Additional Tuesday morning rail news: Fire damages BNSF bridge in Bemidji, Minn. A BNSF Railway bridge across the Mississippi River in Bemidji, Minn., suffered “moderate damage” in a Monday afternoon fire, the Bemidji Pioneer reports. The fire was reported about 4 p.m., with Bemidji firefighters working about two hours to extinguish the blaze. The cause […]
Tuesday morning rail news: Rail Runner Express to resume limited operation, almost a year after suspension New Mexico’s Rail Runner Express commuter train will resume service March 8, the Rio Metro Regional Transit District has announced, almost a year after service was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The train will operate on a limited […]
LOS ANGELES — The new owner of Washington state’s two Talgo Series VI trainsets says the equipment is available — but not for long. “It’s a sensitive matter for everyone involved, and it wasn’t supposed to turn into a spectacle,” Noah McCann of NSM Transportation Co. tells Trains News Wire. He adds, “If anyone is interested, they […]
Additional Monday morning rail news: Metrolink receives $13.6 million for grade crossing projects Metrolink has been awarded $13.6 million in Federal Highway Administration funds for grade crossing improvements along its Antelope Valley line in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif. The commuter railroad will work with Union Pacific and the two cities to design […]
More Monday morning rail news: AAR launches push for government support with white paper on environmental benefits of rail, policy goals The Association of American Railroads is promoting the rail industry as a solution to climate change in proposals contained in a white paper released today, Bloomberg reports, hoping to find support with the Biden […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Northeastern railroads’ role in transporting flour will be commemorated as part of the reimagining of a former industrial section of Buffalo. Planners anticipate that residents and visitors in the city’s “Silo City” neighborhood will be able to see a locomotive and three railcars used in the movement of flour from Buffalo’s mills. […]
Monday morning rail news: Endangered-species listings force California high speed rail to revise environmental report Listing of the Southern California and Central Coast mountain line and monarch butterfly as candidates for endangered species lists have added to the complications faced by the California High-Speed Rail Authority in planning the Bakersfield-Palmdale section of its route. The […]
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, one of the sacred places of American railway preservation, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with special operations of legendary Southern Railway steam locomotives Nos. 4501 and 630 and night photo sessions. Sol S. Tucker photographed the activities for Trains the weekend of Oct. 23 and 24, 2021. Nos. 4501 and 630 […]
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The two remaining Amtrak Cascades Talgo Series 6 trainsets owned by the Washington State Department of Transportation, sidelined since the fatal December 2017 derailment of another one of the trainsets in DuPont, Wash., left storage in Washington today, en route to a scrap dealer in Southern California. WSDOT had removed the trainsets from service after […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration has issued an emergency order requiring train crews to wear face masks, effective Monday, March 1. The order, to be published in Monday’s Federal Register, is to bring employees into compliance with an executive order requiring masks to be worn on trains and most other forms of transportation, as […]
OMAHA, Neb. — BNSF Railway’s revenue and profits fell in 2020 due to the pandemic-related declines in traffic volume, the railroad’s corporate parent, Berkshire Hathaway, reported on Saturday. Pre-tax earnings declined 6.3%, to $6.8 billion, as revenue fell 11.3%, to $20.2 billion. The railroad’s net income fell 5.8%, to $5.2 billion. BNSF’s operating ratio for […]
