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Magazine: Trains Magazine
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 […]
Amtrak test train draws crowds in the heartland NEWSWIRE
The test train stops at Wichita to allow dignitaries off and on. About 200 people gathered to greet the train, including local newspaper and TV media. Mike Martin WICHITA, Kan. – Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer extension test train brought crowds trackside along the Oklahoma City to Kansas City route on Friday. The train ran from the […]
Metrolink F125 locomotives make main line debut NEWSWIRE
No. 905 rolls through Glendora on the Pasadena Subdivision on Saturday. Jon Waide LOS ANGELES – The long-awaited Metrolink F125 locomotives made their main line debut over the weekend on test runs over the Metrolink Pasadena Subdivision. No. 905 was spotted testing in Glendora on Saturday. The locomotives, built by Progress Rail in Muncie, Ind., […]
New locomotives en route to New Mexico mine railroad NEWSWIRE
Two Navajo locomotives roll west on NS train No. 309 on Saturday. Michael D. Harding FARMINGTON, N.M. – Two new diesel locomotives are en route to the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. coal mine railroad in northwestern New Mexico this week. The General Electric ET44AC locomotives, which are lettered for the company and carry Nos. 2026 […]
Reading & Northern adds two F7s to its roster NEWSWIRE
Reading & Northern F7 No. 251, still carrying New York, Ontario & Western colors applied by former owner Southern Railroad of New Jersey, rests at Schuylkill Haven, Pa., June 9, 2017, with mate No. 250. Two photos, Scott A. Hartley PORT CLINTON, Pa. – With all that is happening on Pennsylvania regional railroad Reading & […]
TGV brand relegated to history as inOUI rolls out NEWSWIRE
A new SNCF “inOUI” train set. SNCF PARIS – Almost 36 years after it launched the TGV, Train a Grande Vitesse or “high speed train,” brand of high speed rail, French national carrier SNCF has announced that the name will be history by 2020. In its place will be inOUI, a re-branding effort aimed at […]
