A pair of NJ Transit’s Arrow III electric multiple-unit are now wearing the logos of Penn Central and the New Jersey Department of Transportation as part of the agency’s heritage fleet. The new look reflects the design worn by the original Arrow I coaches upon their delivery in the 1960s. The cars are shown in […]
PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — Non-profit initiative Erie Turntable has announced its lineup of events for 2025, including plans for the inaugural Orange County Transportation Festival in August. The Port Jervis turntable site, leased by Erie Turntable parent organization TOYX, will be open Saturdays and Sundays from May 10 through Oct. 12 from noon to 4 […]
Equipment issues have led to the cancellation of one Acela round trip between Boston and Washington today (Feb. 26), after two round trips were cancelled on Tuesday. Also, two Michigan Service trains have been cancelled today. On the Northeast Corridor, Acela train No. 2153, a 6 a.m. departure from Boston, has been cancelled, as well […]
Bridgton & Harrison 2-4-4T No. 8 creeps around a rock outcropping at the head of a special train in 1940. The second-to-last Maine two-foot road to operate, the B&H closed the following year. Robert B. Adams photo […]
Maine Central 2-8-0 516 is sandwiched between a Jordan spreader and caboose as it approaches the station at St. Johnsbury, Vt., in September 1947. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
NEW YORK — Metro-North Railroad plans to purchase 13 battery-electric locomotives from Siemens Mobility for service in and out of Penn Station when Metro-North’s New Haven Line starts serving that station through the Penn Access project. The battery-electric versions of the Siemens Charger locomotive will generally draw power from catenary, then switch to battery mode […]
WILMINGTON, Del. — Volunteers on the Wilmington & Western Railroad say railroad staff have notified them that operations on the long-time heritage railway are paused indefinitely. Volunteers seeking information about the railroad’s March schedule were notified of the decision in an email earlier this month. The railway depends on its all-volunteer crew to staff trains. […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has begun using new labeling for its urban rail operations, as well as bus lines. The changes are part of a new branding as SEPTA Metro, first announced in 2021 [see “SEPTA plans rebranding …,” Trains News Wire, Sept. 8, 2021]. Some elements have been introduced previously, but […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. – With a cellphone, tablet or notebook in hand, visitors can activate a Pennsylvania Railroad position-light signal here to replicate any of 19 indications, past or present, used to govern train movements. The Harrisburg Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society on Wednesday (Feb. 19) completed a project, years in the making, that […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s transportation secretary said last week he’s “hesitant to go forward” with projects awarded federal funding — including one to increase capacity for an additional round trip of Amtrak’s Pennsylvanian — in light of the uncertain status of those funds under the Trump Administration. “Funds that were discretionary awards, that haven’t been […]
STRASBURG, Pa. — A bid process has begun for the building of a six-stall, 16,000-square-foot roundhouse at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania to house six Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission announced the beginning of the process on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Construction will be funded through Pennsylvania capital project funds, […]
NORTH WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro-North Railroad has completed the sixth in its series of locomotives honoring Metro-North’s 40th anniversary, this time honoring the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Dual-mode locomotive No. 222, a P32Ac-DM, sports the green-and-yellow design used on New Haven electric and diesel cab units until […]
