WASHINGTON — Canadian National and Canadian Pacific have asked federal regulators to step in after they failed to settle their Chicago interchange dispute through a mediation period that ended on Thursday. In a July 3 letter to the Surface Transportation Board, CP requested a preliminary injunction that would order CN to maintain the interchange at […]
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad’s Transportation Department employees have reached an important milestone, achieving five straight years of injury-free performance. It’s the first time for such an achievement in South Shore Freight’s history, reflecting an emphasis on safety fostered across the entire company. The railroad reached the five-year mark […]
Video by Michelle Madding, via Facebook INDIANAPOLIS — CSX Transportation and local officials are expected to look into the what caused a fire at the railroad’s yard in Avon, Ind., near Indianapolis, Wednesday evening. Multiple media outlets report that a fire was reported in CSX’s Avon Yard at about 9 p.m. Wednesday. Local fire departments […]
A Union Pacific train creeps along slowly westward at Gibbon, Neb., as flood waters touch the base of the track ballast. Flood waters and poor operating conditions have forced the railroad to keep UP Big Boy No. 4014 at the North Platte, Neb., yard until further notice. Jim Wrinn NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Due to […]
The last Canadian National last detour train on CSX Transportation, X900-08 rolls past the Wabtec test track in Harborcreek, Pa., bringing to an end more than a week’s worth of detours on three railroads in the region. Stephan Koenig ERIE, Pa. — Canadian National confirms that the St. Clair Tunnel at Sarnia, Ontario, is open […]
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone No. 227, left, and Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 Big Boy No. 4014. Two photos, Steve Glischinski DULUTH, Minn. – When Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 pulls into the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth July 19, it will be within a few feet of one of its contemporaries: […]
SARNIA, Ontario — Canadian National is nearing the completion of cleanup for last week’s derailment in the St. Clair River tunnel between Sarnia and Port Huron, Mich. The CBC reports that as of midday Thursday, 38 cars and one locomotive had been removed and just nine cars remained in the tunnel, and about 1,000 gallons […]
Milwaukee Road 261 departs Minneapolis with a “Gourmet Express” trip in September 2018. Steve Glischinski MINNEAPOLIS — The Friends of the 261 will operate “Gourmet Express” excursions pulled by Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 and E9 No. 32A on the Twin Cities & Western Railroad Sept. 21-22. The special trips cater to passengers interested in […]
A private contractor works to remove fallen trees with the help of Keokuk Junction Railway crew at Hollis Pass, just north of Mapleton, Illinois on Friday, July 5, 2019. Trees fell on several stored tank cars during severe weather Wednesday. Steve Smedley PEORIA, Ill. — The Keokuk Junction Railway is closed after sustaining significant flood […]
An inbound Metra Electric train approaches the 47th Street/Kenwood station on June 29, 2019. Metra Electric service was stopped between downtown Chicago and the 51st-53rd Street station in Hyde Park on Monday because of a power outage. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — A power outage caused major delays on Metra’s Electric Line during Tuesday’s afternoon […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Amtrak has begun offering bus service between Green Bay and Milwaukee, connecting with its Amtrak Hiawatha service at two stations in Milwaukee. The new Amtrak Thruway bus service began Monday, offering two round trips between Milwaukee and Green Bay with intermediate stops in Appleton, Oshkosh, and Fond du Lac. In Milwaukee, the […]
GLEN HAVEN, Wis. — The main BNSF Railway route between Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul will remain closed through at least Tuesday after a mudslide caused a derailment Monday morning, sending at least one car into the Mississippi River. About 15 cars of the southbound intermodal train were reported to be derailed, the Wisconsin State Journal […]
