NEW YORK — Friday’s announcement that Amtrak’s board of directors had reached agreement with New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority on the Penn Station Access project had been expected. An accompanying possibility — direct Amtrak service to Long Island — was not. In a press release following the Amtrak board meeting, Stephen Gardner, senior executive vice […]
Amtrak’s northbound Vermonter crosses a canal in Holyoke, Mass., on Aug. 30, 2018. Plans for additional service will increase frequency on this corridor from one to three round trips daily. Scott A. Hartley SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The upgrade of former Boston & Maine Railroad trackage that allowed the Vermonter to be rerouted via Greenfield, Mass., […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is proposing 2019 fare changes that amount to a 6.3 percent increase and would take effect July 1. If approved, the changes would be the first since 2016 and the fourth since 2012. By state law the agency is allowed to increase fares no more than 7 percent […]
Cameramen crowd the platform as Monday’s Amtrak inspection special arrives at the Metropark station in New Jersey. Ralph Spielman Amtrak inspection car American View provided New Jersey officials with a look at infrastructure issues between New Jersey and New York’s Penn Station. Ralph Spielman Stephen Gardner of Amtrak explains details of the storm-damaged North River […]
WW&F members plan to build about 2,000 feet of track next fall with help from the Webb Award received on Jan. 26 from the Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts. Here is the end of track in October 2018. WW&F: Mike Fox WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Mass Bay Railroad Enthusiasts has awarded its annual $10,000 H. […]
Amtrak Empire Service train 281 from New York Penn Station to Niagara Falls, N.Y., crosses the Livingston Avenue Bridge in Albany, N.Y., as the Captain JP III cruise ship remains wedged against the bridge on Friday, Jan. 25. Dan Kittay ALBANY, N.Y. — One of eight boats that broke free from their moorings in New […]
NEW YORK — New York City Transit will stop accepting delivery of new cars from Bombardier until the company fixes problems on existing cars, Reuters reports. The news agency says that NYC Transit President Andy Byford told a Metropolitan Transportation Authority committee meeting that Bombardier is not making a case to win future orders, based […]
Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes parlor Car No. 9 Rangeley, built by Jackson & Sharp of Wilmington, Del. in 1901, is the only two-foot gauge car of its type ever built. It is scheduled to be the first car moved to Sheepscot in May. MNGM Bridgton & Saco River Railroad No. 8, a 1924 Baldwin […]
A Metro-North M-8 trainset passes through Port Chester, N.Y. Similar equipment will be used on the new service in the East Bronx. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transit Authority delayed voting on a potential fare increase at its Thursday meeting, pushing back a decision for at least a month. A unanimous vote (with […]
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit’s Atlantic City line and Princeton Dinky shuttle rail line will not open until spring, the agency’s executive director says. New Jersey 101.5 radio reports that restoration of the Atlantic City line and the connecting the Northeast Corridor to the Princeton University campus, are being held up because of continuing engineering […]
WILMERDING, Pa — Wabtec Corp. and GE announced today they have modified the terms of their merger agreement and today will publicly file S4 and S1 registration statements, respectively, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The planned merger of Wabtec and GE Transportation, a business unit of GE, is expected to close by the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., will serve as chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, according to a committee announcement Thursday. Lipinski’s subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes all federal laws and programs regulating railroad transportation, including railroad safety, rail infrastructure programs, economic regulation, and railroad labor […]
