Friday morning rail news: LIRR workers credited with saving life of passenger who fell onto tracks Five Long Island Rail Road maintenance workers are being credited with saving the life of a passenger who fell onto the tracks at a Brooklyn station during Wednesday morning’s rush hour. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority press release says the man fell […]
More Thursday midday rail news: NJ Transit board approves $2.6 billion operating budget NJ Transit’s board has approved a $2.6 billion operating budget for 2021 — a figure representing a 10% increase made possible by coronavirus relief funds. NorthJersey.com reports some $955 in federal CARES act funding will help offset $860 million in revenue losses from decreased […]
Wednesday morning rail news: DC Metro tampered with evidence of train separation, safety commission says Evidence relating to the separation of a moving DC Metro train earlier this month was tampered with during the investigation, according to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission. The Washington Post reports that between the initial investigation incident on Oct. 9 and the […]
Wednesday midday rail news: NJ Transit to change plans for rail power plant Bowing to a series of protests from environmental groups and neighboring communities, NJ Transit will change its plans for a power plant to provide backup power to its rail system. NJ.com reports the Transitgrid project, which was to be a natural gas plant, will […]
More Tuesday afternoon rail news: New MTA map shows trains in motion, reroutes, station information New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has unveiled a new online subway map offering remarkably detailed real-time information on the subway system. Curbed.com reports the map, using the MTA’s own data streams, makes it possible to follow the movement of individual trains, as well as […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Paul Tartaglia’s HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook is a freelanced railroad that’s inspired by the New York Central RR Putnam Division in southeastern New York State. Watch trains run through a few of the signature scenes on this well-detailed model railroad. For […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Paul Tartaglia’s HO scale Chester Ridge & Pennebrook is a freelanced railroad that’s inspired by the New York Central RR Putnam Division in southeastern New York State. Watch trains run through a few of the signature scenes on this well-detailed model railroad. For […]
FULL SCREEN Kevin Burkholder Commemorative GP40-2W No. 311 passes the old depot in Wallingford, Vt., in fresh snowfall on Feb. 13, 2014. FULL SCREEN Scott A. Hartley Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority SW900 No. 14 is seen at the Norfolk, N.Y., enginehouse on Oct. 9, 2013. FULL SCREEN Kevin Burkholder Vermont Railway GP38-2 No. 202 […]
Trains magazine celebrates Grand Central Terminal’s 100th anniversary in our February 2013 issue with a comprehensive look at America’s most famous railroad station, from its planning and construction a century ago, and the thwarted attempts to place a skyscraper above it in the 1960s, to the incredible restoration work completed in recent decades that has […]
Scenic Bear Mountain is located about 45 miles north of New York City along the Hudson River. It offers a host of vantage points along the CSX Transportation “River Line” and Metro-North Hudson Line. Locations between Cold Spring and Peekskill, including Bear Mountain Bridge, provide public access to watch and photograph trains. The area is […]
A century ago, a quirky group of railroads built with their rails just 2 feet apart sprawled across the wilderness of Maine. The narrow gauge railroads were cheaper to build and could go places standard gauge roads could not. By the 1920s, there were five narrow gauge railroads in the state, from the 112-mile Sandy […]
The town of Sykesville, a community of about 4,400, is nestled in the Maryland hills about 25 miles west of Baltimore. Visiting Baldwin’s Station restaurant (www.baldwinsstation.com), in the old Baltimore & Ohio station, is like traveling back in time 130 years. The station’s ornate design includes a B&O 0-8-0 Camel steam locomotive-inspired chimney, original jeweled […]
