NORTH BAY, Ontario — In another step toward restoration of Northlander passenger service, Ontario Northland has released a proposed timetable for the train, expected to resume this year. The timetable released in December calls for 10 hour, 40-minute service on the approximately 740-kilometer (460-mile) route between Toronto and Timmins, Ont. The trains will serve 13 […]
PORT CLINTON, Pa. — Reading & Northern Railroad has shipped more than 1 million tons of anthracite coal for the third straight year, the company announced on Dec. 31. That figure came despite a downturn in export volume, the railroad said in a press release, thanks to the domestic market that mainly supports U.S. steel […]
EAST WINDSOR, Conn. — After 30 years of operation on 14 miles of state-owned former New Haven Railroad track, Central New England Railroad operated its last train on the final day of 2025, as Genesee & Wyoming’s Connecticut Southern prepared to take over the line on Jan. 1, 2026. GP9 No. 3760 moved a single […]
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed investigators to the scene of a Dec. 28, 2025, derailment on the Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway near Sept-Îles, Quebec, the board announced today (Dec. 30). The derailment has halted service on the QNS& which will be shut for seven to 10 […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a five-year national freight rail contract, the union announced. The contract covers more than 12,000 union members at 10 railroads, including BNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern, and Canadian National’s U.S. operations. Voting concluded today (Dec. 30); vote details were not released. “This […]
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Raymond Goss, president of the R.J. Corman Railroad Co., will retire effective Jan. 30, 2026, the company has announced. He will depart following five decades in the rail industry and seven years leading R.J. Corman short line and switching operations. “Ray has been an exceptional leader whose steady hand and deep industry […]
Maryland & Pennsylvania 0-6-0 No. 30 stands at the road’s ramshackle coal dock at Baltimore in March 1955. H. N. Proctor photo […]
NORTHUMBERLAND, Pa. — The North Shore Railroad Co., operator of six Pennsylvania short lines, has introduced a new paint scheme for SW1500 No. 2238 to honor the 250th anniversary of American independence — a design it describes as “the first documented time a locomotive has been painted as a mural.” The locomotive features differing, complex […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s governor is proposing legislation that would fold the state’s Railroad Board and two other commissions into a single organization addressing all transportation matters. KELO-TV reports state Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt outlined the proposal from Gov. Larry Rhoden’s administration at the Dec. 17 meeting of the Railroad Board. It would fold […]
PIERRE, S.D. — Genesee & Wyoming’s Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad is proposing to buy two sections of state-owned rail lines totaling 19.5 miles from the state of South Dakota. At a Dec. 17 meeting of the state Railroad Board and Railroad Authority, the RCP&E proposed to pay $3.125 million for 4.2 miles of […]
Genesee & Wyoming continues to add to its series of locomotives marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, with the latest unit also honoring railroading’s place in U.S. history. Arizona Eastern Railway No. 4028, a B40-8, features an image of the Jupiter, the diamond-stacked Central Pacific 4-4-0 that took part in the Golden Spike ceremony […]
DENVER – OmniTRAX Co-CEO Dean Piacente will retire at the end of the year as part of a planned leadership transition, the company said on Tuesday. Piacente will continue to serve on the OmniTRAX board and will focus on the shortline holding company’s eastern growth strategy. Co-CEO Colby Tanner, a former BNSF executive, will assume […]
