The 2017 ‘New River Train’ rolls west through Thurmond, W.Va., on Oct. 28, 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Amtrak has been in discussions with the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society during the past year and viewed the New River Train’s potential charter as a positive business relationship. “Amtrak was in discussions with Collis […]
Join Trains Digital Editor Steve Sweeney for a Swiss narrow gauge mountain railroad adventure on the Albula Pass. Watch as scheduled passenger and freight trains operate on the Rhaetian Railway’s extensive meter gauge line over the Alps between Preda and Bergun, Switzerland. Information on how to visit Switzerland with Trains in 2019 is available online. […]
Join Trains Digital Editor Steve Sweeney for a Swiss narrow gauge mountain railroad adventure on the Albula Pass. Watch as scheduled passenger and freight trains operate on the Rhaetian Railway’s extensive meter gauge line over the Alps between Preda and Bergun, Switzerland. Information on how to visit Switzerland with Trains in 2019 is available online. […]
CHICAGO – The Coast Starlight isn’t the only Amtrak train making news this week. On Sunday afternoon, a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed east of Tomah, Wis., The eastbound Empire Builder had been running more than seven hours late, but would have passed the scene of the derailment had it been on time. Consequently, it […]
A screen image capture of the cover of a report studying reverse commuting on Chicago’s Metra. Metra CHICAGO — A March 4 launch date has been scheduled for the start of new reverse-commute service on Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line, officials have announced. The new service is intended to provide improved outbound transportation from Chicago’s […]
EUGENE, Ore. – Passengers on the southbound Coast Starlight that was stranded near Oakridge in southern Oregon are continuing on their journeys Tuesday following the arrival of a rescue locomotive to pull the train back to Eugene. Video shows Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5478 pulling the train into Eugene on Tuesday. Fallen trees across Union […]
WASHINGTON – California Gov. Gavin Newsom shook hands with President Trump at a White House dinner Sunday night, where Trump brought up the contentious high speed rail project during a brief conversation, Newsom told reporters. Despite their differences, Newsom says he want to “continue to have a relationship with the president on things that matter.” The […]
The westbound New River Train with there Amtrak P42DCs and a 30-car passenger car consist rolls along its namesake river on its journey to Huntington, W.Va., from Hinton, W.Va., on Oct. 29 2017. Chase Gunnoe HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — After 52 years of operating mainline passenger excursions between the West Virginia cities of Huntington and Hinton, […]
VIA Rail Canada service arrives in Parkhurst, British Columbia, in 2006. The Vancouver Island service last operated in 2011, but the provincial government is seeking a contractor to assess the condition of the rail route. Bob Johnston VICTORIA, British Columbia — British Columbia’s provincial government is seeking a contractor to assess the condition of the […]
WASHINGTON — China’s state-owned rail equipment manufacturer is showing interest in building new rail cars for the Washington Metro system, the Washington Post reports, despite concerns expressed in Congress about cybersecurity and economic issues of such a plan. CRRC sent 11 employees to a January event for companies interested in bidding on the system’s 8000-series […]
Members of the Hoosier Heartland Trolley Company Board of Directors pose with Indiana Union Traction No. 429 “Noblesville” in October 2018 just hours after it had been relocated from Noblesville, Ind. to a private, secure site. Hoosier Heartland Trolley Co. INDIANAPOLIS — After making headlines for saving several historic trolley cars from the Indiana Transportation […]
CHICAGO — Real estate developers have rekindled decade-old plans to build high-rise buildings above 34 acres of railroad tracks near downtown Chicago used by Metra Electric and South Shore Line trains and formerly used by the old Illinois Central. The key developer, Gerald Fogelson, is responsible for building the massive Central Station residential development on […]
