Lionel City of Miami train set
An undated Illinois Central advertisement for the City of Miami passenger train. Classic Trains collection The City of Miami was a vibrant orange and palm green streamliner of the Illinois… […]
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South Shore rail service to Michigan City should resume in early 2024
New platforms for the South Shore Line’s 11th Street station in Michigan City, Ind., take shape in March 2023. Construction on the double-track project between Michigan City and Gary is… […]
BNSF, J.B. Hunt to expand intermodal capacity
…increased demand and tight capacity, resulting in poor container velocity and long dwell times,” J.B. Hunt CEO John Roberts said in a statement. “Together, J.B. Hunt and BNSF will enhance… […]
Report from Ottawa light rail inquiry blasts city officials, transit consortium
…— and former mayor Jim Watson played a major role in the problems. Kanellakos, who had been city manager since 2016, made a “deliberate effort” to mislead the city council… […]
Capacity’s impact shows in Amtrak’s fiscal 2022 revenue and ridership: analysis
…gas and rental-car prices most of the year. The train had enough coach and sleeping-car capacity to address pent-up travel demand at different price points, but eventually many departures sold… […]
BNSF opens bypass around Minnesota city
BNSF trains on the Marshall (Minn.) Subdivision have a new wye track to follow around Willmar, Minn. The project, which relieves congestion in the city, was a collaborative effort between… […]
Digest: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority names new CEO
…Cities’ Metro Transit ends all transit capacity limits Metro Transit in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area will lift all light rail and bus capacity limits on Friday, May 28, in response… […]
Chicago intercity passenger terminals
Having six intercity passenger terminals at one time, and that doesn’t include the electric interurbans, is a muscle flex to Chicago’s claim as the nation’s railroad capital. That is also… […]
Suit says city’s ‘quiet zone’ created unsafe situation
BEVERLY, Mass. — The City of Beverly created an unsafe situation by instituting a no-train-horn “quiet zone” within city limits, according to a lawsuit filed by the family a man… […]
Mexico rail group “surprised” at capacity concerns raised by U.S. grain shippers
Carrying J.B. Hunt containers, BNSF Railway’s first northbound intermodal train to use the Eagle Pass, Texas, gateway crosses the Rio Grande in December 2023. BNSF MEXICO CITY — Pushing back… […]
Atlantic & Southern trackside photo gallery
…locomotives wears the Atlantic & Southern‘s original diesel paint scheme. The black and green “as-delivered” scheme is a modified version of a Southern Railway design. A Pittsburgh & Lake Erie… […]
New model trains for the week of February 11, 2016
…www.athearn.com FMC 5,347-cubic-foot-capacity boxcar. Apalachicola Northern, Delta Valley & Southern, Mississippi Export, New Orleans Public Belt, Providence & Worcester, Savannah State Docks RR, and Union Pacific (Chicago & North Western… […]
