Wednesday morning rail news: — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has named former Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg as the interim president of New York City Transit. Feinberg replaces the well-regarded Andy Byford, who recently resigned. She will oversee a 48,000-person agency responsible for New York’s subways and buses. Feinberg was already serving as an MTA […]
Amtrak and real-estate firm Related Companies will pursue funds from the Department of Transportation for the next phase in the development of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards. TRAINS: David Lassen More Tuesday morning rail news: — Related Companies, the real estate firm which led the building of the first part of Manhattan’s Hudson Yards development, has signed […]
A Coaster commuter train crosses a bridge at Del Mar, Calif., in January 2020. A new bridge has opened as part of the effort to double-track the Coaster and Pacific Surfliner route. TRAINS: David Lassen Rail news for your Tuesday morning: — As part of its ongoing effort to double-track the route used by Coaster […]
LOS ANGELES – There’s a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel for Metrolink’s new Tier 4 F125 locomotive fleet. At a Saturday public meeting between railroad officials and residents of neighborhoods surrounding the carrier’s Central Maintenance Facility, Metrolink’s Neil Brown said that 32 of the new F125 locomotives are in service, 28 of […]
More Monday morning rail news: — In response to an increase in onboard crime, Amtrak is moving many of its police officers out of stations and onto trains. The Washington Post reports. Amtrak had reportedly planned to reduce its police force last year [see “Union official tells paper Amtrak plans 20-percent cut to police force,” […]
News reports say several people were arrested Monday at a rail blockade near Belleville, Ontario, after protesters ignored a midnight deadline to clear the site, the first in a series of locations where rail service has been disrupted across Canada. New blockades appeared elsewhere over the weekend. Some VIA Rail Canada and commuter rail service […]
A look at Monday morning rail news: — CSX Transportation will reactivate its idled Hulsey Yard in Atlanta, a decision announced just days after city officials drafted a resolution regarding possible future use for the property. Curbed Atlanta quotes CSX spokesman Bryan Tucker as saying the 70-acre facility, formerly an intermodal terminal, will become a […]
More Friday morning rail news: — The Tennessee legislature’s transportation committee has passed a bill supporting a feasibility study for Amtrak service between Nashville and Atlanta, responding to an idea proposed by Amtrak in January [see “Amtrak suggests new routes to Tennessee legislative committee,” Trains News Wire, Jan. 17, 2020]. Curbed Atlanta reports the study […]
A Long Island Rail Road train arrives at Jamaica station on Aug. 18, 2019. The LIRR’s efforts to implement positive train control face a new issue involving interoperability with Amtrak trains. TRAINS: David Lassen A look at Friday morning rail news: — Installation of positive train control on the Long Island Rail Road faces a […]
An Atlantic Coast Line laborer uses a long-handled brush to clean the windshield of E6 No. 520 at Florence, S.C. The locomotive is leading train 375, the Washington–Jacksonville Everglades. William D. Middleton photo […]
New EMD F40PH diesels lead the westbound San Francisco Zephyr east of Denver in June 1981. Amtrak acquired more than 200 such locomotives in multiple batches. Bob Johnston photo […]
The plaza for newly minted New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal remains unfinished in this 1954 view. Previously, the site was occupied by the former Union Station. In the distance, past the Claiborne Avenue overpass, is the NOUPT coach yard and diesel shop. Leon Trice photo […]
