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ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida commuter operator SunRail has decorated one of its trainsets to mark America’s semiquincentennial, with the Florida Department of Transportation saying the move is one way the agency is “showcasing the state’s contributions to the Republic and the importance of the state’s transportation system.” The locomotive, an MPI MP32PH-Q, features a predominantly […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit has announced the addition of three executives, including the return of a longtime staff member as deputy CEO. Returning in the deputy CEO role is Brooke Belman, who spent nearly two decades at the Seattle-area transit operator. Her prior term at Sound Transit included terms as interim CEO and deputy CEO […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has reached a tentative agreement with operating company Alstom on a four-year contract for engineers at the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC), the union has announced. If ratified, the agreement will be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024, and run through Dec. 31, 2027. It will […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak unveiled Airo, its newest fleet addition, on Tuesday with a media tour that featured an in-depth look at the interior of the shiny, feature-filled trainset that’s slated to begin revenue service this summer on the Amtrak Cascades’ service in the Pacific Northwest. Before offering a tour of coach, café car, and business […]
WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has repeated its call for federal regulators to open an investigation into Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s operation of the Meridian Speedway, claiming that CPKC’s handling of UP-Norfolk Southern domestic intermodal trains has deteriorated. In a letter to the Surface Transportation Board, UP said that dwell time for its eastbound intermodal hotshot […]
CARY, N.C. — TransmetriQ today announced the release of VIN Tracking, which allows auto manufacturers and dealers to track finished vehicles by Vehicle Identification Number as they move by rail from manufacturing plants to distribution terminals and to dealers across North America. The new feature addresses a longstanding challenge in automotive logistics. Traditionally, manufacturers and […]
Baltimore & Ohio class EM-1 2-8-8-4 7620 crests Newburg Grade in West Virginia with eastbound coal in 1948. William P. Price photo […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit will offer additional service on Wednesday, Feb. 11, for the city’s parade to mark the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl championship. Up to 1 million fans are expected for events including a ticketed celebration at the team’s stadium, Lumen Field, at 10 a.m., followed by a parade beginning at 11 a.m. from […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak announced last week that new lunch options have been introduced on five overnight trains offering so-called flex meals — the premade dishes reheated on board rather than prepared in the dining car. That’s good news for sleeping car passengers who have been offered the same entrees for both lunch and dinner since […]
TORONTO — Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown light rail line opened on Sunday, Feb. 8, some 15 years after construction began and six years after it was supposed to be completed. The CBC reports it took 55 minutes for the first westbound train to cover the 19 kilometers (11.8 miles) from the Kennedy station to Mount Dennis […]
BNSF Railway and Union Pacific say they delivered perfect peak seasons for their parcel customers during the holiday rush of 2025. BNSF says its teams safely delivered more than 80 million parcel shipments on time — a 9% increase over volumes in the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas period of 2024. “Every year at BNSF, we come together to […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has signed a $670 million deal with Wabtec to upgrade its locomotive fleet with 100 new locomotives and 50 modernized units, as well as related digital systems. The deal calls for new Evolution Series locomotives as well as DC-to-AC upgrades for Dash-9 locomotives. It is the latest in a flurry of […]
