WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a total of $25 billion in Federal funding allocations to help the Nation’s public transportation systems respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Funding is provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by President Donald J. Trump […]
NEW DEHLI — Indian Railways is working to convert at least 5,000 passenger cars into temporary hospital space, Bloomberg news reports. The conversion process includes installing mosquito nets, charging stations for mobile devices and computers, and working space for paramedics. With its 125 hospitals, the railroad is making room for about 6,500 beds to handle […]
More Thursday rail news: — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has begun taking temperatures of its employees in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. WCVB-TV reports that MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak told employees in an email that the procedure was to begin Wednesday with those involved in bus operations and will […]
Thursday morning rail news: — The San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority has released the draft Environmental Impact Report for a project to extend Amtrak San Joaquin service and Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail service to Sacramento, beginning a 45-day period of public comment on the plan. The project involves improvements to Union Pacific’s Sacramento Subdivision […]
An image of a Bombardier-built Regio 2N train. Bombardier via Globe News Wire BERLIN — Bombardier Transport, a world leader in the rail technology sector, has received a firm order for 19 Regio 2N, double deck vehicles (114 cars) from the French National Railway Company (SNCF) on behalf of the Region Auvergne-Rhône Alpes. This additional […]
LOS ANGELES — In a bizarre incident at the Port of Los Angeles, the engineer of a Pacific Harbor Line locomotive has been arrested on suspicion of train wrecking after he reportedly derailed the locomotive intentionally on Tuesday in an effort to strike the hospital ship USNS Mercy. The South Bay Daily Breeze reports that […]
CHICAGO – Metra has released Boise-built MP36PH-3S locomotive No. 402 in a special paint scheme honoring the state of Illinois and the six counties that the agency provides commuter rail service in. Our video shows the locomotive on a shake-down run on train MX03 from Chicago to Joliet following its release from overhaul. The train […]
The Wabash Valley Railroad Museum successfully moved a 1922 New York Central boxcar from Greencastle, Ind., to the museum on Tuesday. Wabash Valley Railroad Museum More Wednesday rail news: — The Wabash Valley Railroad Museum successfully completed the move of a 1922 New York Central boxcar from Greencastle, Ind., to the museum in Terre Haute […]
Rail Ready Sites map for the Winchester & Western Railroad OmniTRAX DENVER — OmniTRAX, one of the fastest growing railroads in North America and an affiliate of The Broe Group, announces the launch of its new Rail-Ready Sites program. This program, designed to bring together rail-served sites and customers in need of development properties, kicks […]
REMSA news release DALLAS — Through our joint effort — aimed at bringing benefit to those within the rail industry — The Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association and Stahl Recruiting are partnering on a 2020 Webinar Series. As REMSA members account for several of Stahl Recruiting business partners, it made sense to collaborate. Join us on […]
The Metra station in Mount Prospect, Ill., is one of 11 closed by Union Pacific over coronavirus concerns. TRAINS: David Lassen Wednesday morning rail news: — An increasing number of workers either with confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus or self-quarantining because of possible exposure have left New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority struggling to maintain […]
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 28, 2020, as well as volumes for March 2020. U.S. railroads originated 899,673 carloads in March 2020, down 6%, or 57,148 carloads, from March 2019. U.S. railroads also originated 935,380 containers and trailers in […]
