Officials in Yorkville will discuss the four possible sites for a Metra station at a Tuesday meeting. Kendall Extension Study OSWEGO, Ill. — Two communities hoping to bring Metra service to Kendall County, Ill., will retain the service of a Chicago lobbying firm to continue the effort to extend the BNSF Line service, as well […]
An Expo Line SkyTrain stops at the Main Street/Science World station in April 2018. The Expo Line is one of two SkyTrain routes that will be shut down by a strike beginning Tuesday. Scott A. Hartley VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Workers on Vancouver’s SkyTrain rail system are scheduled to go on strike Tuesday morning, setting […]
Long-stored Talgo trainsets pass through Dyer, Ind., during Friday’s move from Amtrak’s Beech Grove, Ind., shops to Talgo’s factory in Milwaukee. Amtrak says the equipment may see “interim” use in the Pacific Northwest. James L. Burd MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Talgo Series 8 trainsets built for but never used by the state of Wisconsin have returned […]
NEW YORK — One Amtrak worker was killed and two others were injured in an accident at a power substation in the Bronx on Thursday, the New York Daily News reports. The newspaper reports the worker was electrocuted in an electrical explosion about 11:30 a.m. at Van Nest Yard, an electrical facility shared by Amtrak […]
CHICAGO — The company overseeing the embattled Iowa Pacific railroads has requested that the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad be placed into receivership. The Massachusetts Coastal, also known as the Mass Coastal, operates freight and passenger service on Cape Cod and nearby portions of southeastern Massachusetts. It was the only Iowa Pacific railroad not to be placed […]
BALTIMORE — The state of Maryland and CSX Transportation have found the funding necessary to proceed with rebuilding of the Howard Street Tunnel, a project which will allow double-stack container trains to reach the Port of Baltimore. In July, the project received a $125 million federal grant for the project [see “Federal funding will allow […]
The restored Pontiac hi-rail truck. Nevada Northern EAST ELY, Nev. – The Nevada Northern Railway Museum has recreated a unique piece of its history: a 1956 Pontiac station wagon hi-rail. The recently restored Pontiac is nearly identical to one the railroad purchased from Fairmont Railway Motors, a Minnesota company that specialized in building maintenance-of-way speeders […]
PETALUMA, Calif. — Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit will launch service to its Larkspur station and begin stops at a new Novato station on Dec. 14, the day after holding ceremonies to open the Larkspur facility. SMART had previously announced service to Larkspur, where the train will connect with ferry service to San Francisco, would begin this […]
One of 10 locomotives produced by Wabtec for Egyptian National Railways is unloaded in Alexandria, Egypt. Wabtec ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT — Wabtec Corp., a leading rail equipment supplier following its recent merger with GE Transportation, celebrated today the delivery of 10 ES30ACi Light Evolution Series locomotives to Egyptian National Railways and the Ministry of Transportation. The […]
Trains editors present the week in railroad news for the week of Dec. 6, 2019. In this round-up, Jim and Steve talk about Union Pacific’s lawsuit over an 1800s contract, freight traffic trends, and Amtrak’s surprise box. Only from Trains! […]
A welder at the LB Steel factory in Harvey, Ill., works on a tilting transom for a new Acela trainset. Bob Johnston LB Steel Vice President David Abshire shows how the tilting transom sits on top of a trailer wheelset and connects it to the frame. Bob Johnston HARVEY, Ill. — How does a 35-year-old […]
Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will haul unit trains of heavy crude oil bitumen from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast for the next decade under a deal with a trio of energy companies. The move, the first of its kind, is significant because it should allow railroads to participate in Canadian oil on […]
