During a 1967 financial analysts’ shop tour of the Southern’s Pegram Shop in Atlanta, an SD35 and GP30 have their high noses out in the Georgia sun. Walter A. Appel Early in 1967, the management of the Southern Railway invited members of the investment and financial communities to ride an inspection train from Cincinnati, Ohio, […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Floods continues to plague rail operations in the Mid-South, along with problems stemming from high winds and heavy rains. Union Pacific says that since June 24 “Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana experienced flooding and downed trees and power lines resulting in network outages,” which included closing of the River Subdivision between […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a tax case involving CSX Transportation and the state of Alabama for the third time — a decision Bloomberg News calls a partial win for both parties. The court rejected petitions by CSX and the Alabama Department of Revenue on Monday. That means a 2018 […]
Virgin Trains USA President Patrick Goddard speaks at Monday’s ceremony to mark construction of the Virgin Trains route from West Palm Beach to Orlando, Fla. Construction is already under way on four fronts. RJ Hill Photo & Video/courtesy Virgin Trains USA ORLANDO, Fla. — Virgin Trains USA formally ushered in the “red spike era” Monday […]
Open-side auto racks, like these hauling new Pontiacs, were common from the 1960s into the 1970s. Louisville & Nashville photo […]
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida passenger train advocate and railway preservationist John McQuigg has died, his family announced. McQuigg, 87, passed away June 16. An unwavering passenger train supporter, he advocated for better Amtrak operations in his state, and he, along with other volunteers, were instrumental in saving Tampa Union Station. He served on the Friends […]
Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, and Florida East Coast have launched interline domestic intermodal service connecting California, Dallas, and Chicago with central Florida. The service, which launched today, uses the FEC terminal in Titusville, Fla., about 40 miles east of Orlando, Fla. UP handles both private and EMP containers between its terminals in […]
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board has released it preliminary report on an employee fatality at a CSX Transportation yard in Chattanooga, Tenn. According to the report, on April 13, 2019, about 5:40 p.m., a CSX mechanical employee was struck and killed by a remote-control locomotive, operating as train Y292-13, that was being used […]
Crowds greet a New Orleans-Jacksonville, Fla., inspection train at Mobile, Ala., on Feb 18, 2016, at the former site of the Amtrak station where the Sunset Limited last stopped in 2005. Most Mobile port trackage and CSX’s main Mobile yard east of this station would not be materially impacted by Mobile-New Orleans trains to the […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As Mid-South floodwaters recede, Union Pacific says most service is restored. While continuing to monitor the situation at Pine Bluff, Ark., UP says its Chicago-Texas route through the city has reopened. Only UP closures as of June 5 were between Coffeyville, Kan., and Little Rock; Tulsa and Muskogee, Okla.; the northern […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad will begin operating CSX Transportation’s 373-mile route across the Florida Panhandle on June 1. The new short line, owned by RailUSA, will use 20 locomotives leased from Wells Fargo. Nineteen units have been delivered, although none has yet been painted into RailUSA’s red, white, and blue paint […]
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Orange County has agreed to contribute to funds for a study of possible regional commuter rail service around Durham, N.C. The service could extend into Johnston, Wake, Orange and Alamance counties. Orange County agreed to pay $75,000 of the study’s total cost of $850,000, which is being shared by the participating counties […]
