WASHINGTON— The Federal Railroad Administration this month issued its largest ever simultaneous push to update or slash regulations that it views as overly burdensome. On July 1, the FRA published a list of 57 deregulatory actions in the Federal Register. Twenty-one are Notices of Proposed Rulemaking, while the remaining three dozen are final rules. Many […]
A stat in a Schneider news release caught my eye earlier this month: Overall cross-border intermodal volume between the U.S. and Mexico was up 17% last year. Impressive, yes. But what jumped off the screen was Schneider’s growth rate. Its cross-border traffic — which rides Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s flagship Mexico Midwest Express hotshots — […]
Rocky Mountaineer, the luxury cruise train operation that will rebrand itself as Canyon Spirit next year, has offered a preview of its new Salt Lake City-Moab-Denver service set to launch in April 2026. To test all the operational logistics of the once-weekly, round-trip expansion of the current Denver-Moab service, the operation owned by Canadian company […]
UPDATE: Authorities say at least three people have been killed and several others injured in the train derailment in southwestern Germany.https://t.co/RID5AMMFoW — DW News (@dwnews) July 27, 2025 RIEDLINGEN, Germany — Two train crew members and one passenger died in a derailment near Stuttgart on Sunday, an incident police say was caused by an overflowing […]
LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee-based rolling stock manufacture Talgo and transit agency LA Metro have settled a pair of lawsuits filed in 2022 over a cancelled contract for Talgo to refurbish LA subway cars, an attorney for Talgo reports. LA Metro sued Talgo in September 2022, saying Talgo had defaulted on the contract to refurbish 74 […]
Rapido HO Procor tank car Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Single car, $59.95; three-pack, $179.95; and six-pack, $359.95 Manufacturer: Rapido Trains, 382 High St, Buffalo, NY 14204; 905-474-3314; rapidotrains.com Rapido Trains HO Procor tank car features: Detailed vent stacks, loading hatches, air tanks, and brake equipment Early style features 70-ton trucks, 33” wheels, and exposed drain […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern could announce a tentative merger agreement as early as this week, according to a published report. Bloomberg cited sources familiar with the talks in its report on Friday. UP, the largest Class I railroad, and Atlanta-based NS confirmed last week that they are in advance discussions regarding […]
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Streetcar Museum has received $165,000 in city funding for its project to develop a new campus at a former Maryland & Pennsylvania roundhouse near its current location. The museum said in a Facebook post that the money, in fiscal 2026 and 2027 from the City of Baltimore Cultural Spaces Capital Support […]
ORLANDO, Fla — It could cost more than $88 million to expand commuter service SunRail to seven-day-a-week operation, the agency overseeing the commuter rail line was told at a meeting last week. Chief Operating Officer Charles M. Heffinger Jr. told the Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission at a July 24 meeting that regular Saturday and […]
PARIS, Ontario — A Canadian National Railway derailment on Friday morning (July 25, 2025) led to disruption of VIA Rail Canada corridor service to and from Windsor, Ont., the CBC reports. Five trains between Toronto and Windsor were rerouted via CN’s Guelph Subdivision, while three others were cancelled entirely. VIA service has been restored today, […]
CHICAGO — The owner of the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway has donated a 1928 Pullman car to the Historic Pullman Foundation for preservation and display at the Pullman National Historical Park and State Historic Site. The Glen Ayr, an all-steel Pullman heavyweight sleeper, has donated by Robert Menzies from the railway’s collection of historic […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has launched merger resources pages on its website just a day after Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern confirmed that they are engaged in advanced talks over a combination that would create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad. UP and NS said their talks may not result in a deal. The […]
