Looking out of place, two CSX GEs take Canadian Pacific train No. 470 down North Second Street in Bellevue, Iowa, on Jan. 19, 2014. Photo by Matt Krause […]
Right-of-way
Magazine: Trains Magazine
Local hero
With a short five-car train, Canadian National’s local out of Dubuque, Iowa, has just crossed the Mississippi River and pops out of the short tunnel in East Dubuque, IL. The train will travel down the BNSF Railway using trackage to an industry that CN switches before calling it a day and returning home after dark. Photo […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 14 – Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry
Host Drew Halverson heads trackside again, but this time from a slightly different perspective aboard Amtrak and Metra intercity trains. His trek from Milwaukee, Wis., routes him to Chicago’s historic Union Station to the downtown lakefront to the Museum of Science and Industry, featuring The Great Train Story, a magnificent HO scale layout, and a […]
Amtrak crew districts
At the beginning of February 2006, the company had 56 active “T & E” (train and engine) crew bases at 53 locations, where conductors and engineers reported to work, ready to handle from 233 to 286 daily departures. (New York, Washington, and Harrisburg, Pa., have two districts originating from one base.) That year, Amtrak closed […]
Watco wins bid for North Carolina branches, famed Saluda route severed
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Watco is the winning bidder for a cluster of Norfolk Southern lines in western North Carolina. The short line holding company has filed a “Certificate Of Compliance” with the Surface Transportation Board. The name of the new operation will be Blue Ridge Southern Railroad LLC. According to the filing, the new railroad will […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Central to retire U23B fleet NEWSWIRE
A Georgia Central freight with two former Norfolk Southern U23Bs passes through Dudley, Ga. Craig Douglas LYONS, Ga. – Georgia Central will begin phasing out its fleet of General Electric U23Bs this spring, a source close to the railroad tells Trains News Wire. The 171-mile Genesee & Wyoming-owned railroad, operated by its Rail Link subsidiary, […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Norfolk Southern begins GP33ECO locomotive program NEWSWIRE
The first GP33ECO begins to take shape at Juniata Shops in late April. Allen Rider – Norfolk Southern ALTOONA, Pa. – Norfolk Southern’s Juniata Locomotive Shop has begun a new rebuild program to convert older four-axle EMD locomotives to modern, low-emissions road switchers. The first locomotive to enter the program was NS GP50 No. 7004 […]
Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 photos
FULL SCREEN Drew Halverson Hill 852, Cajon Pass – April 28, 2014 FULL SCREEN Drew Halverson Hill 852, Cajon Pass – April 28, 2014 FULL SCREEN Drew Halverson Hill 852, Cajon Pass – April 28, 2014 FULL SCREEN Drew Halverson Barstow, CA – April 28, 2014 FULL SCREEN Drew Halverson Cajon Pass – April 28, […]
Trains News Wire EXCLUSIVE: Northern Pacific 4-6-0 may return to steam this year NEWSWIRE
No. 1364 undergoes restoration in Washington. Volunteers hope to have it operable later this year. Northern Pacific Railway Museum TOPPENISH, Wash. – Northern Pacific Railway steam fans have much to celebrate this year as the restoration of 4-6-0 No. 1364 inches closer and closer to completion. The engine has been an off-and-on project of the […]
Big Boy Chase PHOTOS, Day 2 through California’s Mojave Desert
On Tuesday, April 29, Trains’ live streaming video crew of Brian Schmidt and Drew Halverson chased Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 through the depths of California’s Mojave Desert. Along the way, they got great shots of the 4-8-8-4 locomotive — what is quickly becoming the most famous steam locomotive restoration project in the world. […]
Yard duty
CSX GP40-2 No. 6204 and B36-7 No. 5875 work a maintenance extra at Cedar Hill Yard in North Haven, Conn., on June 15, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]
New Cummins engine to power Nippon Sharyo DMUs NEWSWIRE
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Cummins Inc. has developed a Tier 4-compliant QSK19-R engine that will power new Nippon Sharyo Diesel Multiple Units. Contracts have been awarded to Nippon Sharyo U.S.A./Sumitomo Corp. of America for 32 cars that will have the engine. The cars will be configured as either two- or three-car DMU sets with the 760 horsepower […]
