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WASHINGTON — Reflecting another week in which intermodal traffic showed a double-digit decline from the same week a year earlier, overall U.S. rail traffic was down 6.3% for the week ending March 4, 2023. Total rail traffic was 474,191 carloads and intermodal units. That included 237,413 carloads, down 1%, and 236,778 containers and trailers, down […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern will create a new regional first responder training center in Ohio and expand the outreach of its safety train that travels the system to provide firefighters with hands-on tank car training. NS will work with Ohio officials to determine a site for the training center, the railroad announced on Wednesday. The […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration today proposed a rule that would require railroads to provide emergency breathing apparatus for locomotive crews who are operating trains carrying hazardous materials that would pose an inhalation danger in the event of a release during a derailment. The proposed rule, the FRA says, would protect crews from inhalation […]
Railroads move a significant volume of crude oil, so it’s no surprise that Tom Danneman frequently frames these extensive unit trains traversing the expansive American West. These big trains and even bigger skies are all part of what makes Tom’s brand of contemporary railfanning so compelling to view – but only as part of the […]
An Amtrak Crescent day trip to Birmingham is possible because the Crescent’s schedule offers several daytrip offerings depending on where you are located along its long-distance route. One offering is a roundtrip experience between Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala. The trip starts off at Atlanta’s Peachtree Station at 1688 Peachtree Road Northwest in the city’s Brookwood […]
Amtrak Crescent day trip to Meridian Taking an Amtrak Crescent day trip to Meridian, Mississippi is possible as Amtrak’s Crescent schedule provides a great opportunity for passenger rail fans to experience one of Amtrak’s premier long-distance passenger trains on a day trip originating at New Orleans and traveling northeast to Meridian, Miss., and return. This […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today approved Montana Rail Link’s plan to terminate its lease with BNSF Railway, paving the way for BNSF to regain control of the former Northern Pacific main line between Jones Junction, Mont., and Sandpoint, Idaho. Although the STB’s decision is effective on April 7, the date for BNSF to […]
Railroads move a significant volume of crude oil, so it’s no surprise that Tom Danneman frequently frames these extensive unit trains traversing the expansive American West. These big trains and even bigger skies are all part of what makes Tom’s brand of contemporary railfanning so compelling to view – but only as part of the […]
WASHINGTON — Class I railroads are taking several steps to improve their wayside detection systems — including installing an additional 1,000 hot bearing detectors this year — in the aftermath of the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The Association of American Railroads announced a multi-step safety plan this morning, a day […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An empty CSX Transportation coal train struck a rock slide and derailed in Sandstone, W.Va., on Wednesday morning. All four of the train’s locomotives and nine coal hoppers derailed, the railroad said in a statement. The boulders are estimated to be 10 feet high and 25 feet long. “The lead locomotive had […]
The New Hope Valley Railway, part of the North Carolina Railway Museum, offers an hour-long trip through the pine forests south of Raleigh and Durham in central North Carolina. Choices The railway offers 60-minute round trips between Bonsal and New Hill in covered, open-air railcars. The museum features an outdoor exhibit of railroad equipment as […]
PORTLAND, Maine — Alcohol sales on the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority’s Downeasters will be allowed to continue in New Hampshire while the officials work out a “creative solution” to address a state liquor law, the Associated Press reports. That represents a reversal of a plan by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission to enforce […]
