Canadian Pacific was the only Class I railroad to show volume growth in 2019. CP eked out 0.9% growth in total traffic, well above the industry average of a 3% decline in total volume measured by carloads and intermodal units, according to a Trains News Wire review of the railroads’ weekly carload reports. CP also […]
VIA Rail Canada’s train from Churchill, Manitoba, to Winnipeg derailed on Tuesday, injuring five people on board. Manitoba RCMP, via Twitter KATRIME, Manitoba — VIA Rail Canada’s remote-service train from Churchill, Man., derailed Tuesday morning near Winnipeg, sending two passengers and three crew members to the hospital. Train No. 692 derailed at 6:44 a.m. at […]
Florida East Coast’s single-track right-of-way through downtown Melbourne, Fla., shown in 2014, is being converted to two tracks to support Virgin Trains USA passenger service. An appeals court decision has upheld Virgin Trains’ right to use private activity bonds as part of the funding package for that project. Bob Johnston WASHINGTON — The U.S. Court […]
Canadian Pacific has completed its acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec as of Dec. 30. Scott A. Hartley BANGOR, Maine — Canadian Pacific Railway has announced it completed acquisition of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway on Dec. 30. While the regional railroad is now owned by the CP, the deal still needs to be […]
MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile City Council, which had been expected to vote today on funding to support the return of Amtrak service to the city, is now likely to delay that decision. AL.com reports that the vote is likely to be delayed because council members learned a deadline to submit matching funds for a […]
PIKO America P-51 hopper PIKO America P-38 hopper car 2020 National convention car Accucraft C-18 Engines & rolling stock PIKO America, 4610 Alvarado Canyon Rd., Ste. 5, San Diego CA 92120 released two hopper cars as part of a new Vintage Warbird series. The P-51 Hopper (38902) features P-51 Mustang graphics, and the P-38 Hopper […]
Soo Line trains at Fond du Lac, Wis., on Oct. 4, 1969. Wallace W. Abbey, Center for Railroad Photography & Art collection MADISON, Wis. – The Center for Railroad Photography & Art is accepting submissions for its 2020 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Awards Program. The theme is “connections.” The subject theme is open to […]
LOMBARD, Ill. – The winter meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers, which will be held Jan. 14-16, 2020 in Lombard, will focus on “Rail’s 2020 Crossroads: Market Share vs. Operating Ratio.” Trains News Wire will have complete coverage for the duration of the event. Declining freight rail traffic and market share will be […]
DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming’s sale to Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC has been completed, the shortline holding company announced this morning. The deal takes the company private, with each share of stock receiving $112 cash. [See “Genesee & Wyoming sold in $8.4 billion deal,” Trains News Wire, July 1, 2019.] As a result, the […]
The last Mission Mountain local into downtown Kalispell, Mont., prepares to depart on Dec. 27. Justin Franz KALISPELL, Mont. — The last train into Kalispell rolled out of town on Dec. 27, just four days shy of the 128th anniversary of the Great Northern Railway’s arrival in the community. But despite the finality of the […]
SEATTLE — Sound Transit’s Link light rail service will see service reductions for a 10-week period beginning Jan. 4, including three weekends when bus service will substitute for part of the route. The reductions will allow construction connecting existing tracks to the new 19-station East Link line to Redmond, Wash. Trains will run on 12-minute […]
These are two of the three assembly lines of Wabtec’s Grove City (Pa.) engine manufacturing plant. To the left is the line for Evolution Series engines; to the right is the line for FDL units. Dan Zukowski GROVE CITY, Pa. — It may not be as well-known as final-production facilities in Erie, Pa., and Fort […]
