Headed for Galesburg an eastbound from Kansas City at speed at East Bushnell,IL. under the old CB&Q signal bridge 3-5-12. Tom Farence photo Experts Break Down the $2 Million Nike Train Heists Train game: Take nostalgic trains to the Mets and Yankees home openers this season The world’s first 3D-printed train station will take just six hours to build NCDOT is considering
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CP south bound local at Port Byron,IL.. Tom Farence photo Pakistani insurgents attack a train carrying hundreds of people and take hostages NTSB releases new details on SEPTA train fire that led to evacuation of 329 people [6abc.com] Japan bullet train cars decouple, 2nd time in less than 6 months Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to nort
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You are now connected to our new server, Trainnews.org and Photos.Trainnews.org now reside on the same system. This system has been running in parallel for the past few weeks and seems to be stable. I have removed the temporary home page that was in place during the migration. If you find any issues please post them as replies to this thread. Again thanks for your support.
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Union Pacifics weed and brush control spray train pictured at Jonesville, TX early 2024 has since roamed a good part of the system. A rebuilt SD-40 provides the power. John and Elizabeth Monhoff NTSB releases new details on SEPTA train fire in Delaware County [6abc.com] and Problems were reported just hours before SEPTA train fire that caused $10 million in damages, NTSB says How
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This is a pair of freshly painted Colorado Pacific & Rio Grande engines at La Veta, Colorado in May 2024, westbound. Elizabeth Monhoff Inside the Mojave Desert train heists targeting Nike sneakers Amtrak Ramps Up Sounder Train Maintenance Work, but Service Still Reduced International consortium wins C$3.9 billion Canada high speed train contract New 7 train passageway o
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Sorry no photos rec'd today or left in the unused folder. Please send photos to Photos@trainnews.org TCU/IAM Lorton, Va. Amtrak Auto Train Workers Picket for a Living Wage SMART-TD: Train derailments in Lincoln and Kimball counties caused by broken rail, damaged wheels Northern Michigan pas
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Sanderson Canyon in Texas is huge. It starts west of Sanderson TX, the county seat, and continues east through rugged country before emerging near Dryden. Much of the canyon is inaccessible unless you are priviledged to use the UP access road along the track. Climbing out of Sanderson, the UP tracks cross US90 before disappearing into the depths of the canyon. About 125 miles ahead
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Southbound Union Pacific freight headed by lcomotine 7280 as seen from highway 99E in the Willamette Valley north of Harrisburg, Oregon. July 23, 2023. Louis Cerny Rosenberg Railroad Museum to expand exhibits with new train cars MARTA unveils redesigned ‘state-of-the-art' train cars and State of MARTA 2025: New train car unveiled as transit leaders look towards future and Atl
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Volume 18 - issue 04 Limited number of articles found by search this week. I guess the press were busy with other things. Southbound BNSF coal train crosses bridge over UP mainline just as setting sun reappears after a thunderstorm. Sidney, Nebraska .July 8, 2019. Louis Cerny Train carrying grain derails in Portsmouth Plans for new ‘Interborough Express’ Brooklyn-to-Queens train
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With some assistance I have been able to rebuild the photo albumn lost when the hard disk crashed last year. When it is completed a link will be added to the home page, you can also visit the site at photos.trainnews.org. The Border Patrol is taking a close look at east bound train at Knippa Tx. The first group of cars are beer cars from the Corona Brewery about 30 miles south of Eagle Pa
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Volume 18 - issue 02 Amtrak's east bound Capitol Limited emerges from Point of Rocks tunnel at Point of Rocks, MD on CSX's Metropolitan Sub on May 3, 2013. This tunnel was one of several on this former B&O main which was enlarged in conjunction with CSX's National Gateway project to increase overhead clearance to allow the passage of double stack trains. Point of Rocks Tunnel was built
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Volume 18 - issue 01 The South East Pennsylvania Transportation Agency (SEPTA) operates an extensive transportation system in the greater Philadelphia area. SEPTA operates numerous bus lines and a trolley bus line in addition to the trolley cars that run in the city, the Norristown High Speed line and suburban Light Rail lines. The end of the line at Sharon Hill PA has this small station
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MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS This years archived holiday photo from 2012. Note this is the last issue for 2024. Trainnews will not publish until January 9, 2025 ICE 114 moves slowly down the Nitrin Sub about one year ago on the east bank of the Mississippi. At the time this GP9 was one of three still in daily revenue service for the Canadian Pacific and one of the few remaining
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SEPTA (SouthEastPennsylvaniaTransportationAuthority) Kawasaki Trolley cars are coming to the end of their life cycle. Built before the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed by President George H.W. Bush, the cars are not accessible. They were new in the very early 1980s. New rolling stock is in the future and will look like nothing that is running in Philadelphia now.
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SEPTA (SouthEastPennsylvaniaTransportationAuthority) PCC III rumbles down Girard Avenue in Philadelphia PA. Route 15 "Girard" is the only route still using the classic President's Conference Committee style of streetcar in the 'City of Brotherly Love'. The current model is a upgrade from the PCC II modified by Brookville in 2003 from former PCCs manufactured by the St Louis C
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The Union Pacific has a unique group of Maintenance of Way (MoW) trains to perform numerous tasks needed by the railroad. Along the Sunset Route as well as the Austin Subdivision, thousands of ties have been replaced. That means that thousands of used and worn ties have to be picked up and discarded. This MoW set has just received track and time,and is departing the small yard at Corbyn, j
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Th Strasburg Railroad operates from its' namesake community to Leaman Place Jct, where it connects with the Norfolk Southern. It's only 4.5 miles long, but an impressive little railroad. During the summer, Strasburg typically will operate two trains, running just a few minutes apart. Some freight is hauled and it's right across the road from the impressive Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
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The PATCO Speedline runs from downtown Philadelphia PA to Lindenwold NJ using cars that were built by Budd and refreshed several times by Vickers Canada and Alstom in NY. These are the latest PATCO II cars approaching the station stop at Westmont. A significant portion of the line is underground as it burrows beneath the river and into central Philadelphia. Running on a third rail and 750
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There's something about stainless steel and Budd. It's magic, On the PATCO Speedline or the tail end of the Canadian,it's special. The PATCO (Port Authority Transit COrporation) Speedline operates from central Philadelphia PA to Lindenwold NJ. The line opened on January 4, 1969. The rolling stock has undergone significant rebuilding including the PATCO II by Vickers Canada and a 2019
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While the BNSF and UP dominate the scene in the Columbia River Gorge, there is a lot more happening on the river. Case in point, the ship American Pride. The American Pride cruises the Columbia and Snake rivers. She is operated by the American Cruise Lines and was built by Chesapeake Shipbuilding in 2012. Cruising and 12 knots, she weighs 2700 tons and caters to 150 passengers. The paddlewhee
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The Columbia River Gorge has many interesting venues. The Washington side of the gorge is BNSF territory, the Oregon side belongs to UP. Both railroads handle the refuse of Seattle and Portland, taking it east to a giant landfill. That landfill is at Roosevelt OR. This westbound BNSF train has just departed the garbage landfill. Note that the double stack empty containers are no longer tar
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The Portland Vancouver Junction Railroad operates from an interchange at RYE JCT WA with BNSF to Brush Prairie Washington. The railroad owns the track all the way to Chelatchie WA , 33 miles, but only operates about the first 15 miles of the Right of Way. Usually, the railroad uses SW1200 number 211. SW1200 #211 is a former Missouri Pacific However, they also have an SD40-2 to take heavier
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This Weeks Edition The Maryland Area Rail Commuter system operates three lines. It shares the Northeast Corridor with Amtrak on the Penn Line which originates in Washington D>C< and runs north of Baltimore. The Brunswick line also originates in Washing ton and operates westerly to Martinsburg W. VA. lastly there is the Camden Line that runs from Washington to the terminus at Camden Sta
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Trainnews 10/02/24 Baltimore Maryland has an extensive light rail system that operates from Glen Burnie in the south to Hunt Valley in the north, a system of slightly over 22 miles in length. There is a spur from the mainline that reaches Thurgood Marshall, BWI International Airport. In addition, the is a short subway system in the City of Baltimore. The light rail system uses a fleet of
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Amtrak Tr 22, the Texas Eagle, approaches its' station stop at Taylor TX. The Phase VII paint is so new there is hardly a ding on the freshly painted nose. And since cars are no longer left in San Antonio, the train is two cars longer than it was previously. After its' stop, the Eagle will turn north toward Ft Worth, Dallas and ending in Chicago IL. Norm Schultze Amtrak Launching the
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Trainnews 08/8/24 - 08/14/24 One of MARCs (Maryland Area Rail Commuter) HHP-8 stops to discharge passengers at Odenton MD. These are powerful motors, packing 8000 horsepower between the couplers. MARC had a half dozen of these Bombardier-Alstom electrics for use on the Penn Line. The Penn Line is MARCs only electrified line, which it shares with Amtrak on the Northeast Corridor. At one ti
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Trainnews 08/8/24 - 08/14/24 Tradepoint Atlantic is the reincarnation of the former Bethlehem Steel Co plant at Sparrows Point, Maryland. Steel production ended in June 2012 and the property has been in redevelopment since that time. Tradepoint has its' own railroad, and five locomotives to service customers. There is direct access to both CSX and NS along with significant storage optio
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Trainnews 08/8/24 - 08/14/24 Capitol Corridor service to the Oakland A's game arrives at Oakland Coliseum station. This train is running one of its last services to Oakland A's games as the team will play in Sacramento next season. Tim Loftus Full G train service resumes after partial shutdown ‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passe
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Trainnews 08/8/24 - 08/14/24 The St Charles line operates down the 'neutral zone' through the Garden District of New Orleans LA. Here, one of the Perley Thomas streetcars, built in 1923-24 passes the Van Benthuysen-Elms Mansion, built in 1869 for former Confederate Officer Watson Van Benthuysen. It later became the German Consulate from 1931 to 1941. It is now preserved at 3029 St Charles
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Trainnews 08/8/24 - 08/14/24 “Do you hear the beat?, Away down the street ?” The rampart Street Parade written by Bob Haggart and Ray Broduc in Nov 1937. The trolley is running by the Dupaquier House, located at 1101 North Rampart Street. It was designed by noted architect G. A. Hemecourt for Dr. Dupaquier. It has been a Jazz Club hosting greats like the Marsalis Brothers. It is now
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