CLEVELAND — The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is prepared to have Siemens Mobility build new railcars to replace its Red Line rapid-transit fleet — but is not yet sure it has the funding to order the equipment. Cleveland.com reports the RTA Board of Trustees, in a committee of the whole, voted to advance a […]
MONTREAL — The last of Amtrak’s cross-border trains, and the last route suspended at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, has finally been fully restored. After the New York-Montreal Adirondack made its first run on Monday, April 3, the first southbound train made the return trip today (Tuesday, April 4). It is shown above passing […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the latest issue for Charlotte’s increasingly troubled light rail system, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has said the Charlotte Area Transit System must fully staff its control center or suspend service. The Charlotte Observer reports that an unannounced inspection found that CATS was sometimes operating its Rail Operating Control Center, […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Monday released a three-year Safety Improvement Plan, gathering together its proposals to address efforts mandated by the Federal Transportation Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, and other agencies. That report was released on the same day a study by the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation said the MBTA is facing a […]
After unloading at Seattle Union Station, the Milwaukee Road’s Olympian Hiawatha was towed south behind steam, backward and with diesels still attached, to a wye, where the train was turned to head for its ultimate destination, Tacoma. Eastbound, the process was reversed. In this late-1940s scene, 2-8-0 No. 1225 does the honors. Stuart B. Hertz photo […]
LANCASTER, Pa.— Amtrak and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority train services on the Keystone Line, annulled on Sunday due to storm damage, was resumed late this morning after having been shut down Sunday. Early-morning Amtrak operations between Philadelphia and Harrisburg were annulled earlier today, as was service on SEPTA’s Thorndale and Paoli routes. Service was restored […]
Two of Santa Fe’s courier-nurses show off newly redesigned uniforms as they pose with one of the road’s Hi-Level coaches in 1969. ATSF photo […]
CHICAGO — Midwest Amtrak service has resumed after a storm stretching from Arkansas to the East Coast disrupted routes with downed trees and power outages. Beginning Friday, March 31, many trains were held at stations while tracks and grade-crossing highway warning devices were cleared and inspected. Weather issues continued today (Sunday, April 2), when catenary […]
While commuters between Miami and West Palm Beach have enjoyed Brightline passenger rail service since 2018, in 2023, the system will be expanding north to Orlando. As part of that expansion project, the company is opening a new “Basecamp” near the Orlando Airport. Enjoy this quick look inside the $100 million maintenance facility and a […]
If you love traveling around the country on the rails like I do, you probably want to know how to model modern Amtrak passenger train consists. Amtrak’s consists vary between regions and train-by-train. For instance, there is a height limit in the New York City area so any train going in or out of New […]
The Fairbanks-Morse H12-44TS locomotive was a familiar-looking unit with different internals. FM was a fierce competitor in the early days of dieselization, perhaps remembered most for its H24-66 Train Master, a six-axle 2,400 hp road-switcher that impressed almost every railroad it demonstrated on. Among its lesser-known successes were three specialized units produced […]
Kansas City Southern passenger trains All through April 2023, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the grit and grandeur that has been one heck of a railroad: Kansas City Southern. As KCS rides into history on the back of a new merger with Canadian Pacific, please enjoy this photo gallery of Kansas City Southern passenger trains […]
