PITTSBURGH — Norfolk Southern and groups representing residents of Pittsburgh’s North Side will go to a mediator to address concerns about the railroad’s plans to upgrade a route to handle double-stack container trains. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that an attorney representing the Northside Leadership Conference says that he and the railroad are choosing a mediator […]
TRENTON — NJ Transit will not restore express service on its Pascack Valley line until the commuter railroad has more engineers available, NorthJersey.com reports. The express trains are part of a dispute between NJ Transit and Metro-North, which pays the New Jersey agency to operate some services extending into New York state. [See “Metro-North to […]
BOSTON — A Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority commuter train uncoupled during Monday’s morning rush at Boston’s largest transit hub, causing numerous delays to Boston-area trains. MBTA Commuter Rail tweeted just after 7:20 a.m. that Franklin Line train 743 was stopped at South Station in the Michael S. Dukakis Transporation Center with a “mechanical issue” and […]
No. 3612, from D&RGW’s last group of 2-8-8-2 steam locomotives (Alco, 1927), pushes near Winter Park, Colo., in October 1956, deep twilight for Grande standard-gauge steam. Ed Gerlits History and major events of the Denver & Rio Grande Western In the American tradition, a railroad is conceived by noble men for noble purposes: to develop […]
New York City Transit R-1 car No. 381, built by American Car and Foundry, brings up the rear on a Holiday Nostalgia Train departure last year. Ralph Spielman A 1940 New York City Transit R-9 subway car awaits departure from its northern terminal at 145th Street in Manhattan during one of the 2018 Holiday Nostalgia […]
All this month — November 2019 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include ACL diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]
Long Island Rail Road trains negotiate tracks at the east end of the Jamaica station in an image from Aug. 18, 2019. No injuries were reported when an LIRR train derailed east of the station on Friday night. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW YORK — Regular service has resumed on the Long Island Railroad following a […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — An Adirondack Scenic Railroad representative claims a New York State agency “seriously misled” the railroad when the agency sought a comment for its recent announcement about the state’s plan to tear out 34 miles of track to create a rail trail. The plan from the New York State Department of Environmental […]
A Suffern-bound NJ Transit train, with a PTC-equipped NJ Transit cab car leading a Metro-North locomotive, arrives at Secaucus Junction, N.J., in August 2019. Metro-North, unhappy with NJ Transit service, is increasing the amount of payment it is withholding from the New Jersey agency for contract operations on two lines. TRAINS: David Lassen NEW YORK […]
A new acquisition for the Lake Shore Railway Historical Society & Museum: No. 10, a GE 45-ton center cab locomotive built in 1943 for the U.S. Army. Lake Shore Railway Historical Society & Museum NORTH EAST, Pa. — The historical society that dedicates itself to preserving GE locomotives just scored another this week, with the […]
The borough of Jim Thorpe, Pa., has dropped its lawsuit over taxes and is in talks to bring the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railroad back to town, a TV station reports. Scott A. Hartley JIM THORPE, Pa. — The borough of Jim Thorpe and its school district have dropped their lawsuit against the Reading & Northern […]
An image from the movie The Polar Express showing the “Know It All Kid” and a smaller image of the voice actor behind the character, Eddie Deezen. Warner Bros. via B&O Railroad Museum BALTIMORE — On Sunday, Nov. 24, the B&O Railroad Museum welcomes the “Know-It-All Kid”, Eddie Deezen, from The Polar Express movie. Eddie […]
