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Magazine: Trains Magazine
611 owners say the locomotive is ready to ramble NEWSWIRE
Norfolk & Western 4-8-4 No. 611 is seen at the North Carolina Transportation Museum prior to its departure for Roanoke in May 2015. Officials with the Virginia Museum of Transportation say they’d like to work with Amtrak to take the locomotive on excursions on passenger routes in the East. David J. Stewart ROANOKE, Va. — […]
CP moves historic 4-4-0 to Calgary headquarters NEWSWIRE
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific moved an historic 4-4-0 locomotive over the weekend from downtown Calgary to its corporate headquarters on the southeast edge of the city. Locomotive No. 29 had been on display outside its corporate headquarters at Gulf Canada Square in downtown Calgary since the 1990s. In 2012, the railroad moved its offices out […]
CSX reduces workforce at Huntington locomotive shops NEWSWIRE
CSX’s Huntington locomotive shops repair and rebuild EMD and some GE locomotives. The facility is located on the railroad’s ex- Chesapeake & Ohio main line in West Virginia. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — CSX Transportation is furloughing nearly 70 workers at its locomotive repair shops in Huntington, NBC affiliate WSAZ-TV reports. The reduction in workforce […]
Taking Care of Business: Morristown & Erie Railway, Part 2
If you enjoyed the first episode of Taking Care of Business featuring Morristown & Erie Railway crews, just wait ’til you see the second! In this exclusive, contributing editor Charlie Conway continues capturing real railroad operation, and its challenges, as work proceeds throughout a day on the rails! […]
Big Steam is Back
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Bucyrus Railcar Repair expands with former crane shop acquisiton NEWSWIRE
The Bucyrus Railcar team in August 2016. Brian Schmidt BUCYRUS, Ohio – Bucyrus Railcar Repair LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathcart Rail Holdings, has expanded its flagship Bucyrus repair facility by acquiring the adjacent facility and assets of the former American & Ohio Locomotive Crane Co. American & Ohio recently relocated operations to Duluth, Minn., […]
Diesel locomotive pooling
Two Canadian Pacific trains, with motive power from CP, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern, meet near Oconomowoc, Wis., in November 2014. Brian Schmidt Q It is common to see a train from one railroad which is powered, partially or fully, by locomotives from another railroad. Why does this happen so frequently and how is the […]
Trains Presents: Triple Crown Roadrailer action
Take a look at the final month of Norfolk Southern subsidiary Triple Crown Services, before its 2015 retrenchment. You’ll see a variety of motive power with this unique RoadRailer freight equipment that is now largely retired. Only from Trains Magazine! For another look at the Triple Crown RoadRailer trains, check out our Triple Crown’s Fort […]
Federal judge says municipalities can’t cite railroads for blocking crossings NEWSWIRE
BUCYRUS, Ohio — A federal judge has ruled that municipalities in Ohio can no longer cite railroads for blocking crossings. The decision came after CSX Transportation sued the City of Defiance arguing it did not have to pay city fines, the Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum reports. Judge James J. Carr of the United States District Court of […]
Chessie 8272 comes home NEWSWIRE
Chessie System-painted C&O No. 8272 poses in Building 10 at GE Transportation’s Lawrence Park, Pa., shops for a reunion picture with GE workers who were on site when the B30-7 locomotive was built — in 1980. Greg McDonnell LAWRENCE PARK, Pa. — It wasn’t supposed to happen. When the CSX shop in Huntingdon, W. Va., […]
Former Santa Fe Geep 30s to be out of work soon NEWSWIRE
Led by ex-Santa Fe No. 2428, a trio of Southwestern GP30s is serviced at Deming, N.M., prior to a run to Hurley, N.M. Major mechanical work on Southwestern Railroad’s Whitewater Division is performed in the small open-air shop at Hurley. Art Miller The large GP30 fleet assembled by The Western Group is living on borrowed […]
