CSX debuts RF&P heritage locomotive

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX has released its 10th heritage locomotive, No. 1836 honoring the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac. “Here is our latest ONE CSX Heritage Locomotive … the RF&P #1836! This one is from the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, founded in 1836,” CSX CEO Joe Hinrichs wrote on LinkedIn today. “Richmond was the headquarters […]

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NS train derails in eastern North Carolina

Derailed tank cars as seen from a distance

AURORA, N.C. — Fourteen cars of a Norfolk Southern train derailed early Saturday morning near the town of Aurora, leading to a leak of molten sulfur from one car. WITN-TV reports the derailment occurred about 1 a.m. Beaufort County Public Information Officer Brandon Tester told the station the sulfur hardened as it met the cold […]

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BNSF coal train derails in Nebraska

Derailed orange locomotives and coal hoppers

CAIRO, Neb. — Three locomotives and 57 cars of a BNSF coal train derailed early this morning (Friday, Feb. 9) near Cairo, News Channel Nebraska reports. No injuries were reported in the incident about 4:45 a.m. along State Route 2, which blocked crossings in a 3-mile stretch from High Street in Cairo to 110th Road southeast […]

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More British High Speed Trains head to Mexico

British High Speed Train trainset at station in Mexico

More former British High Speed Train, or HST, trainsets are now on their way to Mexico. An initial shipment of HST equipment arrived last year for passenger service on the Tehuantepec Isthmus Railway/Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec rail line in the south of the country [see “Passenger equipment from Britain, US heads to Mexico,” Trains […]

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Incorrectly aligned derail caused 2022 incident with CN train, TSB determines

Two derailed locomotives partially buried in dirt with containers visible in the background

DORVAL, Quebec — An incorrectly lined derail caused the derailment of a Canadian National train on CSX track in a December 2022 incident near Huntingdon, Quebec, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined in its final report released Thursday, Feb. 8. No injuries occurred in the incident, which saw two locomotives and six intermodal cars […]

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Cummins to repower locomotives as part of pickup emissions cheating settlement

Two red diesel engines on factory floor

Last month’s announcement of a settlement between Cummins and the U.S. Justice Department and the state of California over emission-defeating devices installed on over a half-million pickup trucks with Cummins diesel engines has far-reaching effects. In addition to monetary penalties, mitigation of the total excess nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions emitted by the RAM pickup trucks […]

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Norfolk Southern replaced more rail in 2023 than in any year since 1990

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern replaced 556 miles of rail last year, the highest tally since 1990, the railroad said today. NS’s capital production gangs broke productivity records by laying 35 more track miles of rail than in 2022, while using the same number of rail installation teams. “The Norfolk Southern Engineering Department truly came together […]

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Hyundai Rotem to build new LA subway cars

Illustration of stainless steel subway cars with black and yellow front

LOS ANGELES — South Korean manufacturer Hyundai Rotem has been awarded a $663.7 million contract to build trains for the LA Metro subway system, the company announced Tuesday. The Korea Economic Daily reports the contract is the company’s largest by dollars in the U.S. The order calls for 182 HR5000 cars to be delivered in […]

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