ATLANTA — Norfollk Southern and Florida East Coast Railway will expand their domestic interline intermodal services in Florida, the railroads announced Wednesday. As of Oct. 2, NS will add service to FEC’s Fort Pierce and Fort Lauderdale facilities, joining existing service to FEC terminals in Titusville and Miami. The additions will add flexibility for their […]
MONTREAL — As part of its fall conference, the HeritageRail Alliance announced the 2023 awards for significant achievements in railway preservation. The annual meeting was held Sept. 20-23 in Montreal with the Canadian Railroad Historical Association and Exporail serving as hosts. Railroading Heritage of Midwest America was the recipient of the Jim Wrinn Award for […]
BERN, Switzerland — Passenger trains will begin returning to the Gotthard Base Tunnel as of this Friday, Sept. 29, SBB, the Swiss Federal Railways, announced today. One southbound train will be operated through the tunnel on Friday and one northbound train will run on Sunday, helping address peak autumn weekend demand on the route to […]
MacTIER, Ontario — Thirteen cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City freight train derailed about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday after a reported collision with another train, CTV News reports. CPKC said in a statement to the network that no injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were involved. Two of the cars were carrying plastic pellets […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has announced it will offer free travel on its Fairmount commuter rail line during the upcoming 16-day closure of the rapid transit Red Line’s Ashmont Branch and Mattapan trolley line, set to begin Oct. 14. The agency had previously said it would offer increased bus service during the […]
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has hired a record number of employees this year, which it says is leading to a significant decrease in the time needed to complete investigations. The agency said it will have 433 employees on staff at the end of the current fiscal year, up from a previous high […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. weekly rail traffic showed gains over 2022 figures for the week ending Sept. 23, the second consecutive week of improvement after traffic has been below year-earlier figures for most of 2023, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads. The week saw 493,232 carloads and intermodal units, a 2.8% increase over […]
BALTIMORE — The South Baltimore Gateway Partnership will provide $1 million in funding for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum’s plan to restore its South Car Works Building and create open community space as part of the museum’s new master plan. Restoration of the Car Works building, the oldest continuously operating railroad repair facility in […]
CINCINNATI — Campaigning is underway in Cincinnati on an initiative to get voters to approve the sale of the city-owned Cincinnati Southern Railway to Norfolk Southern, with Mayor Aftab Pureval taking the lead role in a new TV commercial urging passage of the measure, and five former mayors joining Pureval in supporting the sale. The […]
MIAMI — Development of commuter rail between downtown Miami and Aventura on the route owned by Florida East Coast Railway and served by Brightline is set to receive increased priority, and has a new higher price tag. Miami Today reports the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization, which oversees county transportation development, will vote this week to […]
DENVER — The state of Colorado has changed its negotiating team addressing the expiring lease for the Moffat Tunnel, with the state’s Department of Transportation taking over from the Department of Local Affairs to lead negotiations with Union Pacific over use of the state-owned bore through the Rocky Mountains. The website Colorado Newsline reports that […]
The war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending any time soon, and railways remain heavily involved in Ukraine; in Russia, where the ongoing invasion depends on it; and in neighboring European countries. Trackside espionage in Poland In March, Polish police arrested six people allegedly working for Russian Military intelligence who had placed trackside cameras […]
