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 […]
NEW YORK — Continuing the hires that will be part of its planned reorganization, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Wednesday that it has tabbed Mario Peloquin as its new chief operating officer. An MTA press release says he will be responsible for day-to-day coordination of operations across the agency’s divisions and will work with senior […]
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 […]
