JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A state appeals court has ruled that seven insurance companies have to pay to repair NJ Transit equipment damaged by flooding from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a ruling that could be worth $400 million to the transit agency. NJ.com reports that the decision upheld a 2017 court ruling that the transit […]
Central Maine & Quebec’s Job 1 rolls west at Magog, Quebec, with AC44CWs, Nos. 1002 and 1006, and GP38-3 No. 3812 in June 2018. Frank Jolin MONTREAL – Canadian Pacific is acquiring the Central Maine & Quebec Railway for $130 million. The acquisition of the 481-mile short line connecting Quebec with northern New England — […]
BOSTON — The board overseeing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has approved work on the next phases of a project to double-track its Franklin Line commuter-rail route. At Monday’s meeting, the Fiscal and Management Control Board approved a $30 million contract for second-phase work and third-phase preliminary design work. The contract went to commuter rail […]
BOSTON — Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter train service saw a steep decline in on-time performance in September and October, CommonWealth magazine reports. In other news Monday, the agency suffered the latest in a recent series of derailments, this time with one of the first cars in its order for new Orange Line equipment. Statistics […]
The Capital Region Toys for Tots train consist assembled at Oak Island, N.J., yard in 2018. The train will not operate in 2019. Juniata Terminal ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State’s Capital Region Toys for Tots train, which last year featured former Pennsylvania Railroad E8s, will not run this year, to the project’s overseer says. […]
Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and lore of famed (and infamous) railroads. In November 2019, we celebrate the Atlantic Coast Line. Please enjoy a collection of locomotive images located in the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include ACL’s iconic locomotives and scarce builder’s photos. You might also enjoy […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Richard Dalton has been confirmed as the acting CEO of Virginia Railway Express following votes by the two agencies which oversee the commuter rail operation. Dalton had been recommended for the position following the departure of CEO Doug Allen after seven years [see “VRE to seek new CEO,” Trains News Wire, Oct. […]
BOSTON — For the second time in less than a week, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter train has operated with a door open. The second incident happened Thursday evening on a Kingston-bound train departing Boston’s South Station. WHDH-TV quotes a passenger who took the video, Mary-Jean Kelly, as saying she left the train at […]
Anthony McCord will serve as the MTA’s chief transformation officer. Marc A. Hermann, MTA New York City Transit NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected Anthony McCord as chief transformation officer, giving him a lead role in the reorganization of the agency overseeing New York subways, commuter trains, buses, and other aspects of […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — As expected, New York state has restarted its plan to remove 34 miles of tracks between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid, to create a rail trail and other recreational facilities. Existing tracks south of Tupper Lake would be rehabilitated to support continuing rail operations, according to the plan. A news release […]
BOSTON — Boston-area government leaders are calling for a 15-cent increase in Massachusetts’ gas tax to help fund transit and roadway projects. The State House News Service reports that Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, along with members of the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition, the North Shore Coalition, and the Commuter Rail Communities Coalition, have called on Massachusetts […]
Afternoon rush-hour trains await passengers at NJ Transit’s Hoboken Terminal. The station hosted the first of a series of hearings into NJ Transit issues by a group of state legislators on Wednesday. Ralph Spielman HOBOKEN, N.J. — At a jammed two-hour meeting Wednesday, vexed NJ Transit commuters told a committee chaired by State Senate leader […]
