NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road reported early this morning it had completed all infrastructure repairs following last Thursday’s derailment at Hall Interlocking and expects to operate a regular schedule of trains for today’s morning rush hour. Some LIRR routes are currently reporting scattered delays, but the issues are unrelated to the derailment, […]
ALEXANDER, W.Va. — Beech Mountain Railroad has leased two former CSX SW1500s from LTEX Rail to continue moving coal from Carter-Roag Coal Co.’s Star Bridge processing plant to the railroad’s interchange with the Appalachian & Ohio at Alexander. United Coal Co. subsidiary Carter-Roag has closed its Morgan Camp mine, which fed the Star Bridge preparation […]
OAK PARK, Ill. — Fire officials in Oak Park report two people were injured, one critically, when they came into contact with the electrified third rail at a Chicago Transit Authority station on Saturday. WGN-TV reports paramedics were called to the Ridgeland Green Line station about 7:24 p.m. after two people, part of a group […]
NAWABSHAH, Pakistan — At least 30 people were killed and more than 100 injured when Pakistan Railways’ Hazara Express passenger train derailed Sunday, the BBC reports. The derailment occurred about 170 miles northeast of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and the train’s starting point. Al Jazeera reports Minister of Railways Kahwaja Saad Rafique told reporters at […]
Fast trains It never fails. Visit a train museum with a group of children, and at some point during your exploration one of them will ask: What is the fastest train? Once the discussion has begun, the apex of speed will need to be discussed for every piece encountered. Let’s not reserve this top-speed obsession […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The labor dispute at British Columbia ports is over after port workers voted on Friday to accept the tentative deal reached earlier this week. A message posted Friday night on the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada website said that 74.66% of the union’s members had voted to accept the deal. […]
NEW YORK — Extensive track repairs are necessary at the site of Thursday’s derailment of a Long Island Rail Road train, Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Janno Lieber said during a press conference today (Aug. 4), but the commuter line should be fully functional by Monday morning’s commute. The Queens Chronicle reports Lieber said 1,600 feet […]
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — A contract worker hit by a piece of track equipment on the Housatonic Railroad has died, the Berkshire Eagle newspaper reports. The worker’s name was being withheld pending notification of family, Great Barrington Police Chief Paul Storti told the newspaper. The National Transportation Safety Board, which announced on social media that […]
PERHAM, Minn. — No injuries were reported when a BNSF Railway train carrying mixed freight derailed at approximately 12 a.m. today (Aug. 4) near Perham, Minn. No hazardous material was involved. BNSF did not respond to a question regarding the number of cars involved; KEYC-TV reports 13 railcars, most of them empty auto racks, derailed. […]
From excursions through a National Park to memories of a cherished Midwest railroad, you won’t go wrong when visiting these tourist railroads, museums, and displays in Ohio. From Trains Magazine’s Tourist Trains Guidebook, let’s see what the Buckeye State has to offer! Ohio Tourist Railroads and Museums Northeast Ohio Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad – 1630 […]
BNSF Railway is now testing Kawasaki’s Locomotive-Mounted Autonomous Track Geometry Measurement System, Kawasaki has announced. The system uses sensors and cameras to provide near-real-time track geometry data for track maintenance planning, Kawasaki says in a press release. Production units of the system have been in use since 2021 and have provided over 500,000 miles of […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific now has paid sick-leave agreements in place with all 13 of its labor unions following SMART-TD’s ratification of its tentative agreement this week. “We are proud to be the second railroad in the industry to reach this milestone,” UP said in a LinkedIn post. Norfolk Southern on June 5 became […]
