TORONTO — Toronto’s Union Pearson Express rail service, which operates between downtown and the city’s airport, has been replaced by bus service as of Saturday, a day after CTV News reported 14 of 18 cars in the service’s equipment fleet had been sidelined by cracks in their brake discs. As of Saturday evening, a notice […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation announced today (Friday, Feb. 10) that it has reached agreement with two more unions to provide four days of paid sick leave. The agreements are with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, which represent the company’s utility workers. They follow […]
The Adirondack Railroad offers excursions behind classic diesel locomotives over 69 miles of the former New York Central’s Adirondack Division from Utica to Big Moose. Choices The Adirondack Railroad offers day-long excursions all the way from Utica to Big Moose, with a stop at Thendara, up to four times a week from mid-July through mid-October. […]
The Catskill Mountain Railroad operates a segment of the former Ulster & Delaware Railroad, which later became New York Central’s Catskill Mountain Branch. The train runs from Kingston west toward Stony Hollow, in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. Choices Themed excursions—music, train robbery, and the like—are powered by an Alco RS1 built in 1950 […]
The area east of Buffalo provides a pleasant distraction with small towns, farms, and a relaxed existence. Here, you’ll find the Medina Railroad Museum located inside one of the largest surviving wooden freight houses around. You will also have the opportunity to ride a streamlined passenger train on the Falls Road Railroad. Choices At the […]
ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – East Broad Top’s 1916 Baldwin 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive, under restoration for nearly three years, stretched its legs Thursday (Feb. 9) in preparation for the narrow gauge railroad’s annual Winter Spectacular railfan weekend. Expanded to a two-day event this year, it is scheduled for Feb. 18-19. The 81-ton engine has created […]
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Trains are running again through East Palestine, Ohio, although the village’s mayor isn’t too pleased with the way operations resumed. WKYC-TV reports Norfolk Southern began operations on its main Cleveland-Pittsburgh line through East Palestine Wednesday evening, to the displeasure of Mayor Trent Conaway, who said he had been told trains would […]
SALEM, Va. — Norfolk Southern will pay a $27,300 fine for a coal spill into the Roanoke River resulting from a 2020 derailment, the Roanoke Times reports. The agreement between NS and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stems from an Oct. 30, 2020, derailment of 26 hopper cars that sent 12 cars into the […]
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, a coalition of 37 transportation-related unions including several related to railroading, is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration to require Class I railroads to participate in the Confidential Close Call Reporting System, a currently voluntary method of tracking and addressing near-accident situations. In a letter Thursday […]
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific announced Thursday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with United Steelworkers Local 1976, which represents approximately 550 administrative support and intermodal workers in Canada. Details will not be released until the contract is ratified, the railroad said. The Steelworkers said negotiations had been in progress since November. “This agreement makes […]
CHICAGO — Historic Pullman Foundation is gearing up for its second Pullman Railroad Days, set for May 20-21 at Pullman National Historical Park. It will be the first such celebration since Pullman gained National Historical Park status at the beginning of the year. As was the case last year, one facet of Railroad Days will […]
Founded in 1939, the Seashore Trolley Museum is touted as the world’s first and largest electric railway museum. Its national and international collection includes more than 250 transit vehicles, mostly streetcars, and virtually every major U.S. city that operated trolleys is represented. Much of this equipment is undercover in three exhibit car houses. Choices Included […]
