NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy speaks at a Monday, Sept. 21, event at Chicago Union Station to announce new safety recommendations regarding shoving moves during switching. David Lassen CHICAGO — The ...
WASHINGTON — Amtrak and Canadian National have reached a new host railroad operating agreement that settles a dispute dating to 2013. The railroads said today that the agreements “strengthen their ...
Visitors check out equipment on display at InnoTrans 2026. At left is a new Alstom Intercity EMU built for Italy; at right is CRRC’s Vellink subway train. Keith Fender BERLIN — InnoTrans, the largest ...
With added dramatic lighting for a photo session, former Union Pacific 2-10-2 No. 5511 sits in the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America backshop at Silvis, Ill. On its return to operation, the ...
For many years Hobbyshop Window was a popular department in the pages of Model Railroader magazine. We’re excited to bring… ...
Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8898 and two Norfolk Southern Dash 9-44CW locomotives lead an eastbound manifest freight into Elmhurst, Ill., on July 7, 2026. The Surface Transportation Board has turned down ...
A Canadian National train of mixed freight passes through Thomasboro, Ill. CN’s former Illinois Central main line to Memphis will be key to its Canada-Mexico cross-border trade route. Chase Gunnoe ...
Resident Carmine Giso makes a point during a Sept. 17 meeting on Amtrak’s proposed Chicago maintenance facility, eliciting a positive reaction from project opponents. Bob Johnston CHICAGO — Amtrak’s ...
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — High diesel fuel prices are prompting more shippers to send their freight from the highway to rail, Norfolk Southern executives told an investor conference today. As trucking ...
A preliminary rendering of new VIA Rail Canada long-distance equipment. Engineering and consulting firm Jacobs will support VIA’s acquisition of its new Alstom passenger cars and Stadler locomotives.
A map accompanying the Request for Proposals for the sale of the rail line owned by the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority shows the authority-owned trackage (the thick orange lines) and other ...
Two Colorado firms have developed a fire-mitigation system that can prevent wildfires from encroaching onto railroad rights of way. Matrix Wildfire has developed the SENTINEL apparatus that can ...