E. Hunter Harrison Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta – Former Canadian Pacific CEO E. Hunter Harrison is barred from heading to Canadian National, BNSF Railway, and Union Pacific, CP disclosed in a regulatory filing today. That leaves open the possibility that Harrison could seek management opportunities at CSX Transportation — as reported — or Norfolk Southern […]
UPDATE: Nippon Sharyo lays off 100 more workers in Illinois NEWSWIRE
A bilevel passenger car mock-up stands gleaming under shop lights at the Nippon Sharyo’s Rochelle, Ill., plant in May 2014. Bob Johnston ROCHELLE, Ill. — Another 100 workers have lost their jobs at Nippon Sharyo’s Rochelle manufacturing plant leaving an unknown, but likely small, number of workers at the facility. “This difficult decision is the […]
Trains, January 2017
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What’s it like on the Ringling Bros. train? NEWSWIRE
The side of one car in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Red unit train in April 2010. Chase Gunnoe CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Small town America, the faces of smiling kids, and experiencing the nation’s beauty from a railcar are lifetime highlights for former workers on board the ‘Greatest Show on Earth.’ Trains News Wire […]
Circus cars are sound, but heavily altered NEWSWIRE
Elephants are unloaded from the Ringing Bros. “Red Unit” train in Charleston, W.Va., on April 19. Most Ringling Bros. cars have been “tunneled” out, meaning little original material is left on the cars’ interior. Chase Gunnoe ELLENTON, Fla. — At first glance, the announced shutdown of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus would […]
Trains Presents: Ringling Bros.’ circus train in Virginia
Join Kevin Gilliam on another look at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus train in 2015, this time in rural southwestern Virginia. Only from Trains! […]
Strates Shows may expand tour schedule NEWSWIRE
CSX Transportation SD60M No. 8775 leads the James E. Strates Shows carnival train P-922 eastbound on the Philadelphia Subdivision through Elk Mills, Md. in May 2016. Michael S. Murray ORLANDO, Fla. — With the circus world reeling with the announcement that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is shutting down, carnival operator Strates Shows […]
Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: Dawn at the East Portal
Charlie continues his chase into Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Range. The destination for Day Two is the historic Moffat Tunnel, where Union Pacific and Amtrak trains take turns powering through the East Portal. […]
Charlie’s Trackside Postcards: Over The Mountains, Not Through Them
Our Charlie Conway skates away from a sunny day of skiing to explore the railroad action along the former Denver & Rio Grande Western (now Union Pacific) main line routing through Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, not around them! […]
Charlie’s Trackside Postcards – Breakfast at Skykomish
A heavy Washington-state snowstorm lands Charlie Conway in a snow globe setting at Skykomish. True to form, Chas still manages to make his way trackside to share Season’s Greetings… and a sleigh-full of BNSF trains too! […]
Drew’s Trackside Adventures: Episode 34 – Iron Range Expedition
Our Boys of Summer start the year by sharing their Iron Range Expedition! Last summer, Drew Halverson, Mike Danneman, Charlie Conway, and Kent Johnson rallied in the Upper Midwest to trek from the Twin Cities to the Twin Ports to Two Harbors, Minnesota. Join them as they tour rare sights at Duluth’s Lake Superior Railroad […]
China delivers first intermodal train to the UK NEWSWIRE
FULL SCREEN James Graham A Deutsche Bahn Class 92 locomotive rests behind a speakers’ platform near London Wednesday as officials welcome the first China-to-United Kingdom rail shipment. FULL SCREEN James Graham YIWU-LONDON: The two end-points of a thousands-of-miles-long journey across Asia and Europe. Logos on the side of the locomotive show a handful of the […]