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Colorado’s Royal Gorge Route Railroad has pushed back its planned opening, and now is aiming for June 13, with hopes of opening sooner. TRAINS: David Lassen Wednesday tourist railroad and museum news in brief: — Colorado’s Royal Gorge Route Railroad has pushed back its planned reopening from May 23 as it waits for a variance […]
Still more Tuesday rail news in brief: — About 40 homes were evacuated as a precautionary measure when a Buffalo & Pittsburgh train derailed in East Aurora, N.Y., Monday night. The Buffalo News reports that a locomotive and 15 of the train’s 98 cars derailed. The manifest freight included some petroleum products, police said, leading […]
The second of the White Pass & Yukon’s new diesels arrives in Skagway, Alaska, on Monday. White Pass & Yukon Tuesday morning rail news in brief: — The White Pass & Yukon has received the second in its order of 10 new locomotives. National Railway Equipment E3000CC-DC No. 3001 arrived in Skagway, Alaska, by ship […]
Santa Cruz Portland Cement No. 2 arrives in Folsom, Calif., via Nelson Brothers Trucking for use on the Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad. Michael Florentine Monday morning tourist railroad and railfan news in brief: — The Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad has received an operating steam locomotive for excursions on a portion of the former […]
A family watches vintage transit equipment operate at the Illinois Railway Museum. Like almost all rail museums and tourist railroads, the facility in Union, Ill., is closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn Future visitors to facilities like the California State Railroad Museum are likely to face new guidance on social distancing. TRAINS: […]
Starting from the top of the mountain, the track for the Pikes Peak Cog Railway is being rebuilt. Dave Schaaf Crews from construction contractor Stacy & Witbeck are rebuilding the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, shut down since 2018. Dave Schaaf PIKES PEAK, Colo. — The Broadmoor Pike’s Peak Cog Railway has begun rebuilding the famous […]
Passengers take in the view from the Pikes Peak Cog Railway during a Trains Tour of Colorado in 2015. The cog railway is being completely rebuilt and is slated to reopen in 2021. TRAINS: David Lassen Still more Thursday rail news in brief: — The first rails have been laid in reconstruction of the Pikes […]
A doubleheaded Cumbres & Toltec train heads out of Chama in October 2018. The narrow gauge railroad plans to run just one train daily in 2020. TRAINS: David Lassen Wednesday morning rail news: — The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad will operate six days per week and only run one train per day during its […]
Work has resumed on Western Maryland Scenic No. 1309. Tishia Boggs CUMBERLAND, Md. – Restoration work has resumed on Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 after Trains magazine readers donated more than $100,000 to the effort to restore the last steam locomotive that Baldwin built for domestic service. Diversified Rail Services crews began work […]
East Broad Top crew member Daniel Gilliland waits for a signal to shove East Broad Top 2-8-2 No. 16 into a newly renovated workspace in the roundhouse on May 6 for asbestos abatement. EBT Foundation Inc. ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. — Despite limitations imposed because of the current pandemic, the East Broad Top Railroad has been […]
A Durango & Silverton train crosses the Animas River on its return from Silverton in October 2018. The D&S has pushed its planned opening back from May into June, and is facing questions on how to operate under social distancing requirements. TRAINS: David Lassen Monday morning rail news: — The Durango & Silverton has extended […]
The Grapevine Vintage Railroad, shown in 2017, will resume operations on Saturday. TRAINS: David Lassen Thursday afternoon rail news: — The Grapevine Vintage Railroad in Grapevine, Texas, will resume operations Saturday after closing in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, the railroad will offer four 1-hour Mother’s Day excursions, departing at 10 a.m., […]
