NJ Transit uses this AquaTrack equipment to clear rails of falling leaves and their residue during the fall. The trains begin around-the-clock operation on Sunday. Ralph Spielman The AquaTrack equipment sprays the rails with water at a pressure of up to 20,000 pounds per square inch. Ralph Spielman LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — As autumn arrives […]
A San Diego-bound Pacific Surfliner departs Los Angeles in February 2017. Amtrak is adding a 13th San Diego-LA Surfliner round trip beginning Monday. TRAINS: David Lassen ORANGE, Calif. — Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner will add a 13th round trip between San Diego and Los Angeles beginning Monday, Oct. 14. The new southbound train No. 578 will […]
A Gold Line light rail train bound for L.A. Union Station starts in Azusa. A committee of San Bernardino County’s transportation authority has voted to pursue commuter rail service between Pomona and Montclair, Calif., rather an an extension of the Gold Line between those cities. Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa’s recently opened light rail Confederation Line experienced major operating issues because of jammed doors on Wednesday, with some passengers reportedly walking more than two miles to reach work as they abandoned the backed-up rail system. It was the second straight day the rail line was plagued by jammed doors on the […]
A Metrolink train departs the Burbank, Calif., station in February 2019. The Los Angeles Times reports Metrolink is proposing the use of California high speed rail funds to electrify its route between Burbank and Anaheim. TRAINS: David Lassen LOS ANGELES — Commuter railroad Metrolink is proposing electrification of its route between Burbank and Anaheim for […]
MBTA MPI HSP-46 No. 2028 pushes a Worcester, Mass.-Boston train as it departs Yawkey station (since renamed Lansdowne) in the Kenmore Square section of Boston. The MBTA may consider extending its current contract with commuter operator Keolis. Scott A. Hartley BOSTON — Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack said this week that […]
Metra’s capital budget funds continued in-house rebuilding of the railroad’s MP-36PH locomotives (at right), as well as a new program for the former Amtrak F59PHI locomotives (at left). TRAINS: David Lassen Stations to receive major upgrades as part of Metra’s proposed 2020 budget include the Davis Street station in Evanston, on the UP North line. […]
BOSTON —Boston-area mayors called for expanded service at a Monday meeting of the board overseeing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh called for more frequent service on the Fairmount line, as well as higher overall frequency through a proposal that would electrify MBTA routes. The State House News Service reports that the […]
Currently used as a switcher, NJ Transit GP40H-2 No. 4109 will have HEP equipment installed for use on revenue trains. Ralph Spielman The Erie Lackawanna-scheme dual-mode ALP-46DP will, at least initially, be used on NJ Transit’s positive train control test train. Ralph Spielman NJ Transit’s Pennsylvania-scheme ALP-46A locomotive is expected to enter commuter service in […]
An inbound South Shore commuter train passes through the Museum/11th Street station on its way to Chicago’s Millennium station. A South Shore project to add a branch line to Dyer, Ind. — which would be served by 12 daily round trips to downtown Chicago — has received federal approval to move into the engineering phase. […]
An hour early, westbound Canadian No. 1 approaches Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 7, 2019. Russ Grycan A VIA Rail Canada crew member prepares to unload baggage from eastbound train No. 2 at Melville, Sask., on Oct. 14, 2018. Bob Johnston VANCOUVER, British Columbia — VIA Rail Canada will again run only two Canadian round trips […]
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