FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A 14-car derailment blocked BNSF Railway’s main line east of Flagstaff on Monday, disrupting freight traffic as well as Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. A BNSF spokesperson told local media outlets the accident occurred at 5:14 a.m., and that no hazardous materials were involved. A BNSF service advisory placed the derailment site at Darling, […]
SACRAMENTO — Virgin Trains USA has received preliminary approval from a California state agency for the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to finance its Xpress West high speed rail project between Southern California and Las Vegas, Nev. On Wednesday, the state Debt Limit Allocation Committee recommended that the company receive the first $300 million of its […]
Switching at night could be hazardous, especially when some dodgy moves were attempted. Robert Hale In the middle of 1960 or ’61, during a summer break from Texas Western College in El Paso, I was working the extra board on the New Mexico Division of the Santa Fe. One night I was the pin-puller on a […]
A Valley Metro light rail train departs the First and Jefferson station in Phoenix. Voters voted down an initiative on Tuesday that would have ended expansion of the light rail system. Valley Metro Passengers leave a light rail train at the Central and Washington station. Valley Metro says it is working to include business owners […]
Phoenix voters have rejected an effort to bar future spending on light rail. MIke Schaller PHOENIX — Voters have dealt a resounding defeat to an effort to kill expansion of the Phoenix light rail system. In unofficial results as of 10 p.m. local time Tuesday night, 62.4 percent of those voting had cast ballots against […]
Phoenix is voting on the future of its light rail system. MIke Schaller PHOENIX — In balloting concluding today, voters will determine the future of the Phoenix light rail system. Proposition 105 would prohibit the city from spending money to further build or otherwise improve its current 38-station, 28.2-mile light rail system, and divert a […]
Santa Fe 2-6-2 No. 1010 is seen at Pasadena, Calif., in 1963 as a prop in the movie “The Carpetbaggers.” It was also used on Death Valley Scotty’s famous special in 1905 and a television recreation in the 1950s. Santa Fe photo […]
Black Mesa & Lake Powell crosses a bridge near Cow Springs, Ariz. Andy Kirol PAGE, Ariz. – The end is in sight for the isolated Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad in northern Arizona, with some reports putting the end of operation in August yet. Each day, except Wednesday, a single set of hoppers makes […]
EAST ELY, Nevada – Nevada Northern Railway President Mark Bassett says he’s “never seen anything like this.” A year before the railroad’s Great Basin Star Trains are expected to pull out of the depot, all 15 runs planned for 2020 have sold out and the final two runs this year, on Aug. 16 and Sept. […]
Name: Peter Atonna Railroad Name: Seligman and Paulden Lines Location: Paulden, Arizona Scale: O Highrail Description: This is a video featuring my recently completed “big city” scene and terminal. It shows trains coming and going as well as the yards and engine facilities supporting “downtown.” […]
Name: Peter Atonna Railroad Name: Seligman and Paulden Lines Location: Paulden, Arizona Scale: O Highrail Description: This is a video featuring my recently completed “big city” scene and terminal. It shows trains coming and going as well as the yards and engine facilities supporting “downtown.” […]
Trains Magazine takes you to Stevenson, Ala., for CSX and Norfolk Southern mainline action with videographer and author Chris Wehman. Learn more about Stevenson in the September 2018 issue! […]
