This NTSB diagram shows the site of the June 2017 accident that killed two CSX Transportation workers. National Transportation Safety Board WASHINGTON — The two CSX employees killed in a 2017 accident near Washington Union Station died as a result of their decision to walk on an active Amtrak track, the National Transportation Safety Board […]
Delaware-Lackawanna, seen here switching in Scranton, Pa., in July 2013, was recognized for increasing carloads over its lifetime. Trains: Jim Wrinn ORLANDO, Fla. – More than 1,700 members of the short line industry attended the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s 2019 Connections Convention in Orlando, Fla. Thirty-six education sessions were offered in ten […]
Union Pacific Railroad as of 2019 The original Transcontinental Railroad route was the combined efforts of two railroads: the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific. By 2019, 150 years after joining their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah, only the Union Pacific remains. Union Pacific operates along much of the original Transcontinental Railroad route between Sacramento, […]
A purchase agreement for a mile of right of way is a major step forward for a mixed-use facility and rail attraction for downtown Fort Wayne. Headwaters Junction FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Headwaters Junction, Inc., the non-profit group working to create a railroad-themed park that will eventually become the home for Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 […]
Hunter Harrison speaks before the Surface Transportation Board in 2017. R.G. Edmonson Some of E. Hunter Harrison’s former colleagues are expressing surprise that a railroad financier credits former Illinois Central CEO Ed Moyers with developing the concepts behind Precision Scheduled Railroading. Last week Gil Lamphere, a former board member at IC, Canadian National, and CSX […]
BALTIMORE — There’s a lot riding on the successful implementation of Precision Scheduled Railroading at Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Kansas City Southern. That’s the conclusion of railroaders, industry analysts, and shippers who spoke at the North East Association of Rail Shippers conference last week. The rocky implementation of PSR at CSX Transportation under E. […]
Peter Gilbertson, recipient of the Schlosser Distinguished Service Award. ASLRRA ORLANDO, Fla. – The American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association has selected Peter A. Gilbertson, President and CEO of Anacostia Rail Holdings Co., as the recipient of the 2019 Thomas L. Schlosser Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his significant service to the short […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tuscaloosa has abandoned efforts to place a new Amtrak station in the city’s Alberta area, citing a breakdown in negotiations with Norfolk Southern over the railroad’s safety concerns. “In the final analysis, Norfolk Southern had concerns regarding sight distance at that site,” Mayor Walt Maddox told the Tuscaloosa News. “This made the […]
Cleo Johnson, Jr., Maintenance-of-Way Foreman, Mississippi Export Railroad, was honored as Safety Person of the Year. ASLRRA The short line association’s Safety Professional of the Year was awarded to David Nagy, Executive Director of Safety, Springfield Terminal, part of Pan Am Railways. ASLRRA ORLANDO, Fla. – The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association has […]
CHICAGO — Amtrak has announced it will no longer sell tickets for the Hoosier State after June 30 as the train nears cancellation as a result of loss of funding from the state of Indiana. The state currently provides $3 million in funding for the four-day-a-week train, while five local governments provide another $500,000. But […]
SEATTLE — The Alaska Railroad carried a third less freight by weight in 2018 compared with 2017 totals, but a change in the mix of freight coupled with gains on the passenger side helped dampen the drop in revenue and net income. The Anchorage, Alaska-based state-owned railroad reported operating revenue of $163.4 million in 2018, […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The president of one of the largest railroad labor organizations in the country has condemned Class I railroads’ move to Precision Scheduled Railroading, writing that it is putting safety at risk and comparing it to the disastrous Penn Central merger a half-century ago. Dennis R. Pierce, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive […]
