WASHINGTON — Canadian National will lease trackage in Mobile, Ala., to a new short line, Alabama Export Railroad, according to an Aug. 12 regulatory filing. The Alabama Export Railroad will operate 12.1 miles of former Illinois Central trackage in downtown Mobile and serve eight customers on the line. Alabama Export plans to work closely with […]
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Phoenix votes to decide city’s light rail legacy NEWSWIRE
Phoenix Valley Metro crosses Tempe Town Lake on the Salt River in January 2009. Mike Schaller PHOENIX, Ariz. – Voters in Phoenix will decide whether they will have a future light rail network or any other passenger rail service at all. Proposition 105 would, if passed in an Aug. 27 election, amend the city charter […]
NTSB: Human error, inattention to safety risks led to 2018 ‘Silver Star’ crash NEWSWIRE
New York to Miami Silver Star train No. 91 was operating on track warrants and verbal communication with CSX Transportation dispatchers when it crashed into a parked CSX autorack train about 2:27 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2018, at Cayce, S.C. Jonathan Hinely WASHINGTON — Human error combined with inadequate attention to safety risk led to […]
Regulators approve new rail line to serve South Carolina auto plant (updated) NEWSWIRE
Short line Palmetto Railways, owned by the state of South Carolina, will build a 28-mile branch that will connect the new Volvo assembly plant in Ridgeville, S.C., to a CSX Transportation main line. Palmetto Railways WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have approved the construction of a 28-mile rail line that will serve Volvo’s new assembly plant […]
Virgin Trains USA to add stations on Miami-West Palm Beach route NEWSWIRE
A southbound Brightline train passes the former Florida East Coast Railway Station in Boca Raton, Fla., in January. Virgin Trains USA is looking to add new stations in Boca Raton, Aventura, and at PortMiami to its current Miami-West Palm Beach route. TRAINS: David Lassen MIAMI — Virgin Trains USA will look to add stations in […]
Something borrowed
With H12-44 No. 100 in the shop for repairs, Sandersville Railroad borrowed a Southern Railway F3, No. 6804, to run with SW1200 No. 200. The duo is at Tennille, Ga., on Dec. 24, 1965. The railroad is known for hauling kaolin clay, which is used in porcelain and paper coatings. Jack Parker photo […]
Sandersville switch
Fairbanks-Morse H12-44 No. 100 replaced a former Central of Georgia 2-8-0 to dieselize Georgia short line Sandersville Railroad in 1953. The unit was the only FM on the railroad, which later switched to EMD. Little Studio photo […]
SunRail hopes funding will enable extension to DeLand
ORLANDO – SunRail is reviving efforts for a 12-mile extension to DeLand, Fla., hoping to learn this summer whether it will obtain the needed federal funding, despite some local qualms about the project. The extension, which will require double-tracking from the current northern terminus of DeBary to DeLand, would complete construction along the 61-mile corridor […]
Railroads embargo New Orleans traffic ahead of Tropical Storm Barry NEWSWIRE
NEW ORLEANS — Railroads in the New Orleans area continued to initiate contingency plans due to the threat of Tropical Storm Barry. BNSF Railway officials said Thursday that they were holding all New Orleans-bound trains from moving into the area. “Our operations teams are working with other carriers to identify alternate gateways unaffected by this […]
Amtrak shortens three New Orleans routes, freight traffic shuts down for pending tropical storm NEWSWIRE
A Canal Street streetcar in 2018. The system was shut down briefly by heavy rains on Wednesday. Bob Johnston NEW ORLEANS – With all of the Crescent City’s 200 flood gates set to shut by Friday in advance of approaching Tropical Storm Barry, Amtrak has cancelled all service in and out of New Orleans through […]
Fact-finding meeting set for Mobile on Gulf Coast passenger service NEWSWIRE
Crowds greet a New Orleans-Jacksonville, Fla., inspection train at Mobile, Ala., on Feb. 18, 2016, at the former site of the Amtrak station once served by the Sunset Limited. A meeting is scheduled for this week in Mobile to address city council concerns about the planned revival of passenger service on the route. Bob Johnston […]
Q&A: MARTA General Manager Jeffrey Parker NEWSWIRE
MARTA General Manager Jeffrey Parker MARTA MARTA’s plans include several new rail projects. MARTA ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has set a timeline for a major system expansion, with projects including 29 new miles of light rail and a 2-mile extension of the Atlanta Streetcar. Jeffrey Parker, MARTA’s general manager and a […]
