President Donald Trump The White House WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threat to close the border with Mexico this week would quickly have an impact on railroads and wreak economic havoc on both sides of the Rio Grande. Cross-border traffic represents about 11 percent of Union Pacific’s total volume and nearly 30 percent of volume […]
LONDON — Frequent UK rail passengers short of pocket might be relieved to know that nationwide rail company, Network Rail, has flushed charges for public toilets in stations it operates. The BBC reports that Liverpool Street and King’s Cross stations in London and Edinburgh’s Waverley Cross station now have free, public toilets. These are among […]
Steam locomotive Tjepper works the plantation line on March 2, 2019. The name refers to a district in central Java where the loco worked 1914-1990s. Glen Beadon BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The island nation of Barbados in the Caribbean has a brand new steam railway which was opened officially March 11 by the country’s prime minister, […]
Charlie Conway continues his UK travels with unprecedented access aboard The Caledonian Sleeper. Follow Chas to the cab, as he rides along with the drivers responsible for providing slumbering passengers with a safe and sublime journey into the Scottish Highlands. […]
Charlie Conway continues his UK travels with unprecedented access aboard The Caledonian Sleeper. Follow Chas to the cab, as he rides along with the drivers responsible for providing slumbering passengers with a safe and sublime journey into the Scottish Highlands. […]
Authorities in the Netherlands are calling a fatal shooting on a light rail vehicle in Utrecht a terrorist attack. Google maps AMSTERDAM — Three people have been killed and five seriously injured after a shooting incident this morning on a light rail train in the Dutch city of Utrecht, and a suspect has been arrested […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has launched faster and, in most cases, more frequent intermodal service from Mexico to destinations on Norfolk Southern and Canadian National. The service changes, effective today, are part of the railroad’s shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading. “The goal is to consolidate traffic, create more density and, in some […]
ROME — Italy’s prime minister has delayed the launch of a project to build a high speed rail link to France, a project which divides the two parties in the nation’s ruling government coalition. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte put on hold the finalization of tenders for the multi-billion-Euro project, which would create a high speed […]
Spectacular bridges are one of the features of the Chepe Express trip through the Copper Canyon region. Chepe Express The full-height windows are one of the key features of the Terraza lounge car which brings up the rear of the train. The windows can be opened when weather permits. Chepe Express CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — The […]
Check out this video of Giorgio Calzoni’s N scale Monolith Valley RR in Bologna, Italy. […]
Check out this video of Giorgio Calzoni’s N scale Monolith Valley RR in Bologna, Italy. […]
At least 25 people are reported dead after this locomotive rammed into a bumper post at high speed, setting off a fire in Cairo’s main train station. Associated Press/Nariman El-Mofty CAIRO — At least 25 people have been killed and 50 injured in a fire at Cairo’s main train station, which ignited after after a […]
