NEW YORK — Building high speed passenger trains is not only technically intense, but a new Alstom video shows that it is also equal parts art and science fiction. The France-based locomotive and trainset manufacturer recently debuted a new video showing how Alstom engineers and designers collaborate to make digital three-dimensional models of new equipment […]
Magazine: Trains Magazine
‘Polar Express’ operations end on Iowa Pacific NEWSWIRE
Iowa Pacific’s E9 No. 101 operates on a Polar Express excursion out of Middleton, Wis., in 2015. Due to an ongoing dispute, Iowa Pacific will not operate Polar Express trains this year. David Lassen DURANGO, Colo. — Polar Express trains will not be stopping at tourist railroads owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings and the company’s […]
Workers unload Polson Lumber 2-8-2 No. 2 at new Oregon home NEWSWIRE
Embedded YouTube video courtesy of Bruce Miller, Cooper Mountain Photography. GARIBALDI, Ore. — Skip Lichter’s locomotive made it. Yes, from a lonely Wisconsin valley, over the Great Plains, and through the Rocky Mountains, Lichter’s 2-8-2, Saginaw Timber (or Polson Lumber) No. 2 is at its new home in Oregon. The trip took 13 days, start-to-finish. […]
CSX closes Willard hump NEWSWIRE
Willard, Ohio Google Maps JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation has shut down the hump at Willard Yard in Ohio, the latest terminal to be converted to a flat-switching facility under CEO E. Hunter Harrison and his Precision Scheduled Railroading operating plan. Last year, Willard was the fourth-busiest hump yard on the railroad, when it processed […]
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BNSF’s Willow Springs
Trains Magazine columnist Fred W. Frailey takes a look inside BNSF Railway’s busy Willow Springs intermodal yard, near Chicago. In this free download, you’ll get a peek behind the security fence to experience the rush to move priority UPS traffic into and out of the Windy City. […]
First Chinese-made MBTA cars to head to Boston in November NEWSWIRE
CHANGCHUN, China — Chinese-made Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Orange Line cars are expected to depart for the U.S. Nov. 18. Officials for CRRC MA — the Boston-based arm of the gigantic Chinese rail rolling stock and equipment supplier — say cars will first move from northeast China were they were made, to the major port […]
Portugal’s Alco treasure NEWSWIRE
A side view of the short hood end of Combios de Portugal Alco RSC-2 No. 1501 on display in Portugal’s national railway museum. Ralph Spielman A nose-on view of No. 1501. Except for different brakes, buffers, and broad gauge, this is essentially the same locomotive that would have operated in the Midwest in the 1940s […]
‘Spirit of the Union Pacific’ is the newest heritage unit NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific SD70AH No. 1943 The Spirit of the Union Pacific is the railroad’s newest heritage locomotive. Union Pacific OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is introducing another heritage locomotive to its fleet, this time in honor of a World War II bomber aircraft downed over Europe. Railroad officials repainted SD70AH, or SD70AC, No. 9026 as […]
Taking Care of Business: Hull-Oakes Lumber Co., Part 2
To continue the exclusive visit to Hull-Oakes Lumber Company, Charlie Conway follows sawmill operations from the point logs arrive at the plant through the point they’re processed into timbers used for railroad trestle construction. […]
CSX culls low-volume intermodal lanes NEWSWIRE
A partial screen image capture of a CSX Transportation grid outlining intermodal service changes throughout its network. CSX Corp. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation is pruning domestic intermodal service in several low-volume lanes linking the Southeast and Northeast, along with some interline service with Union Pacific, as the railroad makes sweeping changes to its network […]
