The first section of your rail news for Wednesday morning: — VIA Rail Canada has cancelled service through Thursday between Montreal and Toronto, and Toronto and Ottawa, because of the ongoing blockade of Canadian National Railway tracks at Belleville, Ontario. Service continues between Ottawa and Montreal, Montreal and Quebec City, and west of Toronto in […]
WASHINGTON — The two biggest New York-area infrastructure projects on Amtrak’s Northeast received mixed news on Monday, as the Federal Transit Agency upgraded the rating of the aging Portal Bridge replacement plan, while retaining the low rating for the Gateway Tunnel project between New York and New Jersey. NorthJersey.com reports that the Portal North Bridge […]
A look at Tuesday morning rail news: — Montreal has become the latest city where protestors are blocking rail lines in support of pipeline protests in British Columbia. This morning, commuter rail service exo cancelled trains on its Candiac line for the second straight day because of blocked line, substituting bus service, CTV news reports. […]
WASHINGTON — Railroading will be getting $800 to $900 million less in money from the Federal government in the 2021 budget year than the past two budget cycles, according to U.S. Department of Transportation Budget highlights released Monday. President Donald Trump’s administration plans to spend a little more than $2 billion on the Federal Railroad […]
Five men have filed suit over this January 2018 accident involving a chartered Amtrak train for Republican members of Congress. Rep. Jeff Denham, via Twitter Still more news for your Monday morning: — Four people who were aboard a special Amtrak train that hit a trash truck in a fatal 2018 accident have sued the […]
Catching up on weekend rail news: — Protesters continued to block Canadian National rail lines near Belleville, Ontario, disrupting Canadian National and VIA Rail Canada. The National Post reports that VIA cancelled 18 trains on Sunday and said service will not resume “until the issue is resolved.” The indigenous group blocking the tracks is demonstrating […]
In February 2020, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in September 2016, as the perfect salute to the Nickel Plate Road. Return each week for another salute to the railroad of the month! See what we […]
Quite a bit of rail news for your Friday morning: — Passenger and freight traffic has been stopped since Thursday evening by protestors blocking Canadian National rail lines in southern Ontario, the CBC reports. VIA Rail Canada cancelled evening Thursday evening service between Toronto and Montreal, and Toronto and Ottawa, has cancelled some trains today, […]
A look at Thursday morning rail news: — Light rail operators on the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Transit system told a state legislative panel that they fear for their safety while at work, and that they often witness criminal activity including drug deals and assaults, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The two operators testified during a […]
In February 1956, the Interstate Commerce Commission approved abandoning the East Broad Top Railroad. Here are a handful of images by acclaimed steam locomotive and steam railroad photographer, Philip R. Hastings. A full timeline of East Broad Top events is available from Classic Trains online. […]
Model Railroader magazine remains the leading source of information for our great hobby. You can get access to all of the more than 1,000 issues of Model Railroader from January 1934 to the present day by signing up for the exclusive online archive. Check out this classic story from the April 1988 issue. […]
LOS ANGELES — An acupuncturist was sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison on February 4, and was ordered to pay more than $2.68 million in restitution to Amtrak after defrauding the railroad’s health care plan for approximately $3.8 million in acupuncture treatments and other services that were either medically unnecessary or never provided. […]
