Amtrak Store website screen image WASHINGTON — You might be too late to grab a “Surprise and Delight” railfan gift box Amtrak offered for sale on Monday. A National Railroad Passenger Corp. representative confirmed to Trains on Monday afternoon that the railroad’s online store offered a limited set of 50 surprise boxes to customers — announcing […]
Passengers fill the Holland, Mich., station on Nov. 29, 2019, waiting for the sold-out Pere Marquette to Chicago. Bob Johnston NEW YORK — Once again, the nation’s TV viewers were treated to a steady diet of reporters doing obligatory stand-ups during the Thanksgiving holiday that bemoaned cancelled flights and snow-clogged highways from Denver through the […]
Mainline steam in November 2019: Polish 2-6-2 Ol49 59 is about to leave Wolsztyn with the 11:37 service to Leszno on Nov. 22, 2019. The 80-minute one-way steam trip cost around $3. Keith Fender WARSAW — Daily steam hauled passenger services survive on two regional commuter rail lines in western Poland but seem set to […]
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Leave it to Swedes to come up with the politely sharp repartee rail promoters often lack by taking a vintage streetcar to a cutting edge electric automobile show. Western Sweden’s public transit manager, Västtrafik, is responsible for the glossy, deadpan exhibit at eCarExpo in Gothenburg — which the transport provider claims is […]
BOSTON — A Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority commuter train uncoupled during Monday’s morning rush at Boston’s largest transit hub, causing numerous delays to Boston-area trains. MBTA Commuter Rail tweeted just after 7:20 a.m. that Franklin Line train 743 was stopped at South Station in the Michael S. Dukakis Transporation Center with a “mechanical issue” and […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak is once again attempting to attract online bargain hunters by offering advance-purchase fares up to 35% off as part of its “Track Friday” sale, which runs through Monday, Dec. 2. The saving over the lowest available “saver” prices are good for travel from Dec. 9, 2019, to April 30, 2020, although discounts […]
No. 3612, from D&RGW’s last group of 2-8-8-2 steam locomotives (Alco, 1927), pushes near Winter Park, Colo., in October 1956, deep twilight for Grande standard-gauge steam. Ed Gerlits History and major events of the Denver & Rio Grande Western In the American tradition, a railroad is conceived by noble men for noble purposes: to develop […]
Passengers aboard the eastbound Canadian take a break at Sioux Lookout, Ont., on Oct. 15, 2018. Bob Johnston WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Before the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference representing CN engineers announced a tentative settlement with the railroad on Tuesday, the westbound Canadian that left Toronto on Nov. 24, spent 14 hours and 15 minutes waiting […]
New York City Transit R-1 car No. 381, built by American Car and Foundry, brings up the rear on a Holiday Nostalgia Train departure last year. Ralph Spielman A 1940 New York City Transit R-9 subway car awaits departure from its northern terminal at 145th Street in Manhattan during one of the 2018 Holiday Nostalgia […]
The Northbound Saluki speeds through Buckley, Ill., before the 60 mph restriction was imposed by CN. Bob Johnston CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – U. S. Rep Rodney Davis, R–Ill., says legislation proposed by U.S. Sen Dick Durbin, D–Ill., is “a premature step right now,” the Champaign News Gazette is reporting. The comments came at a news conference […]
SEATTLE — Despite a name reflecting its railroading past, the present and future of the venerable Freighthouse Square building in Tacoma lies much more on the passenger side of the business. The former Milwaukee Road warehouse, built around 1910 and redeveloped decades later as a retailing center for small local shops, galleries and restaurants, already […]
All this month — November 2019 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include ACL diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]
