Boston & Maine’s train to Berlin, N.H., follows the Connecticut River north of White River Junction, Vt. Jim Shaughnessy photo […]
Riverside running
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Horseshoe meet
In May 1967, westbound and eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad freights pass a train stopped at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pa. J.J. Young Jr. photo […]
Bessemer bridge
A brand-new A-B-B-A set of orange-and-black Bessemer & Lake Erie EMD F7 diesels pose on the State Route 358 bridge near Greenville, Pa., shortly after delivery in 1951. Bessemer & Lake Erie photo […]
MBTA continues work on Red Line, ends special commuter trains NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — After more than a week, service on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Red Line subway is approaching normalcy. As of Tuesday, the MBTA was running 10 trains an hour on the Red Line, the Boston Globe reports — still fewer than normal, but up from the six per hour it had been running […]
Port Authority completes ExpressRail project NEWSWIRE
NEW YORK — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced completion of its ExpressRail Port Jersey facility, the last piece of a $600-million project to build dedicated rail facilities for each of the port’s major container terminals. The project connects the Port Jersey facility, operated by Global Container Terminals Bayonne, to […]
Power outages hit Amtrak, commuter operations on Northeast Corridor NEWSWIRE
A New Jersey Transit train stops at the Edison, N.J., station in June 2018. Edison was the site of one of three power outages disrupting Northeast Corridor service today. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Northeast Corridor service for Amtrak, NJ Transit and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has been interrupted by a pair of power […]
New York governor assigns 500 more police to transit duty NEWSWIRE
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a plan to add 500 police officers to Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway stations and bus routes in an effort to stem fare evasion and transit violence. In a Monday press conference, Cuomo said 200 New York police officers, 200 MTA officers, and 100 bridge and tunnels officers […]
Outside review of MBTA derailments could take three months NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has hired an engineering firm to review its recent derailments, a process that could take up to three months. Passenger rail consulting firm LTK Engineering will conduct the review, WCVB-TV reports. It will look at two years’ worth of incidents, including the June 8 Green Line derailment near Fenway […]
Connecticut observes one-year anniversary of CTrail Hartford Line service NEWSWIRE
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz address an audience observing the first anniversary of the state’s CTrail Hartford Line operation at Hartford Union Station on Monday. Scott A. Hartley HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s Hartford Line is expected to have carried more than 630,000 passengers in its first year of operation over Amtrak’s […]
Maryland short line to reopen stretch after 7 years NEWSWIRE
SNOW HILL, Md. — The Maryland & Delaware Railroad expects to resume freight service between Frankford, Del. and Snow Hill by the end of June, as soon as final repairs are completed. Most of the 24-mile line has been dormant for seven years. Local newspapers and television report the railroad has reached an agreement with […]
Operator cleared in MBTA Red Line derailment; service delays continue NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — The operator of a Red Line subway train that derailed last week has been cleared of responsibility for the accident which injured two passengers, the head of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said Friday. General Manager Steve Poftak said the investigation was continuing, WBUR radio reported. Delays from the Tuesday derailment of the […]
In wake of derailments, MBTA to seek outside assessment NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — The head of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority says the agency will seeks an outside review of its operations in the wake of two light-rail derailments in a four-day span and four so far in 2019. The Associated Press reports that MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak wants “a fresh set of eyes” to […]
