WASHINGTON — The Federal government has a new top safety executive. Karl Alexy is now serving as the Federal Railroad Administration’s Associate Administrator for Safety and is the agency’s chief safety officer. Alexy assumes the post from Robert C. Lauby, who retired from the agency earlier this year. According to the FRA’s website Alexy joined […]
LOS ANGELES — The LA Metro board has approved plans to upgrade service on Metrolink’s Antelope Valley Line, which carries about 7,000 passengers daily. The Santa Clarita Signal reports that the board approved a study which recoomended three changes to the 76.6-mile line, which currently offers 15 round trips on weekdays. Recommendations included adding one […]
MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MBTA MPI HSP-46 No. 2028 pushes Worcester, Mass.-Boston South Station train No. 520, as it departs Yawkey station in the Kenmore Square section of Boston. Scott A. Hartley Steve Poftak, a Boston native, became general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Jan. 1, 2019, […]
CHICAGO — Metra plans to renovate its Electric District station at 95th Street, serving Chicago State University, with the goal of boosting ridership and creating a transit hub. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the commuter railroad has agreed to a “memorandum of understanding” with the university to build a new platform, stair enclosure, elevator, and […]
Coal miners form a human blockade to keep a loaded CSX train from leaving the bankrupt coal mine which still owes the miners thousands of dollars in unpaid wages. Photo courtesy WYMT-TV CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Out-of-work and unpaid Eastern Kentucky coal miners, reeling from the bankruptcy of their employer and the closure of their mine, […]
BAGHDAD — Iraq seeks to rebuild its railroads. In a recent media report, Iraqi government officials say they want to build a new rail connection to neighboring Turkey. That effort appears to coincide with Iraq’s rebuilding effort in the wake of ISIS destruction in recent years. The Daily Sabah reports that the Iraq’s transport minister […]
Adirondack Scenic Railroad maintenance crews will not have to rely on a nearby bridge for protection from weather once their new facility is completed as they are in this undated photo. Dan Kittay UTICA, N.Y. — Adirondack Scenic Railroad say they hope to move into a new maintenance facility as soon as this winter, thanks […]
At long last, 2716 arrives in Ravenna, Ky. following a three-day trip from the Kentucky Railway Museum. Chris Anderson RAVENNA, Ky. — Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 has arrived in Ravenna, Ky. The three-day move of the 2-8-4 “Kanawha” from Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Ky. to Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp.’s headquarters in Ravenna was […]
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s plans for increasing Chicago-Milwaukee Amtrak Hiawatha service may not be as close to fruition as state officials have believed. Canadian Pacific Railway, the host railroad for much of the Hiawatha route, has released a letter to the state’s rail program manager saying it will not support additional service without additional improvements […]
Arriving and departing Deutsche Bahn trains navigate the tracks at Frankfurt Central Station in 2016. The German government and Deutsche Bahn are committing to a major program to upgrade the Deutsche Bahn system. TRAINS: David Lassen BERLIN — The German government and the country’s national railway company, Deutsche Bahn, have agreed on a plan to […]
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore — The Greenbrier Cos. today announced it completed its acquisition of the manufacturing business of American Railcar Industries from ITE Management LP on July 26, substantially consistent with the terms of the parties’ agreement reached in April. These operations will be fully incorporated into Greenbrier’s North American business model both from a […]
From left, former LMOA President Dwight Beebe, LMOA Secretary Treasurer Ron Pondel, and current LMOA President Ian Bradbury. Kaedi Maney Past LMOA President Bob Runyon was given the Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award at Railway Interchange 2018. Kaedi Maney MINNEAPOLIS — Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association members will be presenting papers at special training sessions Sept. 23 […]
