No. 19 on a Sept. 8 test run. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency SAN FRANCISCO – The world’s oldest and largest operating cable car entered revenue service for the first time in 77 years this past weekend in San Francisco. Sacramento-Clay Line cable car No. 19 – also known as “Big 19” – ran on […]
An LA Metro train to Union Station stops at Azusa, a 50-minute ride away on the Foothill Gold Line. Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority An artist’s rendering of the future San Dimas station on the new Foothill Gold Line extension to Pomona, due to open in 2025. Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority Part of an […]
The gearboxes inside the Hyde Street powerhouse that propel San Francisco’s iconic cable cars will be rebuilt starting Sept. 13. Justin Franz SAN FRANCISCO – If you are planning a trip to the City by the Bay to ride its iconic cable cars, you’ll be out of luck for 10 days starting Sept. 13. San […]
The Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail system is expanding to provide Saturday service beginning Sept. 7, 2019. There will be two round trips between Stockton and San Jose each Saturday, with departures from Stockton at 7:25 a.m. and 8:40 a.m. and trains leaving San Jose at 3:50 p.m. and 5 p.m. Full schedules are available […]
After traveling the Alameda Corridor, a BNSF Railway intermodal train approaches the Port of Los Angeles. RailWorks has been awarded a five-year contract to maintain the 65 miles of track in the corridor, as well as related infrastructure. TRAINS: David Lassen LOS ANGELES — The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority has selected RailWorks Corp.’s Track Services […]
SACRAMENTO — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Transit Administration arrived Friday at the site of a collision of two Sacramento light rail trains that injured 27. On Thursday night, a train being tested by three maintenance workers collided with an in-service train. [See “Sacramento light-rail collision injures 27,” Trains News Wire, […]
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific to restore and maintain five-day per week service to a company that provides water-treatment chemicals to municipalities throughout Southern California. Hasa, which makes and distributes water sanitation chemicals such as sodium hypochlorite and hydrochloric acid, last week sought an emergency service order from the Surface Transportation Board […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Twenty-seven people were injured Thursday night when two Sacramento Regional Transit light-rail trains collided, the Sacramento Bee reports. Thirteen of those were transported to area hospitals. Two of the injuries were described as moderate, and none were considered life-threatening. The accident occurred in North Sacramento in an isolated area near Roseville Road, […]
Santa Fe’s eastbound Golden State pulls into Stockton, Calif., on its way to Bakersfield in the 1950s. Passengers are lined up to board while a flagger holds vehicle traffic back from the grade crossing. Stan Kistler photo […]
Southern Pacific Extra 6311 East climbs fog-shrouded Donner Pass in October 1957. This view from the caboose shows a four-unit F7 helper set 18 cars ahead. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
The #Disneyland Railroad Ward Kimball train engine is still stuck on the trestle by Big Thunder Trail. @DisneylandToday pic.twitter.com/OBdLBA45Lh — LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) August 12, 2019 ANAHEIM, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a Disneyland Railroad train broke down on a trestle at Galaxy’s Edge Sunday afternoon, the Orange County Register reported. A Disney-focused blog […]
Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 for Big Boy 4014’s Southern California excursion. Trains: Jim Wrinn WEST COLTON, Calif. — Tickets go on sale Aug. 24 for two one-way excursions across famed Cajon Pass Oct. 12 and 13 with Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014. The Rail Giants Museum said Friday in a posting on […]
