INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen announced it has reached a tentative agreement with Genesee & Wyoming’s Indiana & Ohio Railway, with a ratification vote now in progress. If ratified, the agreement would run through 2031 and provide wage increases of 7% in 2026, 4.5% each year from 2027 to 2030, […]
GUNTER, Texas — With a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, March 12, BNSF Railway and officials in the town of Gunter marked the start of work on the railroad’s new Logistics Center North Dallas, a 944-acre industrial park an hour north of Dallas. Construction of the first phase of the approximately $500 million project is expected […]
WASHINGTON — A federal judge dismissed most of the Gateway Development Commission’s lawsuit against the Trump Administration on Thursday, March 12, saying it is mostly moot because the federal government delivered the funding it had withheld for the Hudson Tunnel project. Judge Richard A. Hertling of the Court of Federal Claims agreed with the government’s […]
For many years Hobbyshop Window was a popular department in the pages of Model Railroader magazine. We’re excited to bring it back as a frequent feature on Trains.com. Here’s a recap of some of the items that arrived at our offices for the week ending March 13th 2026. Keep up to date on the latest […]
Large train derailment reported near Lestock, Sask. https://t.co/5KWuJ3oZv3 — CTV Regina (@ctvregina) March 12, 2026 WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is dispatching an investigator to the derailment of a Canadian National train today (March 12) near Leross, Saskatchewan, the TSB has announced. The CBC reports that 49 cars of potash derailed […]
KEARNY, N.J. — The Portal North Bridge has carried its first passenger train. Marking the progress and near-completion of the cutover of one track on the new bridge over the Hackensack River, NJ Transit and Amtrak today (March 12) operated a ceremonial first train across the 2.44-mile structure. Revenue service on the new bridge will […]
KERSEY, Colo. — Two ordinary boxcars dating to around 1905 are being restored to tell a World War II-era story. The Rocky Mountain Railroad Heritage Society and the Kersey Historical Museum are collaborating on the project and interpreting the story of a Japanese American family who fashioned the cars into a home. “Kersey is a […]
WASHINGTON — Shippers this week cheered the Surface Transportation Board’s proposal to boost rail competition, while railroads offered a range of nuanced responses to limit how future rate cases should be addressed without explicitly rejecting reciprocal switching. The STB in January said it aims to repeal regulations that since 1985 have effectively prevented sole-served carload […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — VIA Rail Canada’s interim CEO faced pointed questions about equipment problems and remote service during a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday, with equipment reliability issues spurring a resolution calling for VIA’s upcoming long-distance equipment purchase to follow “Buy Canadian” rules. The session before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and […]
ST. LOUIS — Former Wabtec CEO Ray Betler has joined the board of directors of Intramotev, the company developing autonomous railcars. Betler, who began his career as a propulsion systems engineer at Westinghouse, rose to become the youngest head of engineering and later president and CEO in the company’s 120-year history. He joined Wabtec in […]
NEW YORK — The Trump administration has lost another round in court over funding for the Hudson Tunnel rail project, with a federal appeals court rejecting the administration’s bid to halt payments. Reuters reports a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, in the suit brought by the states of New […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. carload and intermodal traffic were both up during the week ending March 7, 2026, the Association of American Railroads reports. AAR figures show traffic for the week was 514,996 carloads and intermodal units, an overall increase of 3.5% compared to the same week in 2025. That includes 231,889 carloads, a gain of […]
