MONTREAL — The last two remaining Bombardier MR-90 commuter railcars have been delivered to Exporail, the Canadian Railway Museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec, on Saturday, Oct. 28, following donation by commuter railroad Exo. They are shown heading south on the CPKC Adirondack Subdivision in LaSalle, Que. These MU cars served on the Deux-Montagnes line from 1995 […]
STRASBURG, Pa. — The Rocket, the 185-year-old former Reading Co. steam engine which had long been displayed at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute, made its debut Friday at its new home, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. About 60 people were on hand for a ribbon-cutting of the new display, a ceremony featuring Patrick Morrison, the museum’s executive […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak has launched the simplied fare structure announced earlier this month, moving from three categories of fares to two, the company said today (Friday, Oct. 27). The company had previously announced the new fare plan, but had not specified when it would take effect [see “Amtrak to implement two-tier fare structure: Analysis,” Trains […]
WASHINGTON – Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation told the Surface Transportation Board today that there’s no reason to grant Norfolk Southern’s request for a delay in review of their proposals to create a new through route linking the Southeast and Mexico via Myrtlewood, Ala. Earlier this month CPKC and CSX filed separate applications […]
NEW YORK — Work has begun on rebuilding of the Park Avenue Viaduct, the 130-year-old elevated route to Grand Central Terminal and Harlem-125th Street Station that is used by 98% of Metro-North Railroad trains — a project Metro-North President Catherine Rinaldi pointed to as the most important state-of-good repair project faced by the Metropolitan Transportation […]
ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum will run its first excursions with former New Haven Budd Rail Diesel Car this weekend, as RDC-1 No. 41 runs on Past Peak Fall Train Rides this Saturday, Oct. 28, and Halloween Costume trains on Sunday, Oct. 29. Trains will run on the Adams Branch, departing from […]
Grand Trunk Western is among the paint schemes offered in the latest run of WalthersProto HO scale EMD GP9 diesel locomotives from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. Senior editor Cody Grivno takes a look at the sound and light features on the four-axle diesel and uses the road locomotive to work the interchange yard at Jones […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner joined outgoing Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday to ink a service development agreement that is the first step in launching service between Baton Rouge, the state capital, and New Orleans. After a ceremony at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, Gardner and Edwards, along with Amtrak […]
For more than a decade, British Columbia ports have won market share from U.S. West Coast ports for containers bound to Chicago and the Midwest — but that long-term trend has reversed in a matter of months due to the two-week dockworkers strike at Vancouver and Prince Rupert. The July strike prompted U.S. importers to […]
WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern has asked federal regulators to suspend review of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Transportation proposal to create a new through route linking the Southeast and Mexico via Myrtlewood, Ala. Earlier this month CPKC and CSX filed separate applications seeking Surface Transportation Board approval to acquire and operate Genesee & […]
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — South Shore Line commuter trains began operation on the first portion of the Double Track project between Gary and Michigan City on Wednesday, with trains running between Michigan City and the Dune Park station in Chesterton for the first time in more than a year. The resumption of rail service between […]
MIAMI — Brightline has begun the process of adding an intermediate station on its recently opened extension to Orlando, Fla., today issuing a Request for Proposals for the “Treasure Coast” area of St. Lucie and Martin counties, north of West Palm Beach. The company will accept proposals from private or public land owners along the […]
