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CP Holiday Train raises almost $1.5 million, more than 230,000 pounds of food NEWSWIRE
Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train raised more than $1.49 million (Canadian) and collected more than 238,000 pounds of food during its 2019 tour, the railroad says. Dan Kittay CALGARY — Canadian Pacific’s Holiday train raised more than C$1.49 million and collected 238,393 pounds of food during its 21st annual tour, the railroad announced. The figures are […]
Illinois museum acquires private car ‘Pawnee’ NEWSWIRE
Private car ‘Pawnee’ Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum has acquired the historic Pullman private car Pawnee. The car was built in 1930 and is the second-to-last traditional heavyweight private car built by the Pullman Co. of Chicago. The museum is raising funds to cover the acquisition and transportation of this […]
North Carolina also to benefit from Virginia-CSX deal NEWSWIRE
RALEIGH, N.C. — The recent deal between Virginia and CSX that will allow expanded passenger and commuter rail service south of Washington D.C. also reaches into North Carolina. The Raleigh News and Observer reports that the North Carolina Department of Transportation will eventually acquire about 10 miles of CSX right-of-way from the Virginia state line […]
R&LHS announces winners of 2019 research fellowship grants NEWSWIRE
The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society has announced the winners of its 2019 research fellowship grant awards: the Center for Railroad Photography & Art of Madison, Wis., and author Tony Reevy of Durham, N.C. The awards panel chose CRP&A’s application to bring a broader audience to the research from its “After Promontory: 150 Years of […]
Short line group praises extension of tax credit NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — Short line and regional railroads received an early Christmas gift with the passage of a government spending bill last week that included a five-year extension of a popular tax credit. Last week, Congress passed a $1.4 trillion budget that included an extension of the Short Line Railroad 45G Tax Credit, first enacted in […]
Trains Top 10 stories for 2019, No. 10: The Transcontinental Railroad Anniversary NEWSWIRE
Cast members from the musical “As One” gather for a group photo on a stage at the Golden Spike National Historic Park on May 10, 2019. The musical was the main educational and entertainment event during ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Trains Staff Other anniversaries will come and […]
Trains Top 10 stories for 2019, No. 6: Precision Scheduled Railroading takes over NEWSWIRE
E. Hunter Harrison Courtesy, Canadian Pacific Wildfire — in the form of Precision Scheduled Railroading — has enflamed corporate railroad headquarters from Mexico to Canada and throughout the United States. It’s hard to imagine any theory of operations and management, so long opposed by the notoriously status-quo cultures of U.S. railroads, could take root so […]
Trains Top 10 stories for 2019, No. 7: Joe Boardman dies NEWSWIRE
Joe Boardman, Amtrak’s second-longest-serving CEO, on a Southwest Chief inspection trip in 2016. Bob Johnston Few people have suffered the sustained, stinging criticism of opinion writers and readers in Trains Magazine as long as Joe Boardman did while he was Amtrak president and CEO — only to revive his popular reputation with interviews in retirement. […]
Trains Top 10 stories for 2019, No. 8: Amtrak cuts, tinkers with service and routes NEWSWIRE
Shelbi Hoover, Paul Utterback, and Dr. Helen Hudson help prepare the Crawfordsville, Ind., station on Saturday, June 29, the day before the final run of the Hoosier State. Bob Johnston If you’re a fan of Amtrak, 2019 might be called a “building year,” similar to a major league team recouping from years of losses and […]
Trains Top 10 stories of 2019, No. 9: Genesee & Wyoming goes private NEWSWIRE
Genesee & Wyoming’s more than 100 owned or leased short line railroads make it one of the largest players in North American railroading that is not a Class I railroad. It remains the largest short line holding company on the continent, if not the world. And this year it went private. Brookfield Asset Management […]
Washington state group seeks funds for tank locomotive restoration NEWSWIRE
Chelatchie Prairie Railroad’s Crossett Western No. 10, an Alco 2-8-2T steam locomotive. Doug Auburg SEATTLE — The Chelatchie Prairie Railroad, a volunteer-run tourist rail operation near Vancouver, Wash., has begun a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to restore its steam locomotive to operating condition. The Crossett Western No. 10, an Alco 2-8-2T built in 1929, […]
