The National Steel Car Corp. 50-foot newsprint boxcar is the latest addition to the Master Line from Atlas Model Railroad Co. The model, based on tooling the manufacturer acquired from True Line Trains in 2020, features molded and separate, factory-applied detail parts; 33” metal wheelsets; and body-mounted Accumate couplers. Prototype history Between 1967 and 1971, […]
WASHINGTON — Metra’s request to the Surface Transportation Board for terminal trackage rights in the Chicago area is an effort to maintain below-market rates for access to the Union Pacific system, UP says in a filing responding to Metra’s initial arguments to support that request. Such a financial dispute “is not the board’s problem,” UP […]
ATLANTA – Norfolk Southern today unveiled its latest heritage locomotive, an SD70ACe honoring the Delaware & Hudson Railway. Locomotive No. 1080, built for NS in 2013, was painted in the D&H’s classic lightning stripe scheme in Norfolk Southern’s Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pa. “We know many have asked about plans for a Delaware & Hudson […]
Parallel Systems and Genesee & Wyoming short line Heart of Georgia Railroad this week began the first phase of testing of Parallel’s autonomous, battery-electric flat car. The initial round of testing of Parallel’s container car is being conducted near Glenwood, Ga., in conjunction with the Federal Railroad Administration. The equipment has already been put through […]
CALGARY, Alberta— CPKC took delivery of five new Wabtec ET44AC locomotives over the weekend, the first batch of a 100-unit order. All of the Tier 4 locomotives, which are being built at Wabtec’s assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas, are scheduled for delivery by the end of the year. CPKC released a video yesterday showing […]
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — R.J. Corman Railroad Group CEO Ed Quinn is stepping down after nearly nine years at the helm of the short line and railroad services company. Quinn will remain on board during a transition period, the company announced yesterday, noting that it has launched a search for a new chief executive. “We very […]
PHILADELPHIA — An Illinois employee of an Indiana masonry firm has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for his role in a federal bribery case over Amtrak’s renovation of its 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Donald Seefeldt, 65, of Wilmette, Ill., was also sentenced to a year of probation, 59 hours of community service, and […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union have approved a new contract with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, ending a contract dispute that included a 17-day strike in March. Local 265 of the union reports that members voted 689-298 in favor of the new contract in balloting on Tuesday, June 3. […]
ARGYLE, Iowa — Service was restored on BNSF’s main line in the Fort Madison area on Wednesday after the Tuesday evening derailment of a train that blocked both tracks of the railroad’s Southern Transcon. KHQA-TV reports the derailment occurred while the train was stopped because of a tornado warning, according to a BNSF representative. No […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has fully bounced back from a bout of operational challenges that began with hurricanes last fall and worsened after the Feb. 1 closure of the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore, CEO Joe Hinrichs tells Trains. The railroad’s on-time performance in May, measured by trip plan compliance for intermodal and carload shipments, […]
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Thirty-one organizations have received $150,000 in funding from the National Railway Historical Society’s 2025 Railway Heritage Grant program, the organization announced Wednesday, June 4. The funds go toward preservation of historic railroad artifacts and media. “The NRHS Heritage Grants program is a prolific and visible funder of restoration and preservation projects,” NRHS […]
SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Construction has begun on a new 10-stall roundhouse has begun at the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, the organization has announced. The new structure, known as the East Roundhouse, is a separate building not connected to the existing 18-stall roundhouse displaying 24 steam locomotives. The East Roundhouse will contain an […]
