WASHINGTON — Carload traffic remains up while intermodal moves continue to lag behind 2020 levels in the latest weekly statistics from the Association of American Railroads. For the week ending Dec. 18, 2021, U.S. railroads moved 234,704 carloads, an increase of 1.7% over the same week in 2020, while the 269,395 containers and trailers represented […]
This large scale indoor club layout started life as a custom build of a local large-scale collector. The 8-by-11-foot board had been unused for at least a decade and I immediately knew where this display would be best displayed — at the 7.5” gauge, 1.5” scale live-steam train club that I belong to. Many […]
All through December, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the Midwest’s Chicago Great Western Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of CGW freight trains selected from the image archives of Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library. The CGW was considered one of the Granger railroads of the Midwest linking Chicago, St. Paul, and Kansas City. It […]
HARTFORD, Conn. — Funding for new locomotives and two new stations is included in $839 million in transportation projects approved Tuesday by Connecticut’s State Bond Commission, the Hartford Courant reports. The commission unanimously approved the set of 58 transportation projects. Included are $280 million for new dual-power locomotives to replace aging diesels used on some […]
BOVINA, Miss. — Seventeen cars of a Kansas City Southern train derailed Tuesday evening in Bovina, disrupting traffic and leading to concerns about hazardous materials in some of the cars. The derailment blocked Bovina Drive, which could be impassable for an extended period, and knocked out a power line and transformer. No injuries were reported. […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Trains Magazine, Trains.com, and the rest of Kalmbach Media will begin an extended Christmas break at the close of normal business hours today (Wednesday, Dec. 22). Our offices will reopen on Monday, Dec. 27. Trains News Wire will begin featuring Trains’ Top 10 stories of 2021 on Thursday, Dec. 23, a series […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National rail operations in British Columbia have nearly returned to normal after disruptions from Nov. 14 to Dec. 3 caused by flooding and washouts, the railroad reported on Tuesday, even as repairs continue around the clock. A 150-mile stretch on the railroad’s line between Vancouver and Kamloops, B.C., experienced 58 outages from […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A new 35-year agreement between New Haven, Connecticut, and the New Haven Parking Authority will renovate the century-old New Haven Union Station while adding parking and retail space. The New Haven Register reports the deal ensures the parking authority will continue to run the state-owned station, as it has since the […]
ALDERSHOT, Ontario — So spotless you can imagine the smell of fresh paint, a half-dozen freshly rebuilt Wabtec AC44C6M locomotives bound for the Quebec North Shore & Labrador pass through Aldershot, Ont., today (Dec. 21, 2021) on Canadian National train No. 422 today. The units, rebuilt from BNSF C44-9s, will operate on the remote 257-mile […]
CALGARY — Fundraising efforts for the CP Women’s Open golf tournament have raised more than C$3.3 million for two hospitals in British Columbia over the last two years, Canadian Pacific has announced. More than $2.8 million has supported equipment purchases and research at BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, while another $557,000 has gone to Kamloops […]
ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern has introduced an incentive program to improve container movement in and out of international intermodal facilities in Chicago and Kansas City, Mo. The “Dual Mission Reward Program” offers truck carriers and steamship lines a $200 incentive every time a drayage driver both delivers and departs with a shipping container, completing what […]
McDONOUGH, Ga. – The future of a 1934 H.K. Porter 2-4-0 steam locomotive on display at a local park 30 miles south of Atlanta is up in the air, according to its owners, the elected Board of Commissioners of Georgia’s Henry County. Wearing No. 7, the engine, acquired in 2003, has been displayed at the […]
