Some of the most interesting narrow-gauge equipment to come off production lines is that made for the East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co., especially the locomotive and cars pictured on these pages. Mikado No. 16 (Baldwin 1916) was one of the heaviest engines owned by the EBT, tipping the scales at 160,500 pounds. Nos. […]
MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Rail Link is pleased to announce that effective today, Joe Racicot, Jim Lewis and Ross Lane have been promoted to Vice President. Joe Racicot previously served as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, and has been promoted to Vice President, Administration and General Counsel. Jim Lewis previously served as Chief Sales […]
East Broad Top Railroad combine No. 18 has long fascinated the author. The opportunity to walk through the still existing, circa 1876 railroad car prompted him to build this 1:20.3-scale model of the car. Kevin Strong EBT combine No. 18 waits in the Rockhill Furnace yards for its next trip south to the mines at […]
The first Reading & Northern train crosses the new bridge over the Lehigh River on Tuesday. Reading & Northern PORT CLINTON, Pa. — The Reading & Northern Railroad opened a new $14 million bridge over the Lehigh River on Tuesday, completing a project that was a 20-year effort of railroad owner and CEO Andy Muller […]
East Broad Top Railroad Mikado No. 15 and its short train head out of Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, June 21, 2009, the 49th year the former coal hauler has been a tourist line. TRAINS: Jim Wrinn EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this article first appeared in the October 2009 issue of Trains Magazine. Stanley G. Hall has […]
East Broad Top Railroad Mikado-type 2-8-2 locomotives Nos. 12 and 15 appear at the Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, station as part of a nighttime photo shoot in October 2011. Alex Mayes East Broad Top Railroad map The East Broad Top was the last narrow gauge common carrier in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. It was […]
WILSON, N.C. — Shortline company Regional Rail will acquire the Carolina Coastal Railway, which operates about 180 miles of track in North and South Carolina. Regional Rail announced the deal today. It is subject to approval by the Surface Transportation Board. Carolina Coastal (reporting mark CLNA) operates a 142-mile route between Raleigh and Plymouth, N.C. […]
DENVER — Shortline holding company OmniTRAX has promoted Sergio Sabatini to president and named Gord Anutooshkin as chief operating officer, the company has announced. Sabatini, who had been chief operating officer, was with Canadian Pacific Railway for 18 years before joining OmniTRAX in 2013. Anutooshkin, who also came to OmniTRAX from Canadian Pacific, was previously […]
SEATTLE — Portland & Western Railroad, owned by Genesee & Wyoming, has filed with the Surface Transportation Board for permission to discontinue service on a 22.6-mile line between Astoria and Wauna in Clatsop County, Ore. “The subject line is an out of service segment of line the underlying property of which is owned by the […]
No. 1216 leads an Escanaba & Lake Superior freight east of Channing, Mich., on Oct. 25, 1982. Steve Glischinski WELLS, Mich. – The owner of the only two surviving Baldwin RF-16 “Sharknose” diesel locomotives says they will eventually go to a museum. Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad owner and President John Larkin, in an exclusive […]
CHICAGO – Two British heritage railways connected to the embattled Iowa Pacific have been put up for sale. The Weardale Railway and Dartmoor Railway, as well as an engineering and equipment leasing business, were all recently listed. The properties are being sold for between $610,000 and $854,000. The railroads are owned by British American Railway […]
A D & I rock train crosses the Big Sioux River near Hudson, S.D., on state-owned track on July 25, 2016. Steve Glischinski SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Railroad Board has authorized the South Dakota Department of Transportation to negotiate the sale of its Sioux Valley Line between Canton and Elk Point, S.D. […]
