The U.S. Senate today (Aug. 7) confirmed the nomination of Karen Hedlund for a second term on the Surface Transportation Board. Hedlund was renominated by President Donald Trump on May 11, 2025. Her ...

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an injury to a CSX conductor that occurred Thursday, Aug. 6, in Fairburn, Ga., the agency has announced. The incident occurred at ...

Amtrak Cascades service remains disrupted because of this Aug 2 fire at an abandoned warehouse near Portland Union Station. Portland Fire and Rescue PORTLAND, Ore. — Amtrak Cascades service between ...

An aerial view of the Centennial Mills warehouse gutted by fire, looking west toward the Union Pacific railroad tracks. City of Portland PORTLAND, Ore. — Union Pacific has reaffirmed its plans to ...

A Los Angeles-bound Metrolink Orange County Line train arrives in Fullerton, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024. Metrolink will suspend service on the southernmost part of the Orange County Line next week ...

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In the late 1960s E. Hunter Harrison was working in the tower in Frisco’s Tennessee Yard in Memphis when Bill Thompson, the railroad’s operations chief, dropped by. Thompson pointed to the yard tracks ...

Riding Amtrak’s Palmetto on the home stretch: The passengers and crew of Amtrak’s southbound Palmetto have their last stretch stop in Florence, S.C. before the final 21/2-hour run to Savannah. David ...

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 ...

Train 99, the Coast Daylight, sails through Santa Barbara, Calif., in the early 1950s. Matching the colors of the train is GS-4-class 4-8-4 No. 4452, one of 28 built for Southern Pacific by Lima in ...

Although some units proved long-lived, the EMD NW5 sold just 13 copies. Great Northern NW5 No. 187. EMD photo Although the pre-World War II EMD NW3 was not a stellar seller, after cessation of ...