It might be a warm summer morning in the early 1950s on the Illinois Central near Clinton, Ill.; or maybe a cold January day along the Pere Marquette outside of Grand Rapids, Mich. There’s the sound of a fast-running steam locomotive in the distance … the railroad’s in a hurry with something today. Shortly an […]
WASHINGTON — Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s local service in former Kansas City Southern territory continues to improve after a troublesome May 3 computer system cutover, but merchandise train on-time performance declined last week and dwell remains stubbornly high at yards in Louisiana and Iowa. CPKC told federal regulators this week that it still expects service […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has ordered BNSF Railway and Union Pacific to participate in a technical conference next week regarding their dispute over new BNSF international intermodal trains that would serve Salt Lake City via UP trackage rights. The virtual meeting, which will be held on July 15, will not be open to […]
GUNTER, Texas — BNSF Railway and the city of Gunter, Texas, have reached agreement on a plan to allow the railroad to develop a 900-acre business park north of the small town north of Dallas. KTEN-TV reports the agreement requires a buffer zone of 500 to 800 feet from existing residences, and limits on the […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX eliminated 125 management positions on Thursday (July 10) in a cost-cutting move that comes less than two weeks before the railroad is scheduled to release its second quarter financial results. The layoffs thinned management ranks by nearly 5%, based on monthly employment data the railroad reports to the Surface Transportation Board. […]
Classic Trains Film Archive | Riding on the Norfolk & Western and Grand Trunk Western, J. David Ingles Reel 0051 – Ride trains on the Norfolk & Western, see colorful operations around Kansas City, and explore little-known lines in western Illinois with J. David Ingles. Plus, experience a Michigan snowstorm from the train and ride […]
GLENDORA, Miss. — Residents of the small town that was evacuated following a derailment and hazardous-materials fire last week are now expressing concern over health risks resulting from the incident. The non-profit news site Mississippi Today reports the derailment damaged the town’s water main, leading to a boil-water notice that has since been lifted, and […]
NEW YORK — A majority of railroad shippers would support a transcontinental merger so long as it included concessions such as full reciprocal switching, according to the latest TD Cowen shipper survey. “For the first time, we asked rail shippers if they would support a transcontinental merger; 47% answered that they would support it, a […]
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — If Class I railroads truly want to grow carload traffic — well, they have a lot of work to do to improve their service. That was the loud-and-clear message from two presentations Wednesday (July 9) at the summer meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers, where Aaron Girard of Seneca Foods […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board is seeking candidates to fill vacancies on two of its advisory groups, the Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee and the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council. There are nine vacancies on the energy committee, the board said: one each for a representative from CPKC, CSX, and a Class II or Class III […]
GREENCASTLE, Ind. — Cleanup continues more than 20 cars of a CSX train derailed Tuesday night (July 8, 2025) in Greencastle, Ind. The derailment was reported to first responders about 8 p.m. Putnam County Emergency Management Director Sarah Owen told the Putnam County Post that there were no injuries, no hazardous materials involved, and the […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. rail traffic was up 5% for the week ending July 5 compared to the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported on Wednesday. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 443,049 carloads and intermodal units, up 5% compared with the same week last year. Total carloads were […]
