Union Pacific to Clinton, Iowa 64.5 miles BNSF to Savanna, Illinois 60.0 miles BNSF to Aurora 45.3 miles UP to Proviso 59.6 miles Watch live railroading action 24 hours per day on TrainsMag.com! Our Rochelle Web Cam captures live action as the BNSF and Union Pacific main lines cross. Learn about Rochelle’s Railroad Park […]
All this month — October 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Pacific Electric Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include PE electric-, diesel-, and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern reinstated and boosted its outlook for the year as traffic volume has risen above pre-pandemic levels in recent weeks. The railway, which reported improved earnings on Friday morning, says it now expects slightly higher earnings per share this year and its operating ratio to should improve to around […]
Several packing houses were located in close proximity to each other along the Santa Fe in Placentia, Calif. Styles varied from the frame building at left to the concrete structure at center. Note the semaphore signal installations at right. Photo by Tom Baxter […]
WASHINGTON — A late 2020 deadline is approaching for railroads and transit systems to submit plans on how they plan to comply with new Transportation Security Administration rules on security training. The new regulations require freight railroads, passenger railroads and designated “higher risk” transit systems to submit plans on how they will comply by Dec. […]
WASHINGTON — Rail improvements are part of at least 10 of the 18 ports receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Program. The 18 recipients named in today’s announcement are receiving a total of $220 million. Trains News Wire has already covered some of these projects as they have been announced […]
More Thursday midday rail news: Brownville port receives grant for grain project; rail improvements included The Port of Brownsville, Texas, has received a $14.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to upgrade its grain storage and loading facilities, the latest in a series of grants that will fund upgrades to port […]
Thursday morning rail news: Plan would create Canada-Mexico rail corridor Caxxor Group, a Mexican conglomerate dealing in infrastructure development, has initiated a $3.3 billion private-sector project for a rail connection between Mexico’s Sinaloa state and Winnipeg, Canada, via the United States. BNamericas.com reports the project would establish two logistics centers, one in Winnipeg and one near the […]
Wednesday morning rail infrastructure news: Port of Palm Beach receives $13.2 million grant for rail expansion The Port of Palm Beach, Fla., has received a $13.2 million federal grant to expand its rail infrastructure, more than doubling its intermodal capacity. In a press release, the Port says it will expand capacity from 44,000 20-foot […]
Overall volume at the big six Class I railroads declined an average of 6% during the third quarter, as coal continued to plummet and carload struggled to recover compared to pre-pandemic levels. Intermodal, however, returned to positive territory in the third quarter, notching 1% growth, on average, at the big systems, according to a review […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. rail carload traffic remains below 2019 levels for the week ending Oct. 10, although the gap appears to be decreasing. Strong intermodal traffic again created an overall increase over the same week ago, according to statistics released by the Association of American Railroads. Carload traffic was down 5.2% compared to 2019 — […]
Tuesday morning rail news: Norfolk, Va., port receives $20 million for rail expansion project The Virginia Port Authority will receive $20.2 million in Port Infrastructure Development funding from the U.S.Department of Transportation to complete rail expansion at its Norfolk International Terminals. The Suffolk News Herald reports the money will support building two new four-track sections for its […]
