WASHINGTON — Amtrak has received a $19 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to convert a storage track at Washington Union Station into a passenger platform. WTOP reports the project will require installing new track, rebuilding a passenger platform, restoring columns, and adding an escalator, elevator, and stairs to allow access to the track […]
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — While New York State came one step closer Friday to achieving its goal of removing some of the tracks used by the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, there are hurdles remaining before any such plan could be implemented. “It was not a surprise. It doesn’t mean anything yet,” says Bill Branson, board president […]
Long Island Rail Road trains line up at Long Island City, N.Y. The commuter railroad has no immediate plans to change operations or build stations to accommodate new Amazon workers. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The first of an expected 25,000 Amazon employees hired over a ten-year period will begin to occupy a new headquarters […]
A rendering shows the new bilevel EMU equipment Bombardier will build for NJ Transit. NJ Transit NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit’s latest passenger equipment order has a new wrinkle on the agency’s equipment needs. The agency on Wednesday approved a 113-car, $669 million order for bilevel cars with Canadian builder Bombardier, with future options to […]
NJ Transit trains meet at New Jersey’s Portal Bridge, a bottleneck on the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak and NJ Transit are asking the Coast Guard to change rules for opening the bridge. Russell Sullivan NEW YORK — Amtrak and NJ Transit have joined New Jersey officials in asking for limits on opening of the Portal Bridge, […]
An Adirondack Scenic Railroad locomotive and train. Alex Mayes RAY BROOK, N.Y. — The long-standing rail trail battle in upstate New York over a proposal to tear up 34 miles of Adirondack Scenic Railroad track will heat up on Thursday, as the state agency that oversees the land prepares to adopt language making it easier […]
TRENTON, N.J. — NJ Transit may not restore service on two routes and weekend service on another by January, as it had originally said when those services were interrupted to allow for installation of positive train control. The agency’s executive director, Kevin Corbett, told the state’s Senate Transportation Committee on Monday that service will be […]
Chesapeake & Delaware via the Surface Transportation Board Middletown & New Jersey Railroad via the Surface Transportation Board WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern is spinning off branch lines in New Jersey and New York, along with related trackage rights on commuter railroads, to short line operators. Dover & Delaware River Railroad will lease 27.2 miles of […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John Lazar’s freelanced HO scale layout is inspired by the Pennsylvania RR and the Ligonier Valley RR in the 1940s and 1950s. In this exclusive video short, you’ll see trains running through the western Pennsylvania scenery. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page John Lazar’s freelanced HO scale layout is inspired by the Pennsylvania RR and the Ligonier Valley RR in the 1940s and 1950s. In this exclusive video short, you’ll see trains running through the western Pennsylvania scenery. […]
A rendering of new Buffalo intermodal terminal, which will replace a 66-year-old station used by Amtrak. Construction should start this winter. New York State Department of Transportation BUFFALO — The New York State Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to design and build a new intermodal transportation facility, replacing Amtrak’s 66-year-old station on the […]
Steve Smith’s HO scale PRR Northeast Corridor RR is set in and around Philadelphia. It features SEPTA trolleys, subways, and Amtrak passenger trains. The catenary is under construction. Downtown Philly buildings include Broad Street station, North Philly station, and underground stations. […]
