CSX line sales in Florida CSX Transportation’s line sales are highlighted in yellow on the map. TRAINS: Rick Johnson/Steve Sweeney JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation’s deal to sell its Florida Panhandle route to short line operator RailUSA is back on. The newly created Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad is scheduled to make its debut over […]
ATLANTA — Voters in the northern Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County rejected a proposal to expand MARTA into their county, the third time in nearly 50 years they have denied such a plan. The referendum asked voters to authorize a contract with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, which would have added a 1 percent […]
Passengers line up along the marble ticket counter just inside the front entrance of New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal shortly after its opening in 1954. James G. La Vake photo […]
This video highlights how Thomas Klimoski modeled an operating overhead rolling door on his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. See the May 2018 issue of Model Railroader for more information. […]
This video highlights how Thomas Klimoski modeled an operating overhead rolling door on his Georgia Northeastern model railroad. See the May 2018 issue of Model Railroader for more information. […]
ATLANTA — Suburban Gwinnett County is voting today on whether to fund an expansion of the Atlanta-area MARTA transit agency, including an expansion of its heavy rail system, into the county. The referendum asks voters to approve a contract between the county and MARTA that would allow MARTA to take over existing Gwinnett County transit […]
A Norfolk Southern train stopped within feet of striking a modular home stuck on railroad tracks in Georgia on March 8. Phil Maton ATLANTA — Truck drivers in Georgia will now be routed around a troublesome railroad crossing, thanks to a near-collision last week between a Norfolk Southern freight train and a manufactured home stuck […]
CSX temporarily renumbered a diesel to 576 to tow NC&StL No. 576 at Nashville Saturday. The two paused at Union Station. John Biehn NASHVILLE — Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 4-8-4 No. 576 is safe at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum today after pausing over the weekend for photos en route at Union Station. The […]
JACKSON, Miss. – Beginning Thursday, and just days before the big Mardi Gras weekend, Amtrak’s City of New Orleans from Chicago will start making a same day turn at Jackson with chartered Amtrak Thruway buses making all scheduled intermediate stops to and from the Crescent City. The northbound bus will leave New Orleans Passenger terminal […]
Clinchfield No. 800 pulls a Royal Palm Railway Experience train to Mount Dora in January 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn MOUNT DORA, Fla. — What’s good for one railroad may not necessarily be good for another, and a tourist railroad in Florida will have to cope with that reality this spring. The Royal Palm Railway Experience, […]
Central of Georgia’s 500-series Consolidations possessed good lines accented by interesting detail: visored headlight, capped stack, serif numerals, striped sandbox, generous cab. Classic Trains collection An alligator crosshead moving back and forth on its greased guides to the dictates of a hot piston rod; the hurried, hollow sighs up the stack as a pair of […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific announced another round of layoffs on Tuesday that affects 700 employees and includes the closure of the locomotive shop in Pine Bluff, Ark. UP has notified the mechanical department that 450 positions will be eliminated across the system this month. In addition, 250 other jobs were eliminated, most of them […]
