Video from WJZ Baltimore. BALTIMORE — Railroad crews are responding to a train derailment in downtown Baltimore late Friday afternoon. Early reports indicate that a freight train derailed several cars, including a tank car over a viaduct before entering an underpass or tunnel in the city. The train derailed near the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. The […]
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DC METRO commutes interrupted for Bald Eagle rescue on Wednesday NEWSWIRE
WMATA via Twitter WASHINGTON — The rapid transit line in the nation’s capital was brought to a stand-still thanks to an unconventional, yet patriotic, rescue mission. Crews rescued an injured Bald Eagle found lying along the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority rail line Wednesday afternoon. According to Metro’s Twitter account, the eagle was found near […]
NJ Transit board approves new maintenance, storage facility NEWSWIRE
A site plan for NJ Transit’s new maintenance and storage facility in New Brunswick, N.J. Courtesy NJ Transit A conceptual image of NJ Transit’s new service and inspection facility in New Brunswick, N.J. Courtesy NJ Transit NEWARK, N.J. — To Amtrak operating crews, it’s a 4.5-mile-long, underutilized freight yard complex; to commuters and regional travelers, it’s […]
N&W No. 611 to visit Strasburg Rail Road for four weeks
ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk & Western Class J locomotive No. 611 will travel to Pennsylvania’s Strasburg Rail Road for four weekends of events in September and October. The Virginia Museum of Transportation and Strasburg will combine for events including an opportunity to ride behind the restored N&W 4-8-4, opportunities to operate and fire the locomotive, […]
Bachmann HO scale PRR streamlined K4s
While the Pennsylvania RR rostered thousands of steam locomotives, only a few of them, other than the duplex-drive T1s, ever got the streamlined treatment. Bachmann Trains is now offering the first HO scale plastic model of a K4s Pacific in the 1940 streamlining the Pennsy applied to four locomotives, complete with a Train Control Systems […]
A snowy morning on the W&Q
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance & Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Maine Narrow gauge Description: Even with little snow this year, there has been enough for some good plowing sessions. this is my new plow being pushed by my two radio controlled live steamers. SR&RL 24 is […]
Legislation would require ‘doomsday’ plan for Hudson tunnel failure NEWSWIRE
Stephen Gardner of Amtrak explains details of the storm-damaged North River Tunnel beneath the Hudson River during a Jan. 28, 2019, inspection trip for elected officials. Two congressmen are introducing legislation requiring the federal government to have a contingency plan in case of a tunnel failure. Pool photo/Ed Murray, New Jersey Advance Media for NJ.com […]
A snowy morning on the W&Q
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance & Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Maine Narrow gauge Description: Even with little snow this year, there has been enough for some good plowing sessions. this is my new plow being pushed by my two radio controlled live steamers. SR&RL 24 is […]
The Burlington Zephyr’s nationwide publicity tour
Name: Neal Mayer Forum User Name: NealM Railroad Name: The Fitchfield Line Location: Boston, MA Scale: Traditional O Gauge Theme: Location: North and West of Boston Description: The Burlington Zephyr, on her nationwide publicity tour, travels along the O gauge Fitchfield Line on her way from Boston to Schenectady New York. Featuring MTH Railking Pioneer […]
Falling DC Metro ridership reaches lowest level since 2000 NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Ridership for the DC Metro rail system has dropped below an average of 600,000 weekday trips — the lowest figure since 2000, before the original system was completed. The Washington Post reports that the number of average trips for the period between July and December was 595,000, a significant fall from the 2008 peak […]
Providence & Worcester plans to reopen Connecticut branch NEWSWIRE
A Providence & Worcester local freight works a customer at Rocky Hill, Conn., on the Wethersfield Secondary in January 2019. Scott A. Hartley HARTFORD, Conn. – Genesee & Wyoming’s Providence & Worcester Railroad plans to reopen 8 miles of state-owned rail line in Hartford, Wethersfield, and Rocky Hill in April. The north end of P&W’s […]
The Burlington Zephyr’s nationwide publicity tour
Name: Neal Mayer Forum User Name: NealM Railroad Name: The Fitchfield Line Location: Boston, MA Scale: Traditional O Gauge Theme: Location: North and West of Boston Description: The Burlington Zephyr, on her nationwide publicity tour, travels along the O gauge Fitchfield Line on her way from Boston to Schenectady New York. Featuring MTH Railking Pioneer […]
