WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration today published new rules on a variety of topics — ranging from horn-sounding requirements to virtual training for brake systems — as part of what the ...
Workers drill into rock at the Palisades Portal site for the Hudson Tunnel project on Aug. 17, 2026. The Trump administration is appealing a decision blocking it from withholding funds for the tunnel ...
Twenty-six cars of a Union Pacific coal train derailed in Eureka, Mo., on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Eureka Fire Protection District EUREKA, Mo. — Twenty-six cars of a 135-car Union Pacific coal train ...
A rendering of a California high-speed train in the San Joaquin Valley. California High-Speed Rail Authority SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California High-Speed Rail Authority recently signed an agreement ...
The Greenbrier Cos. and TTX unveiled America 250 patriotic boxcars on March 31, 2026, at the Greenbrier maintenance facility in Cleburne, Texas. Lance Lassen CLEBURNE, Texas — Freight car manufacturer ...
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board’s order requiring Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to provide additional internal documents as part of the review of their proposed merger is a ...
F40C brings a westbound Metra Milwaukee North train through Grayslike, Ill., on June 27, 2000. Metra has donated the long-stored locomotive to Rairloading Heritage of Midwest America. Chris Guss ...
Federal regulators have rejected the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application as incomplete. David Lassen WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today issued a setback to Union Pacific ...
A: Longtime staff member Jim Hediger provided an explanation of the Type H, or Tightlock, coupler in a sidebar that appeared with his article “HO knuckle coupler guide” in the November 2007 Model ...
Genesee Valley Transportation PA4 No. 190 awaits departure from Scranton, Pa., with an invitation-only excursion marking its first operation since acquisition by the company in 2023. Scott A. Hartley ...
Rio Grande dome car Silver Sky brings up the markers at Grand Junction, Colo., in March 1974. Mel Lawrence, George W. Hamlin collection Following the delivery of dome cars constructed for the Union ...
A Metra Union Pacific West train passes a stopped UP freight at La Fox, Ill., on Oct. 19, 2024. Metra has assumed operation of trains on its three UP commuter lines. David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has ...