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Spectators enjoy the sight of Nickel Plate Road 765 at Joliet, Ill., in June 2017. Trains: Jim Wrinn FORT WAYNE, Ind. — It’s clear signals for the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Joliet Rocket. Ticket sales for the excursion from Joliet, Ill., to downtown Chicago will begin at 6 p.m., May 9 and 6 p.m., […]
WASHINGTON – The Surface Transportation Board is seeking public comment on a long-simmering dispute between Pan Am Railways and the Milford-Bennington Railroad, a short line that operates on a portion of the former Boston & Maine Railroad’s Hillsboro Branch between Nashua and Hillsborough, N.H. The Milford-Bennington Railroad shuttles carloads of rock for about 5 miles from […]
A factory image of Linsinger’s SF02T-FS rail milling machine. It is similar to one that Rhomberg Sersa and LINMAG expect to import to North America by the end of 2019. The self-propelled machine is designed for transit operations and is expected to operate on 90 to 95-percent of U.S. and Canadian commuter and transit routes. […]
The Crescent stops at Meridian, Miss., a station that is about to lose its agent. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — In another cost-cutting move, “made jointly by the operating divisions and the Long Distance Service Line,” says spokesman Marc Magliari, Amtrak will eliminate ticket agents at 15 stations serving seven long distance routes as early as […]
A Siemens Charger locomotive leads a northbound Amtrak Hiawatha into Milwaukee. Altamont Corridor Express has become the latest agency to order Chargers. TRAINS: David Lassen STOCKTON, Calif. — The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission has ordered four Siemens Charger locomotives for use on the Altamont Corridor Express commuter service. The first of the locomotives, to […]
A BNSF train rolls through Saginaw, Texas. Hayley Enoch SAGINAW, Texas — The Dallas-Fort Worth area’s premier annual train-watching event will return in 2018. The North Texas Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society will host the 13th annual “24 Hours @ Saginaw” between 7 p.m. on Friday, May 25, and 7 p.m. on Saturday, […]
CARY, Ill. — Metra’s board has approved plans for a new station for this community on the commuter railroad’s Union Pacific Northwest Line, the Chicago Tribune reports. The new station will solve a long-standing flaw with the building it will replace. Currently, the station is on the opposite side of the tracks from where passengers […]
An Ontario Northland worker uses a portable wheel lathe to true a locomotive wheel in the field. Buying the lathe was one of several ways the regional railroad and freight operator seeks to improve service and reliability for customers. Ontario Northland Ontario Northland CEO Corina Moore Ontario Northland WAUKESHA, Wis. — Corina Moore is responsible […]
Donors of a certain monetary level to an effort to restore five Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives will receive this print. FRMP STRASBURG, Pa. – The Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania recently commissioned a painting from renowned railroad artist Peter Lerro Jr. This attractive watercolor depicts five historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives in the […]
John Flann developed a novel car-forwarding system for his Clark Fork RR that used playing cards. He wrote about the system in Great Model Railroads and Model Railroad Planning. John Flann, a noted British and North American model railroader, died in March. A native of England, John was an award-winning modeler and author. When he […]
Rapido Trains HO scale Alco/Montreal Locomotive Works FA-2 and FPA-2 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco/Montreal Locomotive Works FA-2 and FPA-2 diesel locomotives. FA-2: Ann Arbor (delivery scheme); Burlington Northern (Spokane, Portland & Seattle patchout); Chicago & North Western (yellow and green); CP Rail (Action Red with Multimark); Erie Lackawanna (gray and maroon); Long Island […]
A map showing the approximate main and branch lines of the Southern Ontario and Goderich-Exeter railroads. Genesee & Wyoming LONDON, Ontario — Two Canadian shortlines are expected to turn their track back to landlord Canadian National by the end of the year. The Southern Ontario Railway, which operates 46 miles of track between Nanticoke and […]
