Canadian National 2-8-2 3457 helps 4-8-4 6145 move a Hamilton–Toronto freight through the junction at Bayview, Ont., in May 1958. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
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Court blocks CN plans for new Toronto-area intermodal facility
MILTON, Ontario — A Canadian court has blocked Canadian National Railway’s plans for its Milton Logistics Hub, a $250 million intermodal project first proposed in 2015 and approved by the federal government in 2021. While the government attached 325 environmental conditions to the approval [see “Canadian National’s proposed Toronto-area intermodal terminal …,” Trains News Wire, […]
B&O F7s with empty hoppers
Three Baltimore & Ohio F7s pass Bond Tower, about 10 miles west of Keyser, W.Va., on Seventeen Mile Grade, with empty coal hoppers in March 1951. Note the runaway track curving behind the tower. William P. Price photo […]
CPKC and Iowa Interstate ask regulators to take closer look at CN-Iowa Northern deal
WASHINGTON — Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Iowa Interstate on Friday asked federal regulators to designate Canadian National’s proposed acquisition of Iowa Northern as a “significant” transaction that would require a longer and more rigorous review process. Last week the Surface Transportation Board accepted CN’s application to acquire Iowa Northern and said the $230 million […]
Coach passengers now can buy meals in Silver Star and Silver Meteor dining cars
WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s New York-Miami trains will begin offering “traditional dining” to “a limited number of coach customers” starting today (Monday, March 4), according to spokeswoman Kimberly Woods. The company dropped meal-in-a-bowl “flexible dining” last March on the Silver Star and last June on the Silver Meteor [see “Amtrak returns ‘traditional dining’ …,” Trains News […]
Big day for the Broadway
It’s June 15, 1938, the date on which the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited made its debut as a streamlined train. K4s 3768, given a streamlined cowling two years previously, handled the train out of Chicago. Classic Trains collection […]
GIO Railway ends service to St. Catharines, Ontario
ST. CATHARINES, Ontario — The GIO Railway ended service to downtown St. Catherines today (Friday, March 1), effectively removing the north end of GIO’s Niagara network from service and halting nearly 150 years of rail service to the city’s downtown. GIO’s final train operated over two days because of mechanical issues, beginning its trip on […]
Trains LIVE — The Mad City Model Railroad Show
Trains LIVE — The Mad City Model Railroad Show — 3-1-2024 — Operating model railroads, railroad historical societies, museums, garden railroads, restored motor cars — if it has something to do with trains — of any size — you can find it at the Mad City Model Railroad Show. For the 56th time the South […]
UP and BNSF shop worker layoffs prompt scrutiny from FRA and union leaders
WASHINGTON — The head of the Federal Railroad Administration has questioned Union Pacific’s commitment to safety after the furloughs of shop workers who maintain the railroad’s freight cars and locomotives. Meanwhile, the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO has asked the FRA to conduct random focused inspections at BNSF Railway in the wake of the […]
West Coast winter weather affects California Zephyr, Empire Builder
CHICAGO — Amtrak’s California Zephyr has been cancelled west of Salt Lake City through the weekend as weather forecasters are predicting heavy snow will pound Donner Pass and the Sierra Nevada mountains through Saturday. Service on the Seattle segment of the Empire Builder route was also disrupted this week. Trouble started early Thursday when the […]
LIRR makes schedule changes to allow track work
NEW YORK — Trains will be replaced by buses on the eastern portion of the Long Island Rail Road’s Ronkonkoma Branch on weekdays beginning Monday, March 4, the most significant of a series of schedule changes to allow for track work throughout the LIRR system. A number of other changes, involving new trains, new start […]
Newest section of Maya Train opens
CANCÚN, Mexico — A third section of Mexico’s tourist-focused Maya Train, a 68-kilometer (42-mile) segment between Cancún and Playa del Carmen, was inaugurated Thursday, Feb. 29, with a trip including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, local officials, and media members. It was the final portion of the project to be launched before a March 1 […]
