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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, […]
It’s a cool, fall afternoon in Wixom, Mich., where the Michigan Air-Line Railway has completed its interchange with CSX and is retreating to its base in Walled Lake on Nov. 20, 2011. Six months after this photo was taken, these former Grand Trunk Western tracks were ripped up for a bike trail. Photo by […]
Eastbound Providence & Worcester train FPCH with B39-8 No. 3909, B30-7A No. 3007, and B39-8 No. 3908 prepares to depart the New York & Atlantic Railway’s Fresh Pond Yard in Queens, N.Y., on Aug. 15, 2009. Photo by Thomas Mik […]
Southbound Marquette Rail train Z151 crosses this street on its way into Comstock Park, Mich., on Nov. 8, 2012. Photo by Jim Guest […]
The Mineral Range Railroad. Dave Schauer ISHPEMING, Mich. – For years, the railroad news out of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been one of contraction and abandonment, as mines and paper mills closed. Now there is a positive story: the new Mineral Range Railroad. Owned by Mineral Range, Inc., a privately held corporation, the company purchased […]
No. 311 Kevin Burkholder/Vermont Rail System BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Rail System has unveiled a 50th anniversary locomotive, GP40-2W No. 311. The unit honors both the railroad’s 50 years of service and the founder’s mother, Joan Wulfson. In the fall of 1963, the end of the Rutland Railroad was in sight and, on Jan. 6, […]
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. – Railroad entrepreneur R.J. Corman left an estate worth more than $270 million, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Corman died Aug. 23 at age 58 of blood cancer. R.J. Corman Railroad Group LLC, the umbrella corporation for many of the company divisions, represents the majority of the estate. Its estimated value is $226.7 million, […]
Frank Keller ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Railroad has named Bill O’Leary President and CEO, succeeding Chris Aadnesen. O’Leary will start in his new position on Nov. 1. O’Leary joined the Alaska Railroad in 2001 as vice president and chief financial officer. He was promoted to chief operating officer in March, and also served as […]
Three Fort Worth & Western Railroad locomotives line up in an accidental perspective shot at Cresson, Texas, on May 30, 2013. Photo by Steve Sweeney […]
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. – The Carthage, Knightstown & Shirley Railroad has shut down, at least for now. The 5-mile line between Knightstown and Carthage is part of a former New York Central secondary line that ran south from Michigan to Louisville, Ky. The railroad hauled freight for a time, but once the former Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburgh-Indianapolis […]
New England Central GP38-2 No. 3850 leads a southbound local on the Palmer Subdivision through Windsor, Vt., on May 10, 2013. Photo by William Gill […]
Drew models the Florida East Coast RR in N scale, and on this Trackside Adventure, he’s off to Florida to chase some of his favorite trains. Along the way, Drew shares photos of the construction of his N scale FEC photo diorama. […]
