WASHINGTON — The lack of a standardized process for how and where to be positioned when operating a hand brake was the probable cause of a serious injury to a Hulcher Services Inc. employee during a rerailing operation last year at the Port of Stockton, Calif., the National Transportation Safety Board said in a newly […]
GEORGIANA, Ala. — Revenue freight is once again moving on a short line in southern Alabama. The Pinsly Railroad Co.’s Georgiana & Andalusia Railroad recently restored freight service on the 36-mile rail line between the CSX interchange at Georgiana and Andalusia, Ala. The first railcars in more than a year were delivered on Jan. 20, […]
MEXICO CITY — The train involved in a fatal derailment in Mexico on Dec. 28 was traveling at excessive speed, the federal Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday (Jan. 27) in its initial report on the accident that killed 14 passengers. The Interoceanic Train was traveling at 65 kilometers per hour (40 mph), 15 kph (9.3 […]
RICHMOND, British Columbia — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators to the scene of a Tuesday night derailment near Vanderhoof, B.C., the agency said today (Jan. 28). The Prince George Citizen reports 34 cars of a loaded Canadian National coal train derailed about 10 p.m. Tuesday at Mile 56 […]
WATERVILLE, Maine — CSX is moving 21 mechanical jobs at the former Pan Am Railways locomotive shop in Waterville to Selkirk, N.Y., and Cumberland, Md., leaving the current holders of those jobs to choose between transfer or leaving the railroad. CSX said in a statement that the relocation is effective March 1 “to better utilize […]
WASHINGTON — While the first quarter of the 2026 fiscal year produced record results on several fronts, equipment constraints and major capital projects are likely to make the second quarter a challenge, Amtrak’s board of directors was told during its meeting today (Wednesday, Jan. 28). Ongoing issues with the delivery of NextGen Acelas also continue […]
NEW YORK — Construction of the Hudson River Tunnel project on the Northeast Corridor is on the verge of halting because of the withholding of federal funds, the agency overseeing the project said on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Funding for the $16 billion project to build a new two-track tunnel between New Jersey and New York’s […]
BNSF does not expect full recovery from the winter storm that swept across its network until early next week, the railroad said in a Tuesday, Jan. 27, customer advisory. CSX says in its own Tuesday advisory that it continues to work to fully restore operations, while Union Pacific said Tuesday during its quarterly earnings call […]
Rail service in the Northeast is inching closer to normal following disruptions caused by last weekend’s severe winter weather. NJ Transit commuter rail and SEPTA Regional Rail have both resumed regular schedules today (Wednesday, Jan. 28), although scattered delays and cancellations are reported. Similar delays and cancellations are reported on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak will restore the full Empire Service schedule between New York Penn Station and Albany-Rensselaer in early March, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said today (Tuesday, Jan. 27). The move will restore cuts made to accommodate Amtrak’s East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project. It will also end a proposal to extend one Metro-North […]
NORTHFIELD, Mass. — No injuries were reported in a slow-speed derailment of Amtrak’s Vermonter this afternoon in Northfield, at a junction of the Berkshire & Eastern and New England Central railroads. Northfield Fire Chief Floyd Dunnel told WBBG and WSHM-TV that 113 passengers were on board the southbound train, and remained on the train with […]
As a major storm moved across the Midwest and East last week, railroads told customers they would alter train operations because of the conditions. RailState, the company that monitors operations through trackside sensors, has produced data showing what those changes looked like in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. RailState compared the storm period, Jan. 24-26, to […]
