CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. railroads are hauling more coal this year, and coal analysts say international demand is likely to strengthen U.S. coal exports in part to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The Energy Information Administration’s latest outlook expects U.S. coal production to rise 4% in 2022 to 604 million short tons. It anticipates the […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today (Monday, March 28) on a case hinging on whether a locomotive is “in use” when it is not actually in motion. The SCOTUS Blog reports the case, LeDure vs. Union Pacific, involves former UP engineer Bradley LeDure, who suffered injuries when he fell […]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Province of Manitoba has announced an agreement with a major real estate developer for a 665-acre, rail-served industrial park as part of an existing inland port. Focus Equities Inc. will build the CentrePort Canada Rail Park as part of the 20,000-acre CentrePort Canada in the Rural Municipality of Rosser, northwest of […]
GREENWICH, Conn. — XPO Logistics, which deals in less-than-truckload shipping and truck brokerage, has sold has sold its North American intermodal business to STG Logistics for $710 million, XPO announced on Friday. The intermodal unit, which involved about 700 employees and provided rail brokerage and drayage at 48 locations, generated about $1.2 billion in revenue […]
LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec — The Lac-Mégantic bypass will not be completed by its 2023 target date after the Canadian government extended the period for negotiations with landowners, Omar Alghabra, Canada’s transport minister, has announced. In a March 24 statement, Alghabra said the negotiation period has been extended until Aug. 12, 2022, at the request of the […]
This 345-page tome, known as “Conquest II: Crestline-Ft. Wayne, GR&I, Toledo, Sandusky & Akron Branches” in long form, documents the trackage, plant, and trains of the Pennsylvania Railroad‘s speedway between Crestline, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Ind., along with the Grand Rapids & Indiana line from Fort Wayne to Mackinaw City, Mich.; the Toledo Branch to […]
ROCKWELL, Iowa — Thirty-five cars of a Union Pacific grain train derailed in Iowa’s Cerro Gordo County, KIMT-TV reports. No injuries were reported. A Union Pacific representative told the station on Friday that the locomotives and railcars involved in the Thursday derailment had been cleared from the right-of-way, and track repairs were in progress. Restoration […]
Moynihan Train Hall in New York City is the main hall and gathering space for travelers riding trains to and from the underground Penn Station nearby. From its hall and corridors, passengers can wait for Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor, long-distance trains terminating in New York, as well as Long Island Rail Road and […]
Athearn announces brand consolidation: Athearn Trains announced this morning that it will be consolidating its product brands. The company will now be using the Athearn, Athearn Genesis, and Athearn Roundhouse names for its HO and N scale locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, vehicles, and train sets. “We listened to our most important focus group, you,” […]
Zephyr passenger cars last trip — Looking beyond a sea of Amtrak Phase IV, the stainless-steel design and neon lights spell out California Zephyr on the tail end of Amtrak’s westbound No. 5 of the same name at Chicago Union Station. It’s a scene reminiscent of the 1950s with the same equipment that carried the […]
CHICAGO — Shared trainsets, running through between Washington D.C. and San Antonio, Texas, via Chicago, are part of the plan when the Texas Eagle and Capitol Limited resume daily operation on Monday, March 28. This will end a reduction to five-day-a-week departures that began in January. The Eagle, between Chicago and San Antonio, and the […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Ongoing riverbank-stabilization work in Cuyahoga Valley National Park is leading to some changes in departure locations for the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad’s “Steam in the Valley” excursions set for May. The excursions, featuring the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765, are set for May 13-15 and May […]
