Amtrak day trip to Detroit
…elevated platform is the city’s QLine streetcar, which boards passengers on an adjacent platform on Woodward Avenue. The Detroit train station is located in the city’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood, east… […]
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Analysis: Amtrak triweeklies, with smaller consists, see sellouts, high fares
…car, Sightseer Lounge, baggage coach, fully accessible coach. Dropping the train’s transition dorm and baggage car has reduced its revenue-producing ability. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — Amtrak is experiencing near-capacity or… […]
California short line Sierra Northern’s Ventura Division finds new home in Santa Paula
…Fillmore & Western, but the railroad and city were unable to agree to terms for use of city facilities. When the railroad announced its departure from Fillmore in June, Blackburn… […]
Remembering the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
…as a merger consequence D&RGW got trackage rights on MP to Kansas City, Kan. In 1984, Rio Grande, mistakenly undervalued by Wall Street as was the entire railroad industry, was… […]
Rochelle, Ill.
…and the heavy rail traffic they bring, the city of Rochelle started the Rochelle Railroad Park in 1998. As many as 120 trains a day pass through the city of… […]
Pikes Peak cog’s owner asks for tax breaks for rebuild NEWSWIRE
…for the railroad’s reconstruction. The tax incentive agreement will be discussed Tuesday night at a city council meeting in Manitou Springs. City officials have worried about how a permanent shutdown… […]
Facebook could help revive former San Francisco Bay rail bridge NEWSWIRE
…the 1990s, have considered shuttle service between Union City or Fremont and Redwood City, as well as “extended” service that included Union City-San Francisco and Union City-San Jose trains. The… […]
Seattle politicians seek to build over-budget streetcar; funding expected NEWSWIRE
…could get even worse. The city is counting on $75 million from the Federal Transit Administration. If the city doesn’t get that money, or has to prove it is good… […]
C&O depot in Kentucky for sale NEWSWIRE
…to the office of Mt. Sterling Mayor Al Botts for comment. Botts said the city has “no comment” on the sale, referring questions to the city’s bid packet for the… […]
BNSF bridge on South Dakota-Iowa state line collapses
…Screen shot from KTIV video NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. — A portion of a BNSF Railway bridge connecting North Sioux City, S.D., and Sioux City, Iowa, collapsed Sunday night, as… […]
Washington city wants Point Defiance Bypass to stay closed until all recommended safety installations are complete NEWSWIRE
…does convey continued unhappiness on the part of the city with the plans to run trains at high speed through Lakewood. The News Tribune (Tacoma) noted that the city sued… […]
Railroad electrification proposals
…City and Pocatello, Idaho. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Electrify entire Chicago to Los Angeles main line. Southern Pacific Electrify the Sunset Route between El Paso, Texas and Colton,… […]
