Canadian National, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, and Union Pacific have been named to the World and North America Dow Jones Sustainability indices released earlier this month, while CSX is on the North America list. For CN, it was the 12th consecutive year on the world list and 15th on the North America list. CPKC’s inclusion […]
Infrastructure is the shared theme of our stories in the tie at No. 6 — be it a single huge project in the form of New York’s Grand Central Madison, or general infrastructure spending across the country. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, passed in November 2021, promised almost $400 billion for projects around the country, and […]
NEW YORK — The process of creating a new Long Island Rail Road terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal was long, arduous, and far more expensive than intended. For all of that, the opening of Grand Central Madison remains transformational — both for the day-to-day commuters that were the intended beneficiaries of the project from the […]
WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. will close its plant in Wilmerding in 2024, with layoffs beginning in February or March, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The plant is expected to close by July 1. The website Tube City Almanac reports the 13.1-acre facility was sold earlier this month to Wilmerding Warehouse LLC of Zelienople, Pa., for […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will suspend service on a portion of the light rail Green Line for two extended periods in January, while also scheduling service outages for the ongoing repairs on the Green Line extension. From Jan. 3-12 and again from Jan. 16-28, Green Line service will be suspended on the Green […]
News & Products for the week of December 25th 2023 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. The following are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of December 25th […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Four people were hurt after a track fire broke out in a New York City Transit subway station this evening (Sunday, Dec. 24), WPIX-TV reports. The Fire Department of New York said firefighters responded to the High Street-Brooklyn Bridge station on the A and C lines after a fire broke out on […]
By now, Amtrak’s second-generation Acela trainsets were supposed to be in their second year of operation. Instead, they have no definite date to enter service, and are taking a growing toll on the passenger operator’s bottom line. A company web page simply says the trains are scheduled to debut “in 2024.” A Wall Street Journal […]
WASHINGTON — Second-guessing Amtrak management’s compensation and lack of investment outside the Northeast Corridor became a spectator sport for Congress in 2023. But lawmakers’ inaction in advancing new Amtrak board of directors nominees has contributed to the status quo over which they and their constituents express concern. Lack of capacity to accommodate surging post-COVID-19 ridership […]
LONDON — The operator of the seasonal steam excursion known as the “Harry Potter train” has lost a court bid to block actions by British regulators, leaving in doubt the future of its operation of the celebrated train in the Scottish Highlands. West Coast Railways operates the train officially known as The Jacobite, which appears […]
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — At least three locations — including competing proposals in Fort Pierce — have applied to become home of Brightline’s planned intermediate “Treasure Coast” station on its route between West Palm Beach and Orlando, the TC Palm newspaper reports. Brightline announced in October that it was accepting proposals for a new station […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Completion of work to relocate rail routes through Springfield, as well as building of a new transit center to be used by Amtrak, will be pushed back after the project did not receive any federal funding in 2023, the State Journal-Register reports. The U.S. Department of Transportation turned down a $138 million […]
