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CORINTH, N.Y. — The newly formed Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway has announced plans to begin tourist operations this spring. Trains will operate on more than 11 miles of the southern end of the former Delaware & Hudson Railway Adirondack Branch, between Corinth and Greenfield, N.Y., just north of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The locomotive will […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission has turned down a request by CSX Transportation to remove a 60-year-old bridge in Southwest Philadelphia, siding with the city of Philadelphia’s recommendation to replace the structure at a cost of $5 million. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that CSX filed the request to demolish the bridge on Cemetery […]
TRENTON, N.J. — The NJ Transit board of directors has approved a settlement for a crew member injured in the 2016 accident that saw a train crash through the end of track at its Hoboken, N.J., terminal. NorthJersey.com reports that the board unanimously approved the settlement for Mark Mari, a conductor on the train in […]
Passenger cars of the moribund Bridgton & Harrison languish in the 2-foot-gauge line’s yard at Bridgton, Maine, in 1940. B&H was abandoned the following year. Robert B. Adams photo […]
O gauge realism is Herb Lindsay’s legacy. One of the landmark layouts featured in Classic Toy Trains over the years has been the O gauge model railroad designed and built by the late hobbyist and his talented wife and fellow modeler, Dagmar Lindsay. How articles about Herb’s realistic tribute to railroading in central Pennsylvania during […]
TRENTON, N.J. — NJ Transit will exercise an option to buy 25 more bilevel electric multiple unit railcars following approval of the $74 million purchase by the agency’s board of directors on Wednesday. NJ.com reports the additional Multilevel III cars will be built by Alstom following completion of a 113-car order placed in 2018. The last […]
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will examine grade crossing design, operations, and “human performance” as it continues its investigation of a December collision between a CSX Transportation train and a Philadelphia trolley. Those areas of interest are outlined in a preliminary report on the Dec. 9, 2021, collision involving the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation […]
NEW YORK — Catherine Rinaldi, the president of Metro-North Railroad, is about to become the president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s other commuter railroad, as well. MTA CEO Janno Lieber announced Thursday that he has appointed Rinaldi as interim president of the Long Island Railroad, effective Feb. 26, succeeding the retiring Phillip Eng. Rinaldi will […]
WASHINGTON — Federal lawmakers were critical of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority leadership at a Wednesday hearing, with one saying simply that “Metro needs to do better.” Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that Metro’s next general manager will need to work with the independent Washington Metrorail Safety Commission to restore public faith in the agency, […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has not fully developed a framework to manage its responsibilities in the $30 billion Gateway program of Northeast Corridor improvements, even though it has already begun hiring staff and setting a schedule, the Amtrak Office of the Inspector General says in a new report. The report on the Gateway program — which […]
Boys young and old walk up to look at Central Vermont 4-8-2 601 at White River Junction, Vt., in the 1940s. Classic Trains coll. […]
WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee is set to hold a hearing Wednesday on the problem-plagued DC Metro transit system. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Operations will hold the 9 a.m. EST hearing on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s “responsibility to provide safe and reliable transit service to the National […]
