A Milwaukee Road trainman peers down the dimly lighted platforms of Chicago Union Station for any late-arriving passengers as the Arrow prepares to depart the Windy City for Iowa points in 1964. John Gruber photo […]
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Tag: Passenger/Transit
Rush hour on the Erie
Pacifics of three different classes are poised to depart the Erie’s Jersey City passenger terminal with outbound commuter trains at 5:27 p.m. on June 26, 1951. Ed Theisinger photo […]
Taxi stand at NOUPT
An usher at New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal carries luggage and whistles for a cab at the depot’s taxi stand in the mid-1950s, when NOUPT was new. James G. La Vake photo […]
NYC North Country local
New York Central train 175, having come up overnight from New York City, stands at Canton, N.Y., between Watertown and Massena on the St. Lawrence Division, as a truckload of mail is loaded in 1959. Theodore Shrady photo […]
Family on the Olympian Hiawatha
Artwork from a brochure promoting the Milwaukee Road’s postwar Olympian Hiawatha shows a family enjoying two double bedrooms en suite in the train’s 8-double-bedroom/Skytop observation car. MILW photo […]
B&O’s modern Pittsburgh station
Baltimore & Ohio’s Grant Street Station on the north bank of the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh opened in 1957 after a road project claimed the road’s grand 1888 depot nearby. B&O’s through trains had long since switched to the P&LE depot on the south side of the Mon. Green Street closed in 1989 with the […]
Alaska Railroad expands winter passenger service NEWSWIRE
The Alaska Railroad’s winter schedule includes expanded operation of its Aurora Winter Train. Glenn Aronwits, courtesy Alaska Railroad ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Railroad’s 2018-19 winter schedule includes increased operation of its Aurora Winter Train, as well as new Thanksgiving holiday service and increased operations for spring break travel. The Aurora Winter Train, which began […]
Metra releases proposed Rock Island schedule for PTC operation NEWSWIRE
A Metra Rock Island District train curves from the main line onto the Beverly Branch in August 2018. Metra has released a proposed schedule for the Rock Island District including adjustments for operation with positive train control. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has unveiled its proposed schedule revision for the Rock Island District, incorporating […]
MBTA calls for plans to replace drawbridge bottleneck NEWSWIRE
An MBTA commuter train crosses one of two drawbridges over the Charles River as it leaves North Station. The commuter agency is beginning the process of replacing the drawbridges, which are a bottleneck for trains entering and leaving the station. Scott A. Hartley BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has begun the process of […]
Brookville delivers 50th PCC rebuild; three streetcar systems to open soon NEWSWIRE
BROOKVILLE’s 50th PCC Streetcar Restoration departs from the company’s main manufacturing facility on Oct. 10, 2018. Brookville BROOKVILLE, Pa. – On Oct. 14, 2018, the fifth of six PCC streetcars to undergo a complete overhaul and modernization program arrived at its destination in El Paso, Texas, marking the 50th PCC streetcar vehicle Brookville Equipment Corp. […]
Union stations
A CSX Transportation freight passes Marion (Ohio) Union Station. The site is now a museum with a restored interlocking tower. Brian Schmidt Q Why is the word “Union” used so often in the names of passenger stations and terminals? For example, Cincinnati Union Terminal, St. Louis Union Station, or Denver Union Station. Is there a […]
NJ Transit: PTC work on Atlantic City Rail Line progressing NEWSWIRE
A NJ Transit contract crew installs conduits for positive train control cables in New Jersey this week. NJ Transit NEWARK, N.J. — When NJ Transit completely shut down the Atlantic City Rail Line on Sept. 5, gloom and doom prevailed. Speculation ran among riders and the railfan community that the 60-mile line would be either […]
