WASHINGTON — The National Park Foundation announced this week that since 2011, it has engaged more than one million students in educational programs connecting them with national parks across the country. As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation raises support from generous individuals and dedicated partners for diverse […]
Type of Train: Passenger/Transit
Trains News Wire Digest for Friday, Feb. 28 NEWSWIRE
Friday morning rail news: — Norfolk Southern has informed customers that Pan Am Railways’ Hoosac Tunnel in Western Massachusetts is now expected to remain out of service until mid-March, following the partial collapse of a wall in the 145-year-old tunnel on Feb. 12. The closure affects the line between Mechanicville, N.Y., and Ayer, Mass.; NS […]
Analysis: Amtrak unveils $300-million ‘corridor development’ proposal NEWSWIRE
A Gulf Coast inspection train pauses at Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Feb. 18, 2016. Four years after the trip hosted by the Southern Rail Commission and Amtrak, there is still no firm cost estimate for what CSX Transportation will require to allow service to be reinstated. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — Each year following the […]
Trains News Wire Digest for Thursday, Feb. 27 NEWSWIRE
NJ Transit’s “Princeton Dinky” shuttle arrives in Princeton, N.J., on Aug. 6, 2019. NJ Transit will receive a record subsidy under the budget proposed by Gov. Phil Murphy. TRAINS: David Lassen Thursday morning rail news: — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed 2021 state budget would increase funding for NJ Transit by $132 million to […]
Remembering the Clinchfield Railroad
Southbound manifest train 26, three F unit diesels, pauses by the Borden Textile Mill in Kingsport, Tennessee, in March 1967 to add a three-unit rear-end pusher for the 42-mile climb to Erwin. C. K. Marsh Jr. History and major events of the Clinchfield Railroad The Clinchfield was different. It was conceived by men who had […]
News Wire Digest second section for Wednesday, Feb. 26 NEWSWIRE
Residents of Flossmoor, Ill., are unhappy with proposed changes to the Metra Electric schedule. TRAINS: David Lassen More Wednesday morning rail news: — Residents and government officials in the Chicago suburb of Flossmoor, Ill., are balking at proposed changes to the Metra Electric District schedule spurred by positive train control implementation, the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle reports. […]
Siemens to update Calgary’s light rail fleet with new California-made models NEWSWIRE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Siemens Mobility will continue to update Calgary’s current light rail vehicle fleet with 15 more S200 light rail vehicles. These vehicles will replace Siemens’ original U2 vehicles, most of which have been running for almost 40 years. “These U2 cars have been reliable workhorses that have more than exceeded their expected lifetime […]
News Wire Digest for Wednesday, Feb. 26
Wednesday morning rail news: — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has named former Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg as the interim president of New York City Transit. Feinberg replaces the well-regarded Andy Byford, who recently resigned. She will oversee a 48,000-person agency responsible for New York’s subways and buses. Feinberg was already serving as an MTA […]
News Wire Digest second section for Tuesday, Feb. 25 NEWSWIRE
Amtrak and real-estate firm Related Companies will pursue funds from the Department of Transportation for the next phase in the development of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards. TRAINS: David Lassen More Tuesday morning rail news: — Related Companies, the real estate firm which led the building of the first part of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development, has signed […]
Trains News Wire Digest for Tuesday, Feb. 25 NEWSWIRE
A Coaster commuter train crosses a bridge at Del Mar, Calif., in January 2020. A new bridge has opened as part of the effort to double-track the Coaster and Pacific Surfliner route. TRAINS: David Lassen Rail news for your Tuesday morning: — As part of its ongoing effort to double-track the route used by Coaster […]
Metrolink F125 locomotives poised for full operation by summer
LOS ANGELES – There’s a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel for Metrolink’s new Tier 4 F125 locomotive fleet. At a Saturday public meeting between railroad officials and residents of neighborhoods surrounding the carrier’s Central Maintenance Facility, Metrolink’s Neil Brown said that 32 of the new F125 locomotives are in service, 28 of […]
News Wire Digest second section for Monday, Feb. 24 NEWSWIRE
More Monday morning rail news: — In response to an increase in onboard crime, Amtrak is moving many of its police officers out of stations and onto trains. The Washington Post reports. Amtrak had reportedly planned to reduce its police force last year [see “Union official tells paper Amtrak plans 20-percent cut to police force,” […]
