Boeing fuselages on BNSF train H-KCKDEN1-13 detouring near Wellington, Kan., on July 14, 2011. Keel Middleton RENTON, Wash. – BNSF Railway will add another 14 special cars to carry Boeing 737 fuselages in the coming months to match Boeing’s rising production of its most popular aircraft model, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. The additional cars […]
RALEIGH, N. C. – Legislators in North Carolina filed a bill today calling on the state’s department of transportation to upgrade some existing rail lines and fund the restoration of 27 miles of abandoned railroad between the towns of Castle Hayne and Wallace. The line was abandoned by CSX Transportation in the 1990s. Proponents hope […]
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – The Otter Tail Valley Railroad will lose its largest customer when the Otter Tail Power Co. shuts down its two coal fired generators at its Fergus Falls plant in 2020. However, the later date is a victory for the railroad and power company since environmental groups had urged the Minnesota Public Utilities […]
VIA Rail train No. 72 passengers may not have noticed the dash of color in the trees on this early morning of Sept. 5, 2012, as they cross the Grand River in Paris, Ontario, high above the S-shaped Penman’s Dam that is one of the most photographed attractions, by locals and tourists alike. Photo by […]
Norfolk Southern did an amazing thing in 2012 and they’re doing it again in 2013: Running steam-powered passenger trains to better tell the railroad story and as a point of pride for this amazing eastern railroad that just turned 30 years old. Take a closer look at Southern Railway Consolidation No. 630 and Nickel Plate […]
The Salton Sea in Southern California was formed in 1907 when men tried to redirect Colorado River irrigation canals and caused a two-year flood. It spans the intersection of two great deserts: the Mojave to the north and the Sonoran to the south and west. Summer temperatures routinely hover at 120 degrees. In the 1950s […]
In September 2012, Electro-Motive Diesel sent a unique locomotive to the MINExpo show in Las Vegas: A typical SD70Ace painted in the colors of EMD’s parent company, Caterpillar. Trains magazine got exclusive access to this amazing 4,300-hp workhorse prior to its public debut the following month at the grand opening for the new Caterpillar visitor […]
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CHICAGO – The newly formed Tom E. Dailey Foundation Inc. is making available railroad heritage grants of up to $15,000 for projects promoting railroad heritage, history, or preservation. Dailey, a senior executive in the payment processing industry for nearly 30 years, said the foundation was created in December 2012 through a $1 million endowment. Dailey […]
A Schnabel car had an accident while delivering its cargo in Georgia. SAVANNAH, Ga. – A 300-ton nuclear reactor vessel was stranded briefly in south Georgia this week after a malfunction occurred with the specially designed Schnabel car carrying the shipment. “The platform that contained the RV (reactor vessel) during transport became misaligned with the Schnabel […]
