WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Surface Transportation Board is moving forward with the creation of an environmental impact study for a proposed railroad in Utah’s Uinta Basin. On Dec. 13, the STB’s Office of Environmental Analysis published the Final Scope of Study for the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Uinta Basin Railway. A cooperative regional […]
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Virginia, CSX announce major rail infrastructure plan
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Commonwealth of Virginia and CSX Transportation have reached a deal on a $3.7-billion plan that will address rail congestion south of Washington D.C. by separating passenger and freight operations, allowing for a significant expansion of passenger and commuter rail services. The agreement announced Thursday will create a new, state-owned Long Bridge […]
West Virginia governor provides final piece of funding to maintain MARC service
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — MARC commuter trains will continue to serve West Virginia, after Gov. Jim Justice dipped into his office’s civil contingency fund to provide the final $1.1 million to keep trains running. Justice’s chief of staff, Mike Hall — filling in for the ailing governor — announced the funding Thursday in Martinsburg, the Charleston […]
Trains News Wire Round-up for the week of Dec. 20, 2019 NEWSWIRE
Trains editors talk about the news that’s fit to talk about for the week of Dec. 20, 2019. This week, Jim and Steve talk about how Union Pacific’s Big Boy drew more than a million visitors in 2019, the last D&H dispatcher retires from Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern F units have tied down in a […]
Bill would require NJ Transit to study restoration of direct Raritan Valley Line service to Manhattan NEWSWIRE
TRENTON — A bill requiring NJ Transit to address restoration of one-seat-ride service to Manhattan from its Raritan Valley Line has passed both houses of the state legislature and now goes to Gov. Phil Murphy for his signature. The Bridgewater Courier News reports the bill, which passed the state assembly 76-0 on Monday after being […]
CP filing details plans for Central Maine & Quebec NEWSWIRE
Two of Central Maine & Quebec’s repainted GP38-2s lead the local freight eastbound at Sherbrooke, Quebec, on Sept. 24, 2018. A Canadian Pacific filing with the Surface Transportation Board has outlined the railroad’s plan for the short line once its purchase of the CM&Q is approved. Scott A. Hartley BANGOR, Maine — The Canadian Pacific […]
Family of police officer killed by train files lawsuit NEWSWIRE
CHICAGO — The family of a Chicago police officer killed when struck by a train while pursuing a suspect last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against parties including Metra and the South Shore Line. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the family of officer Eduardo Marmolejo filed the suit over the Dec. 17, 2018, […]
Farewell tour begins for British HST passenger equipment NEWSWIRE
Displaying its original British Rail paint scheme is this HST, at Peterborough on the East Coast route in August 1984. Keith Fender In its final livery – for the new London North Eastern Railway franchise — a London Kings Cross-to-Aberdeen HST heads north near Stonehaven, Scotland, on Aug. 17, 2019. The trains are about to […]
MTA passes 2020 budget, but not without controversy NEWSWIRE
New York F Train riders await an approaching Queens-bound train at 23rd Street. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has passed its 2020 budget, including a provision to hire 500 new police officers. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — While a provision for the hiring of police officers led to a split vote, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board […]
AAR: Rail traffic mostly down, again NEWSWIRE
Association of American Railroads WASHINGTON — The Association of American Railroads today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 14, 2019. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 520,589 carloads and intermodal units, down 8.5% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending Dec. 14 were […]
Crowd estimates for Big Boy 4014: 1.1 million plus NEWSWIRE
UP 4014 on display in West Chicago in July. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. — How many people saw Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 run in 2019? That is a question whose answer we’ll never know with full certainty, but estimates are coming in. UP says it counted 115,000 visitors who went through its […]
Highway tolls could help fund VRE, DC Metro projects NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Dedicated money from highway tolls could help fund improvements to the DC Metro rail system and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail line, WTOP radio reports. The station reports that funds from Interstate 66 tolls inside the Capital Beltway could allow the state of Virginia to sell bonds to finance construction of a new […]
