PHILADELPHIA — Engineers and conductors for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority’s Regional Rail operations have authorized a strike, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced on Monday. The vote by engineers was unanimous, the BLET said. The union representing conductors, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division (SMART-TD), also […]
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What was your first byline in Trains? Chris Guss: My first story was in the Norfolk Southern’s Heritage Power Special Issue in 2012. I co-authored “Heritage Triumph” with the late Jim Wrinn, covering the repainted fleet of new Norfolk Southern locomotives in heritage colors. Having access to the principals involved at Norfolk Southern in the […]
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CHICAGO — One person was killed when a train struck a truck in a Norfolk Southern intermodal facility in Chicago’s Fuller Park neighborhood today (Monday, Nov. 20), the Chicago Tribune reports. The Chicago Fire Department reported the truck was stopped on tracks within the NS facility at 350 West Garfield Boulevard when it was struck […]
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NEW YORK — CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs dished out some tough love for the industry last week while reflecting on his nearly 14 months at the helm of the railroad. The former Ford Motor Co. executive has learned a lot about railroading in his travels around the CSX system but is puzzled by the industry’s […]
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NEW BUFFALO, Mich. — A technical issue at a 911 dispatching center and misidentification of the grade crossing played a part in the collision and derailment involving an Amtrak train in New Buffalo on Thursday, Nov. 16, according to the head of the dispatching center in Berrien County, Mich. The incident occurred at about 10 p.m. […]
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It is possible that no railroad author was as prolific, nor as wide-ranging in his interests, as H. Roger Grant. “If there is a chapter of railroad history that this scholar hasn’t researched, we don’t know what it is,” wrote Trains Editor Jim Wrinn in the magazine’s 75th anniversary issue in November 2015. “Grant makes […]
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BARILOCHE, Argentina — A British tourist remains hospitalized in intensive care as a result of injuries suffered in the Nov. 12 derailment of a narrow-gauge tourist train in Patagonia, according to local media reports. Four tourists required hospitalization after the La Trochita train, also known as the Old Patagonian Express, overturned in a remote area […]
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Dogs & Trains Dogs and trains, for some train enthusiasts, seem to go hand in hand (or hand in paw). But why is that? As a dog lover, I personally take my four-legged family member everywhere dogs are allowed to go. So naturally, this led me to question how many railfans actually take their dogs […]
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WASHINGTON — Brightline West’s bid to extend its proposed electrified, 186-mph rail route from Las Vegas, Nev., to Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has gained regulatory approval in two separate Surface Transportation Board decisions. In decisions released Friday, the STB approved route modifications at Las Vegas along with a 5-mile extension from the original terminus at Victorville, […]
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LOS ANGELES — An original Santa Fe Super Chief lounge car is being made available at no cost to any group interested in it. The catch? The new owner must handle the shipping and handling. The San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society, known for its operation restored Santa Fe 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 3751, is seeking […]
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CALGARY — The CPKC Holiday Train and Holiday Express both are set to begin operation this week, with both the Canadian and U.S. trains beginning their trips on Tuesday, Nov. 21, while the Holiday Express launches its trip through the Southeast and Texas on Saturday, Nov. 25. The Canadian Holiday Train actually begins in the […]
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DELTA, British Columbia — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a collision and derailment involving two BNSF Railway trains that occurred early today (Sunday, Nov. 19) in Delta, the CBC reports. Railroad spokeswoman Lena Kent told the CBC two locomotives and five cars derailed in the incident at about 2:30 a.m. A small […]
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