than a few American firms. But no interviews were like the ones he did with E. Hunter Harrison when he was at the helm of Canadian National and […]
Trains Presents: Big Boy No. 4014 summer 2018 update
Wheel and boiler work mark the next chapter in No. 4014’s restoration […]
Watco looks to September start up for two CSX lines in Illinois, Indiana NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Watco hopes to begin operating a pair of CSX Transportation routes in Illinois and Indiana early next month. The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad will take over CSX’s Decatur Subdivision in Illinois and the neighboring Danville Secondary in Indiana on or around Sept. 6, pending regulatory approval, Watco said in a filing […]
New Lenox, Ill., station set to move NEWSWIRE
An outbound Metra Rock Island train passes the New Lenox, Ill., station, set to be moved on Aug. 15. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW LENOX, Ill. — The 118-year-old New Lenox railroad station, most recently used by Metra, will be moved from its longtime location to a farm 5 miles away on Wednesday, Aug. 15. The […]
Rail milling marks North America debut in a New York rail yard NEWSWIRE
NEW YORK — What weighs 68 tons, is almost 40 feet long, arrives in its own container, and could revolutionize railhead maintenance in North America? A rail milling machine, of course. More than 20 rail transit and rail commuter line operations staff from coast to coast had a brief inaugural look on Tuesday at one […]
Southern Pacific narrow gauge 4-6-0 No. 18 to steam in October NEWSWIRE
No. 18 at Independence, Calif., in July 2017. David Crosby INDEPENDENCE, Calif. – Southern Pacific narrow-gauge 4-6-0 No. 18 will be steamed up and operated in Independence Oct. 4-5. The locomotive was restored and is operated by the locally based all-volunteer Carson & Colorado Railway, which takes its name from the original railroad that operated […]
Agency seeks feedback on new look for Coaster trains NEWSWIRE
North County Transit District OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The North County Transit District is seeking the public’s feedback on new branding and user interface options on multiple projects for the agency. These include a new paint scheme for the Coaster, a redesign of the agency’s website, and a fresh take on the NCTD logo. The NCTD […]
Amtrak shows off images of new Acela interiors NEWSWIRE
An artist’s rendering of what an Acela Express first class interior will look like in trainsets set to debut in 2021. Amtrak WASHINGTON — Amtrak today revealed the interiors on its new Acela Express fleet, which will redefine the customer experience on Amtrak’s premium Northeast Corridor service. The new trains, scheduled to enter service on […]
Famed photographer Shaughnessy dies NEWSWIRE
Jim Shaughnessey, shown in 2002 at Enola, Pa. Robert S. McGonigal TROY, N.Y. – Of all the pioneers who revolutionized railroad photography in the postwar decades, few equal the status of Jim Shaughnessy, one of the deans of the field, especially as measured by his powerful images from the steam-to-diesel era of the 1950s and […]
