MONTREAL — Troubled rail and aviation equipment manufacturer Bombardier Inc. is in talks with Alstom about the possibility of combining the two companies’ rail business, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg, citing “people familiar with the matter,” said preliminary talks had been held in recent months. Representatives of the two companies declined comment. The news came after Bombardier […]
CHICAGO — Amtrak has retreated from its stance that two wheelchair users would have to pay $25,000 to take a train from Chicago to Bloomington, Ill., saying it would find a way to carry those passengers — and two others headed to the same conference — for the regular $16 ticket cost. National Public Radio, […]
Denver RTD A Line trains meet at the Peoria station on Oct. 1, 2018. A report finds few people evading fares on the RTD’s light rail system, and even fewer on its commuter trains. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — Colorado rail transit passengers are apparently a pretty honest group. The Denver-area Regional Transportation District, like […]
LA Metro’s new Southwestern Yard will service Green Line and Crenshaw Line trains. The LAX/Crenshaw line is expected to open this year. LA Metro Second of a two-part look at rail transit projects. Part one is available here. A number of light rail and streetcar projects will continue or complete construction projects in 2020. An […]
Passengers board a Hempstead-bound Long Island Rail Road train at Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The LIRR, Metro-North, and New York subways all reported improved on-time performance in statistics released Monday. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority touted improved performance for its commuter rail and subway operations in statistics released Monday. Commuter railroad […]
One of Norfolk & Western’s streamlined J-class 4-8-4s leads the Memphis–WashingtonTennessean east between Roanoke and Lynchburg, Va., in 1954. Southern Railway diesels brought the train to Bristol, Tenn., and will take over again at Lynchburg. W.A. Akin Jr. photo […]
An Amtrak Lincoln Service train passes through Lemont, Ill., in January 2018. Amtrak has told two passengers who use wheelcharis that wanted to use the train between Chicago and Bloomington, Ill., that it would cost $25,000 to accommodate them. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Amtrak told two people who use wheelchairs that their proposed trip from […]
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority F40PHM-2C No. 1036 departs Boston’s South Station with a Keolis commuter train, passing GP40MC No. 1130, in April 2015. The MBTA will begin planning a major revamping of its system, including electrification of some lines, in 2020. Scott A. Hartley A Metra Milwaukee North train arrives at the Long Lake station […]
All this month — January 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include Pennsy diesel- and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this PRR history […]
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Bob Johnston NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Extending Illinois-sponsored trains from Carbondale, Ill., to Memphis, Tenn., and establishing a route between Nashville and Atlanta were ideas suggested by an Amtrak representiative to a Tennessee legislative committee this week. As first reported in the Nashville Tennessean, Amtrak Senior Director of Government Affairs Ray Lang’s appearance Tuesday before the […]
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Rail Excursion Management Co. announced Friday that it would again run its Autumn Colors Express through West Virginia’s New River Gorge in October. The Autumn Colors Express first ran in 2019 and was organized after the operators of the original New River Train, the Collis P. Huntington Chapter of the National Railroad […]
