New York F Train riders await an approaching Queens-bound train at 23rd Street. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has passed its 2020 budget, including a provision to hire 500 new police officers. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — While a provision for the hiring of police officers led to a split vote, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine readers will recognize Matt Snell’s skills from the numerous articles highlighting his modeling efforts. Now you can also enjoy an exclusive tour of his HO scale (1:87) Conrail New Jersey Division layout. Follow along Matt’s mainline route, hosting contemporary motive […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Model Railroader magazine readers will recognize Matt Snell’s skills from the numerous articles highlighting his modeling efforts. Now you can also enjoy an exclusive tour of his HO scale (1:87) Conrail New Jersey Division layout. Follow along Matt’s mainline route, hosting contemporary motive […]
WASHINGTON — Dedicated money from highway tolls could help fund improvements to the DC Metro rail system and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail line, WTOP radio reports. The station reports that funds from Interstate 66 tolls inside the Capital Beltway could allow the state of Virginia to sell bonds to finance construction of a new […]
In the twilight of an August evening, a New York No. 1 subway train prepares to head underground again after surfacing at 135th Street for the 125th Street station. The latest statistics show continued improvement in subway performance. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Metropolitan Transportation Authority statistics show continued improvement in subway performance. Numbers released […]
BOSTON — Fare gates are coming to Boston’s three busiest commuter rail stations in an effort to improve fare collections. Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s commuter trains, will install the gates at North Station, South Station, and the Back Bay station in 2020, the Boston Globe reports, with North Station […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A dozen railroads are among the recipients of more than $40 million in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation funding for 26 rail infrastructure projects throughout the state. CSX Transportation is receiving the largest single state grant, $14.4 million for clearance projects to allow double-stack trains to reach the port of Philadelphia. Other grants […]
All this month — December 2019 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include Rio Grande diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might […]
An inbound Metra BNSF train pauses at the Metra station in Clarendon Hills, Ill., in September. The station will be torn down in January to allow for construction of a new building. TRAINS: David Lassen CLARENDON HILLS, Ill. — Groundbreaking is scheduled for Jan. 6, 2020, for the downtown revitalization project including a new Clarendon […]
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Ridership on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s new service from its Gillette Stadium station is well under the target figure to retain the pilot program, the Attleboro, Mass., Sun-Chronicle reports. Through seven weeks, an average of 70 people per day are using the station, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Lisa Battison, who said […]
NJ Transit and Amtrak trains stop at the Newark Airport station. At a Thursday hearing on NJ Transit, one expert testified that road access to the station — which currently connects only to an airport monorail — would be a valuable addition. Ralph Spielman TRENTON, N.J. — The need for new funding sources is crucial […]
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — MARC commuter train service continues without change into West Virginia, even though a deadline for West Virginia to fund the service has passed, with a local legislator saying negotiations are continuing. MARC’s Brunswick line from Washington, D.C., serves two West Virginia communities — Duffields and Martinsburg — even though West Virginia has never […]
