MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — A worker in a Metrolinx rail yard in Mississauga was killed Monday (June 2) after becoming trapped in a machine at the facility, CityNews Toronto reports. Police were called to the incident about noon. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Additional details have not yet been reported. Canada’s Ministry of […]
ATLANTA — Claude Mongeau, the former Canadian National Railway CEO, has resigned as chair of the Norfolk Southern board of directors, the company announced today (June 3, 2025). The resignation is for personal reasons, the railroad said. The board will elect a new chair at its next scheduled meeting later this month. “We are deeply […]
HORNELL, N.Y. — Rail equipment company Alstom has opened a new facility for producing railcar bodies, expanding its existing manufacturing capacity in Hornell. The 135,000-square-foot Plant 4 will produce stainless steel carbody shells, work previously performed in Brazil. Its first project will be 200 new multilevel commuter cars for Chicago-area operator Metra ordered in 2021 […]
FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has created a new team that’s focused on carload volume growth. The 13-member First Mile/Last Mile team combines personnel from the railroad’s Shortline Development and Industrial Products Business Development. The group, led by General Director of Marketing Mark Ganaway, will be dedicated to growing carload volume across the railroad’s […]
MONTREAL — Talks have broken off between VIA Rail Canada and Unifor, the union representing 2,500 workers including onboard attendants and mechanical workers, the union said today (June 2, 2025). The end of negotiations comes with a potential strike as little as three weeks away. Employees could walk out as soon as June 22 following […]
BERN, Switzerland — A broken wheel was the cause of the derailment in the Gotthard Base Tunnel that disrupted traffic through the world’s longest rail tunnel for more than a year, the Swiss Safety Investigation Center (SUST) confirmed in its final report on the Aug. 10, 2023, incident. In a press release on the final […]
Working with suitcase connectors | While also known as insulation displacement connectors, the name “suitcase connector” is a more common term used to describe one the most helpful fasteners in all of model railroading. These plastic cases include a conductive metal blade used to bridge (electrically) two press-fit wires. Let David show you how to […]
WASHINGTON — Funding for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor would be cut from $1.14 billion to $850 million — a 25% decrease — under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for fiscal 2026, according to budget information released by the Department of Transportation on Friday. According to the detailed DOT budget request, Amtrak national network funding would increase […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A consulting firm and the Cheyenne Metropolitan Planning Organization have narrowed a potential location for a new passenger station to two sites, the Cheyenne City Council was told last week. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that the planning body and Quandel Consultants have trimmed a list of six possible sites to two: […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Chicago-area transit operations will face draconian cuts to service in the next fiscal year after Illinois legislators on Saturday passed a new state budget without addressing the $770 million shortfall for the Regional Transit Authority and its three operating agencies. While the state Senate passed a transit bill, HB3438, that had been […]
While growing up in Cleveland and Buffalo after World War II, a close encounter with a 4-6-4 Hudson-type locomotive was just a train ride away. My first memory was as a four-year-old. My family had taken the New York Central to Chicago, and as we walked forward at La Salle Street Station, I was […]
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union Pacific and rail technology firm ZTR have concluded the first portion of the pilot program for their battery-diesel hybrid switching locomotives, the company said Friday, with the pilot remaining on track for completion in 2026. The mother-slug set has completed initial testing and proof of concept at the Jenks […]
