Perched high on a hillside on a lonely but breathtakingly beautiful stretch of Interstate 80 just outside of Echo, Utah, must be the best rest stop in America – for railfans. With a sweeping view of the rough, red, sandstone cliffs of Echo Canyon, frequent trains on Union Pacific’s original transcontinental route, and convenient benches […]
Sandpoint, Idaho, is near Lake Pend Oreille (pronounced “pond oray”) in Idaho’s Panhandle. Sandpoint features the main line of BNSF’s Kootenai River Subdivision, the busy northern transcontinental route, as well as Union Pacific’s Spokane Subdivision from Eastport, Idaho. UP trains to and from Eastport use trackage rights on BNSF’s Newport Subdivision from North Sandpoint (where […]
Although Marias Pass is among the lowest railroad crossings of the Continental Divide in the United States at 5,213 feet, nothing is small about BNSF Railway’s route through northwest Montana. Built by James J. Hill’s Great Northern Railway in the 1890s, the line across Marias Pass remains a critical transcontinental route to the Pacific Northwest […]
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PIKES PEAK, Colo. — The first images have been released of the Broadmoor Manitou & Pikes Peak Cog Railway’s new locomotive-hauled trains under construction in Switzerland. The railroad first shared these images with Trains News Wire of the units, being built by Stadler. The new cars are due to be delivered this winter for testing. […]
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will receive a federal grant for more than $1.9 miilion to replace a bridge over the Animas River as part of the latest group of Department of Transportation Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grants announced by local politicians. The website Colorado Politics reports the grant request […]
Thursday afternoon rail news: Las Vegas high speed project seeks approval from STB for modifications to construction plan Xpress West, the Brightline affiliate seeking to build a high speed rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas, Nev., has asked the Surface Transportation Board to modify its previous approval of the project to allow some […]
The layout at a glance Name: Santa Fe Hereford Subdivision Layout owner: Sammy Carlile Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 25 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: between Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, N.M. Era: summer 1995 Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 225 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: […]
All through September 2020, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, grit and grandeur of the Great Northern Railway. Please enjoy this Great Northern Railway passenger train photo gallery, originally published in September 2018. If you like this gallery, please take a look at an article on the history of the Great Northern, here. […]
Still more Monday morning rail news: Front Range rail line could carry 3 million annually New projections suggest the proposed passenger service along Colorado’s Front Range could carry nearly 3 million passengers a year, Colorado Public Radio reports. The line between Fort Collins and Pueblo, Colo, could carry 9,200 people each weekday, according to projections […]
More Wednesday morning rail news: Builders of Denver commuter rail lines seek $111 million in lawsuit The consortium that built and maintains most of the commuter rail lines for Denver’s Regional Transportation District, has increased to $111 million the amount it is seeking from the RTD in a lawsuit set to go to court in […]
Saturday morning rail news: Durango & Silverton won’t reach Silverton in 2020 The Durango & Silverton has given up hopes of operating to Silverton this summer, and will continue operating excursions between Rockwood and Cascade for the remainder of the 2020 season. The Durango Herald reports the railroad will offer a minimum of five daily […]
