Saturday morning rail news: South Shore to replace trains with buses on part of route through at least Monday The South Shore Line will substitute bus service for trains between South Bend, Ind., and the Michigan City Carroll Avenue station beginning this evening, and continuing through at least Sunday and Monday because of forecasts of […]
Still more Friday morning rail news: Federal judge voids UP employment agreement in Palestine, Texas A federal court has ruled in favor of Union Pacific in its lawsuit against the city of Palestine, Texas, voiding the agreement which required the railroad to employ a certain percentage of its workers in the city. Judge Jeremy D. […]
More Friday morning rail news: Fort Wayne, Ind., group completes rebuild of wooden Wabash caboose The Fort Wayne (Ind.) Railroad Historical Society has completed an extensive rebuild of its century-old Wabash Railroad caboose, one of just two wooden Wabash cabooses in existence. Work on caboose No. 2534 began in 2018 under the direction of project […]
Friday morning rail news: Lease agreement means UP 4141 will arrive at Bush museum in spring Union Pacific’s presidential commemorative locomotive, SD70ACe No. 4141, will arrive at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas, this spring following approval of a lease that will allow the museum to expand. KXXV-TV reports the Texas […]
GODERICH, Ontario — Cleanup continues after the Feb. 1 incident in which a Goderich-Exeter Railway train ran away on a 3% grade on a line leading to Goderich Harbour, derailing, hitting two vehicles, and demolishing a shed before coming to a halt [see “Digest: Canadian short line train derails …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 2, 2021] Remarkably, […]
Friday afternoon rail news: Work at East Broad Top uncovers, removes decayed dynamite Stabilization work on a building at the East Broad Top Railroad took an unexpected turn this week with the discovery of five cases of material labeled as explosives. After work halted, analysis determined the material was probably decayed dynamite, estimated to be […]
The lone railroad traffic bright spot last year was intermodal volume, which went on a tear in the second half of 2020 due to rising e-commerce parcel shipments, a surge in imports, and retailers rushing to restock depleted inventories. But as intermodal traffic surged and remained at fall peak levels into this year, the volume […]
More Thursday morning rail news: NTSB issues preliminary report on fatal Decatur & Eastern Illinois accident The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report into the death of a Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad employee in November [see “Digest: Illinois short line conductor killed in accident,” Trains News Wire, Nov. 12, 2020], setting […]
Thursday morning rail news: CP begins extensive cleanup effort in B.C. to keep spilled grain from attracting bears Canadian Pacific has undertaken a massive cleanup effort at the site of a grain-train derailment last week near Field, B.C., an effort required to prevent the spilled cargo from attracting bears when they come out of hibernation. […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Rail Heritage Center, home of three significant steam locomotives, is seeking funding to complete restoration of the nearly century-old Brooklyn Turntable, rescued from the former Brooklyn yard in southeast Portland. The roundhouse at that yard was the home of the center’s locomotives — Southern Pacific 4-8-4 No. 4449, the former […]
While intermodal’s role in boosting North America rail volume has been in the spotlight, grain traffic has also been impressive. Canadian National and Canadian Pacific have set a series of records for Canadian grain tonnage [see “CP, CN continue string of records for grain movement,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 4, 2021], but global trade in U.S. grain, particularly […]
TENINO, Wash. — Over the last year, the residents of the small western Washington town of Tenino have become accustomed to the sounds of saws and hammers coming from 1920s-era Great Northern caboose X549. The caboose restoration is a joint venture between the town of Tenino and the Tenino Historical Depot. The caboose was purchased […]
