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5 days ago · The National Railway Historical Society, Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures have awarded Union Pacific’s heritage program their second annual Historic Preservation Award, which recognizes and honors a North American common-carrier. October 11, 2024. Locomotives.
Legend and Legacy: 175 Years of BNSF and Counting
Feb 12, 2024 · It was 175 years ago today, Feb. 12, 1849, that the Illinois General Assembly chartered the Aurora Branch Railroad, a six-mile-long track between Batavia, Ill., and West Chicago. Chugging along with borrowed equipment and secondhand steel tracks, little did the branch line, nor the developing American economy, know this small railway would grow ...
VIA Rail Adventures (First of a Series) - Railway Age
Oct 12, 2023 · At 6:15 PM Eastern time on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, I achieved a milestone in my “career” of riding trains. As VIA Rail Train 601 rolled into Jonquiere, Quebec, I completed the
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Oct 11, 2024 · Union Pacific Receives NRHS-Railway Age-RT&S Historic Preservation Award. The National Railway Historical Society, Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures have awarded Union Pacific’s heritage program their second annual Historic Preservation Award, which recognizes and honors a North American common-carrier. October 11, 2024.
First Look: Amtrak Airo™ (Updated Dec. 19) - Railway Age
Dec 19, 2022 · First Look: Amtrak Airo™ (Updated Dec. 19) Amtrak Airo™ will debut in 2026 on the railroad's Cascade service. Amtrak has released visuals of its upcoming new long-distance and corridor service single-level, semi-permanently-coupled push/pull trainsets—the Siemens Mobility-built Amtrak Airo™—which will replace aging Amtrak-owned ...
Amtrak Issues RFP to Replace Long-Distance Fleet - Railway Age
Dec 26, 2023 · Amtrak Issues RFP to Replace Long-Distance Fleet. Written by Carolina Worrell, Senior Editor. California Zephyr (Photo Courtesy of Amtrak) Amtrak on Dec. 22 issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to railcar manufacturers to begin …
CSX Adds Monon to Heritage Fleet (UPDATED, 1/29) - Railway Age
Jan 29, 2024 · CSX Adds Monon to Heritage Fleet (UPDATED, 1/29) Written by Carolina Worrell, Senior Editor. CSX No. 1897 is the ninth in a series of heritage locomotives to roll out of the Class I railroad's Waycross, Ga. paint shop. (CSX photo, via LinkedIn) CSX recently revealed its latest heritage locomotive—a tribute to the Monon Railroad—fresh out of ...
Regional of the Year: Lake State Railway - Railway Age
Nov 9, 2021 · Railway Age’s 2021 Regional Railroad of the Year is the Lake State Railway (LSRC), which won the Railway Age 2018 Short Line of the year award. During the presentation of that award, CEO John Rickoff ended his remarks by saying, “Now we need to come back and win it again as a regional railroad.” Here’s how LSRC achieved this goal, as told by Executive …
CP to STB on ‘Logistics Challenges Affecting Intermodal Shippers’
Aug 11, 2021 · CP to STB on ‘Logistics Challenges Affecting Intermodal Shippers’ - Railway Age. Finance. Regulatory. August 11, 2021. Intermodal.