News Photo: A quiet finale for Pan Am Southern
Pan Am Southern train EDBF departs East Deerfield, Mass., for Bellows Falls, Vt., on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023 — the final day of Pan Am Southern operations. Scott A. Hartley… […]
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Kato USA N scale Amtrak intercity set
Kato USA N scale Amtrak intercity set Just in time for the 40th anniversary of America’s national passenger rail service, Kato USA is offering a sharp-looking, smooth-running Amtrak intercity express… […]
A Tour Conductor’s trains
…53, City of Miami — Chicago-Miami — Roomette, deadhead 52, City of Miami — Jacksonville-Chicago — Roomette 1, 2, City of New Orleans — Chicago-New Orleans* — Coach 6, Panama… […]
Traveling with the team
…trip from Iowa City to Columbus, Ohio, to play Ohio State usually started in Iowa City with the 9:15 a.m. departure of Rock Island’s Rocket to Chicago. The normal operation,… […]
Getting the shot: Ian Hapsias
…way from Pittsburgh to San Diego, only to be followed up by nearly an hour and forty-minute drive to reach Plaster City off Interstate 8,” he says. Plaster City is… […]
Amtrak Keystone Service day trip to Harrisburg, Pa.
…provides daily rail service from New York City to Pennsylvania’s capital city of Harrisburg. The short three-and-half-hour trip begins at New York’s iconic Penn Station in the midtown-Manhattan beneath Madison… […]
Amtrak on-time performance woes mirror host railroad freight service, shippers say
…that Amtrak is not required to support capacity improvements. When Amtrak was granted the right of preference in 1973, freight railroads had excess capacity. But the Staggers Act of 1980,… […]
Fostoria, Ohio
…The Fostoria Glass Co., founded in the city in 1887, even supplied glassware to railroads for their dining cars! The city is also known for the first installation of CTC… […]
Railfan Road: Railfanning the upper Mississippi
…providing the direct route from Canada to Kansas City and onward toward Texas and Mexico. La Crescent is across the river from La Crosse, and trackage through the town is… […]
Europe looks to rail to move parcels and small-volume freight
…of service in the late 20th century. Streetcars carrying freight In the southern German city of Karlsruhe, the “tram-train” streetcar system is looking to expand into freight services. This operation… […]
Penn State professor questions long term effectiveness of Precision Scheduled Railroading NEWSWIRE
…shippers and railroaders with several questions. Among them: How can railroads grow or even maintain existing traffic with less capacity? What about surge capacity? How can railroads dodge their common-carrier… […]
G&W’s Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern celebrates its 10th anniversary
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern SD40-2 No. 3445 carries a 10th anniversary logo on its long hood. G&W RAPID CITY, S.D. — Genesee & Wyoming regional Rapid City, Pierre &… […]
