CSX train collides with truck hauling military equipment in South Carolina

Screenshot of video showing train hitting truck carrying tan military equipment

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Amateur video shows when a CSX Transportation train collides with truck hauling military artillery equipment at Goose Creek, The Post and Courier reports.   Goose Creek is located about 15 northwest of Charleston on a former Atlantic Coast Line route that also hosts Amtrak’s Silver Meteor.   The incident occurred Thursday […]

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New Norfolk Southern CEO Mark George prioritizes operational excellence

A black locomotive under a silver signal bridge

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – Norfolk Southern, which has struggled to maintain consistent and reliable service in recent years, will no longer tolerate mediocre operational performance, new CEO Mark George says. “The tolerance for poor performance inside of rails has always bothered me,” George said this morning in his first public remarks since replacing Alan Shaw […]

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Montreal commuter rail lines threatened

Cab car leads train of blue-and-silver commuter coaches at station

  MONTREAL — There are Montreal commuter rail lines threatened with closure. A report by Autorité Régionale de Transport Métropolitain suggests that closing three commuter rail lines could save up to C$21 million annually, CBC News reports. Commuters would be served by bus connection to adjacent rail lines instead.   They are the three least-traveled EXO commuter […]

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Colorado’s San Luis Central reopens line

Green-and-yellow diesel locomotive on five culverts over waterway with pink railcar

MONTE VISTA, Colo. — The San Luis Central reopens its main line running the first train to operate since May 24, 2024. Here, it crosses an irrigation canal on newly installed culverts that repaired a washout on this section of line on Sept. 9, 2024. Electro-Motive SW8, No. 70, with General Manager Tom Tancula at […]

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US weekly rail traffic marks fourth consecutive week of gains

Data table of US weekly rail traffic

WASHINGTON — For the week ending Sept. 7, 2024, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 479,179 carloads and intermodal units, up 7.3% compared with the same week last year, according to the Association of American Railroads. Total carloads for the week were 222,201, up 2.2% compared with the same week in 2023, while U.S. weekly […]

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Study on impact of long freight trains is due out next week

Yellow locomotives in with double-stack cars ahead and behind

WASHINGTON – The long-awaited National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report on the impact of long freight trains will be released next week. “Over the last two decades, railroad companies have been operating increasingly longer trains to reduce the number of crews, locomotives, and overall number of trains needed,” the academies said today. “In […]

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CPKC expects a long-term boost from anticipated U.S. East Coast port labor disruption

Red, black, and yello locomotives pulling train across bridge

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – The looming dockworker strike on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts could turn into a long-term opportunity for Canadian Pacific Kansas City to develop the Mexican port of Lazaro Cardenas into an alternate gateway to Texas, CEO Keith Creel says. The International Longshoremen’s Association says its 45,000 workers will walk off […]

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Memorable train rides: VIA Rail Canada ‘Ocean’

Trains.com Kent Johnson’s pick: VIA Rail Canada Ocean Name of train: Ocean, Train No. 14 The route: Montréal, Quebéc to Halifax, Nova Scotia Duration: ~22 hours (one night, one day), tri-weekly service Waylaid by wet leaves on the rails, VIA Rail’s No. 14 eastbound Ocean arrives hours late into Moncton, N.B., Canada, on Oct. 19, […]

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News photo: Passenger cars make move to Indiana Rail Experience

Red passenger car on back of Amtrak train

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The newest additions to the Indiana Rail Experience passenger fleet are nearing the end of the journey to that operation. Heavyweight Pullman Kitchi Gammi Club and former Union Pacific sleeper Pacific Island are shown in South Bend this morning (Saturday, Sept. 7) on the rear of the Lake Shore Limited as […]

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‘Adirondack’ resumes Monday with Canadian trackwork incomplete

Passenger train viewed from pedestrian overpass

MONTREAL — Amtrak’s New York City-Montreal Adirondack is set to resume operation north of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., this Monday, Sept. 9, with a northbound trip. The first southbound train from Montreal will run the following day, Sept. 10. Amtrak chose to cancel the train beginning May 19 because, as a result of deferred track maintenance, […]

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Open-house meetings set to discuss Colorado’s Mountain Rail project

Portion of Colorado rail map

DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation has scheduled a series of three open house events next week to discuss the proposed Mountain Rail project, which would launch passenger train service between Denver and Craig, Colo. The meetings are part of the process of creating a “service development plan” for the route, which last saw […]

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BNSF Railway launches program to improve interchange with short lines

Man climbing on front steps of orange locomotive

FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has launched a Shortline Select program designed to improve interchanges and service while deepening the commercial ties between the Class I and its short line connections. The first participating short line is Genesee & Wyoming’s 339-mile Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway (AGR), which interchanges with BNSF at Armory, Miss. […]

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