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PITTSBURGH — Wabtec today announced its largest-ever locomotive agreement, a $4.2 billion deal to deliver Evolution Series locomotives and provide long-term service support to the national railway of Kazakhstan. The new locomotives, part of National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s (KTZ) expansion and fleet renewal, are designed to operate in the demanding weather conditions and mountainous […]
CSX’s rebuilt Blue Ridge Subdivision — the former Clinchfield Railroad in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina which was heavily damaged by flooding after Hurricane Helene last fall — hosted its first revenue freight train over the weekend. With Clinchfield heritage locomotive No. 1902 on the point, train U248-20 traversed the line on Saturday. CSX […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration today issued a $5 billion-plus Notice of Funding Opportunity for the National Railroad Partnership Program, which aims to enhance safety on intercity passenger routes. The program now includes $2.4 billion that the FRA clawed back from the California High-Speed Rail Project. “The funding will help advance FRA’s top priority […]
The SMART-TD union today said it would back Union Pacific’s acquisition of Norfolk Southern under an agreement that ensures job security for rank and file members who work in train and yardmaster service. Union Pacific said SMART-TD employees would not face involuntary furloughs as a result of the merger and would have job protection for […]
WASHINGTON — Robert Gleason, the White House nominee to serve on Amtrak’s board of directors, was among the nominees the U.S. Senate confirmed en masse last week. The Senate approved 48 Trump administration nominees under a simple majority vote on Thursday. Republicans adopted the process last week to speed the confirmation of nominees amid Democratic […]
Trains Turntable: Commentary from Matthew K. Rose Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads have proposed a merger — what could possibly be wrong with a transcontinental railroad? First, there exists no financial crisis in the rail industry, like that which drove the significant consolidation in the freight rail industry over the last 30 years. The […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday said he approved of the proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. In Oval Office remarks reported by White House media, Trump said the tie-up that would create the first transcontinental freight railroad “sounds good to me. Union Pacific is a great railroad.” Trump also […]
PCC car 7352 passes the imposing York Road car house in June 1960; this and six other Baltimore barns were designed by E. Francis Baldwin, architect of many notable Baltimore & Ohio Railroad buildings. Photo by Linn H. Westcott […]
STRATFORD, England — Back at my London base for the first part of this tour, a hotel adjacent to the Stratford station. Unlike my first stay a week ago, I this time asked for a room with a railway view. (Clerk: “No one has every asked for that before.” I now understand why; you can […]
Canadian Pacific Kansas City CEO Keith Creel and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met at a grain terminal in Mexico City today to celebrate the arrival of a unit train carrying wheat grown in Manitoba. Amid ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and its North American neighbors, CPKC has been seeking to connect customers in […]
ROANOKE, Va. — As Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 gears up for fall excursions on the Buckingham Branch Railroad, having arrived at the short line from Roanoke on Sept. 18, the Virginia Museum of Transportation has recently geared up for a new fundraising initiative in preparation for the 4-8-4’s anticipated 1,472-day boiler inspection, […]
BERN, Switzerland — The Swiss Federal Office of Transport has announced new regulations for freight wagons in the country. The new regulations include measures such as minimum wheel diameters, more frequent maintenance schedules, and optimized wagon inspections. Operators and fleet owners have until the end of 2025 to comply with the new rules. The regulations […]
