Trains.com
Subscribe

Tag: Passenger/Transit

Coalition of rail, environmental advocacy groups asks STB to ensure public role in UP-NS merger proceedings

By | November 14, 2025

WASHINGTON — A coalition of rail and environmental groups has submitted comments to the Surface Transportation Board on the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, asking the board to clarify whether “substantive filings” from stakeholders other than parties directly involved would be part of the review process. The organizations — the Rail Passengers Association, Southern Rail […]

Read More…

Sunset Models 3rd Rail Siemens Charger diesel locomotive

By | November 14, 2025
Beauty shot of O scale diesel locomotive model

Love them or hate them, it was only a matter of time before Siemens Mobility’s Charger diesel locomotives made their way into the model railroading world. Sunset Models 3rd Rail has taken the lead in producing both the SC-44 and ALC-42 types in O scale. These 2- and 3-rail models were announced in 2022 and […]

Read More…

Sunset Models | 3rd Rail Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive

By | November 14, 2025

Trains.com Staff Writer Lucas Iverson reviews the highly-anticipated Sunset Models | 3rd Rail precise O scale (1:48, 2-rail & 3-rail options) Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive, Amtrak Midwest No. 4630! This video review features an up-close workbench inspection of the model’s incredible prototype fidelity, from the well-detailed cab interior to the iconic cooling grills to the […]

Read More…

Metra, UP tell STB that contract negotations continue

By | November 13, 2025
Commuter train departing large station with several other trains

WASHINGTON — The ongoing dispute between Metra and Union Pacific over commuter rail operations in the Chicago area was back before the Surface Transportation Board as the board resumed activity following the shutdown of the federal government. Both parties filed a joint status report on negotiations today (Nov. 13), while Metra offered a fairly brief […]

Read More…

One Montreal transit strike ends, another set for weekend

By | November 13, 2025
Man with bicycle on station platform with rapid transit train

MONTREAL — The union engaged in what was to have been a month-long strike against Montreal’s public transit agency has suspended its job action  — but another strike will shut down the system this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15-16. The Syndicat du Transport de Montréal, which represents maintenance workers, began a walkout on Nov. 2 […]

Read More…

SEPTA cancellations to continue through Friday

By | November 13, 2025
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority logo

PHILADELPHIA — Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Regional Rail service continues to be hammered by the effects of inspections of its Silverliner IV railcars, with the agency announcing plans to cancel 22 trains both today (Thursday, Nov. 13) and Friday, Nov. 14. The same trains will have been cancelled all five days this week. Set for […]

Read More…

News photo: UP, as in ‘unfamiliar place’

By | November 12, 2025
Yellow locomotive on passenger train

CHICAGO —  Commuters arriving today (Nov. 12) at the Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago — the former Chicago & North Western commuter terminal that serves Metra’s UP North, Northwest, and West lines — today may have been a bit surprised to find a train on Track 6 that was definitely not the usual Metra […]

Read More…

NJ Transit board improves $917 million program to overhaul railcars

By | November 12, 2025
Electric locomotive with bilevel commuter cars

NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit will overhaul its existing fleet of 429 Multilevel railcars under a $917 million program approved today (Nov. 12, 2025) by the agency’s board of directors. The oldest of the Multilevel I and II cars, built by Bombardier, date to 2006. They will eventually be joined by 374 Multilevel III cars […]

Read More…

Cutover of Portal North Bridge could require six weeks of rail disruptions

By | November 12, 2025
View of bridge under construction with tugboat in foreground

KEARNY, N.J. — The cutover of traffic to the new Portal North Bridge on the Northeast Corridor in early 2026 could disrupt Amtrak and NJ Transit traffic for up to six weeks, according to NorthJersey.com. Some trains could be canceled or rerouted during that period. NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri said plans are being finalized […]

Read More…

Anatomy of a long delay on the City of New Orleans

By | November 12, 2025
Passenger train at platform at night

CHICAGO — Getting stranded on a long-distance train can be a maddening experience. Passengers have little recourse but to endure the delay, uncertain of its duration and knowing that appointments and connections will be missed. As Trains.com has frequently reported, there have been many instances where highway crossing collisions, debris strikes, and especially “mechanical assessments” […]

Read More…

Operator fatigue blamed for September high-speed incident on San Francisco Muni

By | November 11, 2025
Black-and-white image from in-cab camera showing operator of light rail vehicle with head down, chin on chest

SAN FRANCISCO — “Operator fatigue” led to a September incident in which a San Francisco Muni light rail train ran through a stop and operated at high speed, jostling passengers who through the train was going to crash, the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency said Monday. The train did not derail , but one passenger […]

Read More…

News & Products for the week of November 10th 2025

By | November 10, 2025
An orange and black model locomotive

News & Products for the week of November 10th 2025   Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. The following are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of November 10th, […]

Read More…