Take a look at the Albany & Eastern’s March 2017 excursion between Lebanon and Sweet Home, Ore., coinciding with the annual Winterail multimedia show and sale in nearby Corvallis. You’ll see the privately owned and restored Southern Pacific SD9 No. 5399 and the short line’s own power with an eclectic mix of passenger equipment. Also […]
Work continues on Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis No. 576! Restoration of this fabled 4-8-4 continues in Nashville’s Centennial Park while organizers raise money to relocate the engine to a shop. A matching challenge grant through the end of 2017 will boost the project. Organizer Shane Meador explains the latest developments for “the stripe.” For […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is reducing the number of domestic and international intermodal destinations served from its terminal in Columbus, Ohio. CSX told customers on Oct. 12 that it would be dropping outbound service from Columbus to nearly two dozen locations. Only a handful of inbound lanes are being eliminated, the railroad said. The […]
OMAHA, Neb. — After nearly a month, Union Pacific officials still decline to comment on two viral videos posted online this fall depicting scandalous behavior on the railroad’s rights-of-way. Both have raised concerns about copycat behavior. The first video, dubbed “Flight of the Year,” depicts a drone flying around a Union Pacific freight train in […]
MONTREAL, Quebec — Derailment investigation expert Gary Wolf speaks with Trains Associate Editor Steve Sweeney at the 2017 Wheel Rail Interaction conference in Montreal about his career in railroading and how he came to be part of a group that investigated double-stack container wrecks in the western United States. Wolf is the primary source for […]
The Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, Calif., has restored Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe EMD FP45 No. 108 to its as-delivered Warbonnet paint scheme. Elrond Lawrence A close-up shot of Santa Fe No. 108 in fresh paint at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in California. Elrond Lawrence PERRIS, Calif. — The Orange Empire Railway […]
A marooned VIA Rail train at Churchill, Manitoba Joe Stover MONTREAL, Quebec — Stormy weather on Hudson Bay means it will be a few more days until VIA Rail Canada can rescue a stranded passenger train by ship. The MV Nunalik sought shelter in Whale Cove, north of Churchill, Manitoba, for most of a day […]
On June 8, 2015, Montana Rail Link’s business train soars high over the white waters of Fish Creek, near Rivulet, Mont. During this trip, the railroad’s owner, Dennis Washington, hosted business partners aboard the train. Steven Welch Q What is the purpose of railroad business and inspection trains, and who would use them? – Dennis […]
No. 905 rolls through Glendora, Calif., on the Pasadena Subdivision in June. Jon Waide LOS ANGELES — Some Metrolink riders can say that they rode on the cleanest fuel-powered locomotive in the country as Metrolink’s new Tier 4 locomotive makes its debut in passenger service this week. The first of 40 locomotives rolled into service […]
CSX Transportation’s North Baltimore Yard, near North Baltimore, Ohio. Brian Schmidt JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is preparing to scale back operations at its intermodal hub in North Baltimore, Ohio, which opened in 2011 as the $175-million centerpiece of a new intermodal strategy. The Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal was designed to support CSX’s hub-and-spoke approach […]
A simple map showing Canadian Pacific’s new service to Ohio. Canadian Pacific CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific is extending the reach of its international intermodal service into the Ohio Valley through a partnership with a pair of Genesee & Wyoming regional railroads. The Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad and the Indiana & Ohio Railway […]
Sunray, Texas Google Maps SUNRAY, Texas — A new bulk transload facility is open for business in Texas’ panhandle near Sunray. TNW Corp., whose companies include the Texas Northwestern Railway and other transportation and logistics operations, recently opened the transload site about 50 miles north of Amarillo. The facility specializes in the transport of bulk […]
