CHICAGO — Union Pacific has issued a Request for Qualifications for property acquisition services for a portion of the CREATE Program’s 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project to be overseen by UP. The property acquisition will be part of Project EW2, the Belt Junction and 80th Street Junction realignments, between Ashland Avenue and the Dan Ryan […]
ORLANDO — Brightline is set to nearly double service between Orlando and Miami on Monday, Oct. 9, moving from eight to 15 daily round trips. Trains from Orlando to Miami run on a near-hourly basis beginning at 4:38 a.m. (good for an 8:11 a.m. arrival in Miami), with the last departure at 8:54 p.m. (arriving […]
LOS ANGELES — LA-area commuter rail operator Metrolink is launching a “Student Adventure Pass” program, allowing students with valid school identification to ride anywhere on the Metrolink system for free. The program begins this Monday, Oct. 9. Students can receive the pass via the Metrolink mobile app by registering via their school email address and […]
CLEVELAND — The FBI on Friday arrested a 43-year-old Cleveland man for allegedly attempting to derail trains on CSX Transportation lines used by Amtrak over a three-month period. Joseph Findley was charged in federal court with terrorist attacks against railroad carriers, Cleveland.com reports. He was ordered by U.S. District Magistrate Judge James Grimes to remain […]
Trains LIVE — Making friends at summer railroad camp — 9-27-2023 — Railroad museums, tourist lines, railroad historical societies, even some universities host summer camp programs centered around trains. The programs are offered for all ages ranging from story and activity curricula for the youngest rail enthusiasts to taking the throttle of a steam locomotive […]
PINHAIS, Brazil — Progress Rail has delivered two hybrid EMD GT38H locomotives to Rumo, Brazil’s largest railway operator, which will become the first hybrids in revenue freight service. The locomotives include both a diesel-electric system and battery packs, drawing energy to power the traction motors from the diesel generator and the bank of batteries. Rumo […]
RICHARDSON, Texas — A Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail train derailed in suburban Richardson on Thursday evening, disrupting service on the Red and Orange lines. KTVT-TV reports the southbound Red Line train derailed near the Galatyn Park Station, north of downtown Dallas, about 7 p.m. DART is saying the derailment was caused by a […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Amtrak is operating two days of trips along CPKC’s former Milwaukee Road River Subdivision in Minnesota to recognize the company as Amtrak’s best performing Class I railroad in 2022. The trains make a round trip from St. Paul Union Depot to La Crescent, Minn., where they are turned on the wye […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A broken rail led to a December 2019 derailment and fire involving a Canadian Pacific crude oil train near Guernsey, Saskatchewan, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in a report released Thursday. The incident, along with another derailment in the same area about two months later, led to changes in Canadian […]
SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Caltrain on Thursday unveiled its initial plans for electrified service, which call for faster trains and a simplified schedule when electric operation begins in its San Francisco-San Jose corridor. Completion of the ongoing electrification project is currently expected in fall 2024. The plans call for 104 weekday trains, including four trains […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Passenger service commenced for Indonesia’s first high speed rail service on Oct. 2, 2023. The 140-kilometer (87-mile) route connects Jakarta and Bandung, the country’s capital and a popular tourist destination, respectively. The Nikkei Asia reports that the new eight-car WHOOSH train — an acronym for “Waktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Hebat,” meaning […]
WASHINGTON — Chicago-area commuter railroad Metra has asked a federal court to review the Surface Transportation Board’s decision to approve the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger as well as a subsequent decision that covers post-merger oversight. Metra’s suit, filed on Sept. 29 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, was […]
