Freight, passenger railroads on high alert as Hurricane Milton intensifies to Category 5 (updated)
TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton is still 700 miles from Florida’s coastal railroads, but the storm’s rapid strengthening from a…
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The second annual New Mexico Railroad Days, Sept. 28 and 29, marked the first public use of…
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COVINGTON, Va. — Approximately 25 cars of a CSX coal train derailed this early this morning near Covington, blocking two…
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CHICAGO — Only about 2,400 people rode Metra’s shuttle service between O’Hare International Airport and Chicago Union Station during the…
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ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. — A Friends of East Broad Top special on Saturday, Oct. 5, became the first train to…
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BLUE ISLAND, Ill. — Iowa Interstate Railroad operated a Family Days passenger train from Blue Island, Ill., its Chicago-area gateway,…
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BARABOO, Wis. — Former Trains Magazine publisher Kalmbach Media has donated nearly 600 images taken by famed California photographer Herb Sullivan…
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Let’s suppose, for the sake of argument, that the Class I railroads cannot successfully shift into growth mode. What happens…
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MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway this week published its Winter Plan or 2024-25, an annual document required by the Canadian…
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The strike by dockworkers that shut down East Coast ports came to an end today (Thursday, Oct. 3) when the…
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CHICAGO — Union Pacific has filed a federal lawsuit against River Forest, Ill., over noise citations the Chicago suburb has…
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WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has asked federal regulators for a timeline for completion of the environmental review of the railroad’s…
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