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LEBANON, Ohio — The Ohio Rail Experience, the Cincinnati Scenic Railway excursion operation featuring rail lines that do not regularly host passenger trains, has postponed its trips scheduled for this weekend (June 28-29) over concerns about the ongoing heat wave in the Midwest and East. The predicted high temperatures, “combined with extreme humidity levels, could […]
BALTIMORE — Expanded weekday and weekend operation and extension of two of the system’s three lines are among changes proposed for MARC commuter train service in a report released Wednesday (June 25, 2025) by the Maryland Department of Transportation. The 76-page MARC Growth and Transformation Plan includes five-year, 15-year, and “unconstrained” (longer-term) plans. “Thanks to […]
Aurora Miniatures HO TrentonWorks well car Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $54.99 Era: 2001 to present Manufacturer: Aurora Miniatures North America Inc., 20 Kilchurn Castle Dr., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1T 2W4; na.auroraminiatures.com Aurora Miniatures HO TrentonWorks well car features: 33” machined metal wheelsets with RP-25 contour (code 110) Air brake system with piping detail As-built 53-foot […]
MOORPARK, Calif. — The driver of the truck was killed and one train passenger was injured as a Metrolink train collided with a semi truck near Moorpark today (June 25, 2025), KABC-TV reports. The collision occurred shortly after 2 p.m. at a private crossing near Los Angeles Avenue and Montair Drive, between Metrolink’s Camarillo and […]
Former P42 locomotive No. 184 has been transformed into non-powered cab car No. 9700, shown seen here trailing southbound Empire Service train 244 at Garrison, N.Y. Amtrak is beginning to utilize these new conversions instead of aging converted F40 locomotives and ex-Metroliner cab cars, dating from the 1960s, to facilitate push-pull service. Conversion of the […]
WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked the Surface Transportation Board to disallow some of the material Metra included in its latest filing in its request for trackage rights on UP lines in the Chicago area, saying Metra’s rebuttal included impermissible new evidence. The Metra filing on Monday, June 23, included a proposal for an interim […]
WASHINGTON – Evergy is seeking more than $22.2 million in damages from BNSF Railway for what the utility claims is the railroad’s refusal to deliver enough Powder River Basin coal to power plants in Missouri and Kansas in 2022. The Kansas City-based utility argues, in opening evidence filed with the Surface Transportation Board today, that […]
Roger Carp’s book, Lights, Camera, Lionel Trains! A Photo History of an American Icon, has won several awards. The title won Gold for Best Coffee Table Book from the National Indie Excellence Book Awards; Silver for Best History from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA); Silver for Best Coffee Table Book from IBPA, Silver for […]
The odds of a transcontinental railroad merger gaining regulatory approval — which were already slim to begin with— got a whole lot smaller on May 3. That’s when Canadian Pacific Kansas City pulled the plug on Kansas City Southern’s information technology system. The cutover to the Canadian Pacific computer system in KCS territory in the […]
A pair of technology companies have teamed up to provide rail shippers with a broader look at the status of freight cars as they make their way from origin to destination, all while generating alerts about actual and potential delays. Telegraph provides a full suite of tools that allow shippers to price, book, trace, and […]
CHICAGO — Former TTX president and CEO Raymond C. Burton Jr. has died, the company has announced. Burton, 89, died June 19 in New York City. He was the company’s president and CEO from 1982 until his retirement in 2000, and is credited with modernizing the company, helping strengthen its financial condition and meet growing […]
LOS ANGELES — Engineering firm HDR will provide, engineering, design, and advisory services for the High Desert Corridor high speed rail project, the company has announced. The High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority, which seeks to build a 54-mile line between Palmdale and Victorville, Calif., that would eventually connect the Brightline West and California High-Speed […]
