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MyAJC
April 3, 2018
A chunk of railroad land that stretches across more than three miles of west Atlanta is going up for sale. It could be developed for ... Traditionally, railroads operating in Atlanta have shown little interest in sharing space with passenger transit that could complicate freight operations. Buying lots of land takesÃâà...
WHTC
April 3, 2018
... will explore the role of railroads in Ottawa County's growth and development during an April 10 presentation, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Maas Auditorium in the Maas Conference Center, 264 Columbia Ave. on Hope College's campus,. Ottawa County was a major railroad hub for more than 80 years,Ãâà...
KIIITV.com
April 3, 2018
It's ironic how popular they've become, considering Americans left passenger railroads in favor of personal automobiles in the 1950s. ... But tourist trains are mostly thriving, drawing families and railroad enthusiasts for scenic rides aboard historic, restored cars that trigger a nostalgia for older riders andÃâà...
The Tribune
April 3, 2018
Police are trying to determine why a man may have been walking along the railroad tracks when he was hit by a train early Monday morning. A man who police believe may have been walking along the railroad tracks early Monday morning, as hit by a train and killed. The man's body was discovered atÃâà...
WTVM
April 3, 2018
ACWORTH, GA (CBS46) -. CBS46 obtained unbelievable video of a semi truck getting destroyed by a train. A viewer sent video into the newsroom of the scene on Main Street at School Street in Acworth. WATCH VIDEO. There is a notice on the pavement that says no trucks. Thankfully the driver was not inÃâà...
Glens Falls Post-Star
April 3, 2018
Ellis' comments about closing down the railroad company came after Warren County notified his company that the contract between the county and SNCR had been ... Ellis is president of Iowa Pacific Holdings, which owns SNCR and at least nine other railroads around the country and in Great Britain.
RCR Wireless News
April 3, 2018
Railroad travel is a mainstay of both commuter and long-distance mobility within Europe. As such, European Union regulators have instituted what's called the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), which governs rail signaling in the EU. A key part of ERTMS is the Global System for MobileÃâà...
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis
April 3, 2018
STATEWIDE – Improving the safety of Hoosiers at railroad crossings is the goal of a new program announced Monday by Governor Eric Holcomb and the Indiana Department of Transportation. The Local Trax Rail Overpass Program will provide at least $125 million in state-matching funds for cities, townsÃâà...
Progressive Rail Roading
April 3, 2018
Rolled out in September 2009, the railroad's Ticket-by-Internet program allows riders to buy monthly passes and 10-ride tickets on Metra's website. The program also ... Additionally, the move will enable the railroad to avoid $70,000 in required credit card security upgrades this year, Metra officials said.
Progressive Rail Roading
April 2, 2018
Today, Progressive Railroading announces the 20 people chosen for recognition as the 2018 Rising Stars of the North American railroad industry. ... work for Class Is, regionals, short lines, passenger railroads, transit agencies, government agencies, academic institutions, engineering firms and suppliers.
Patch.com
April 2, 2018
Police are trying to determine why a man may have been walking along the railroad tracks when he was hit by a train early Monday morning. By Bryan Kirk, Patch Staff | Apr 2, 2018 10:43 am ET | Updated Apr 2, 2018 10:45 am ET. 0. Pedestrian Killed On Kingwood Railroad Tracks. KINGWOOD, TX — A man who policeÃâà...
Glens Falls Post-Star
April 2, 2018
Ellis' comments about closing down the railroad company came after Warren County notified his company that the contract between the county and SNCR had been ... Ellis is president of Iowa Pacific Holdings, which owns SNCR and at least nine other railroads around the country and in Great Britain.
North Country Public Radio
April 2, 2018
Apr 02, 2018 — The owner of the Saratoga North Creek Railroad says the tourist train will not operate this summer unless state and local officials purchase a section of track in the Adirondack Park. The price tag could run as high as $5 million. Ed Ellis owns Iowa Pacific, the parent company that operatesÃâà...
Financial Tribune
April 2, 2018
It was built at a cost of around $60 million, financed by Azerbaijan, including a 35-hectare freight transhipment facility that will be operated by Azerbaijan's national railroad ADY under a 25-year BOT agreement with Iran's national rail entity IRIR. The new line forms part of the International North-SouthÃâà...
Progressive Rail Roading
April 2, 2018
The Class I's plans for the state include $53 million to maintain railroad track and $3.2 million to maintain bridges, according to a UP press release. Key projects this year will include $12.3 million to replace more than 100,800 ties between North Las Vegas and the Utah border; $9 million to replace 19 milesÃâà...
WatertownDailyTimes.com
April 1, 2018
QUEENSBURY — The owner of Saratoga & North Creek Railway told Warren County leaders Thursday that he plans to shut down the railroad unless someone buys a northern rail line from his company for ... Iowa Pacific Holdings owns railroads around the country, and began operations of SNCR in 2011.
Albany Times Union
March 30, 2018
During an appearance Thursday before Warren County lawmakers, the owner of the Saratoga and North Creek Railroad said he cannot afford to operate the 30-mile line because his tanker storage customers have fled. One of those customers was a company owned by famed billionaire investor WarrenÃâà...
San Francisco Chronicle
March 24, 2018
... the world, among them Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series, and John Muir, who visited the railroad's hotel in Muir Woods. The trains were powered by geared steam locomotives, of a type usually used in logging railroads. Business was so good, the railroad bought engine No.
WOWT
March 24, 2018
(AP) - The Nebraska State Patrol says its bomb squad has disposed of a live grenade and several old railroad explosives. The patrol says the grenade was found Wednesday in McCook. The bomb squad determined it was live and had been modified. It was taken to the McCook Police Department shootingÃâà...
LaGrange Daily News
March 24, 2018
WEST POINT — Downtown West Point has been growing a lot in recent years and soon it will get even bigger with the introduction of new restaurants. Specifically Matt Livingston, owner of Coach's Bar & Grill and Railroads, will be opening up two new businesses along with moving and revampingÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
March 24, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the North Coast Railroad Authority's petition to review a California State Supreme Court decision that ruled the authority must comply with state environmental laws as part of its efforts to restore railroad service to the North Coast. “The California Supreme CourtÃâà...
Newsandtribune
March 23, 2018
“Second Baptist Church matters to people far beyond its small congregation because of the building's role in the Underground Railroad and the example it represents for us in the present,” said Marsh Davis, president of Indiana Landmarks, in a news release. The restoration was a community-wide initiativeÃâà...
1011now
March 23, 2018
On Thursday, March 22, nine old railroad torpedoes were found in Crete. The torpedoes are designed to attach to the rail and use explosive material to create a loud sound to signal to the engineer that a hazard is ahead. The explosive material becomes unstable and more dangerous as the torpedoes age.
Smithsonian
March 23, 2018
His narrow house in Philadelphia served as an important stop on the Underground Railroad—and as Meagan Flynn reports for the Washington Post, a team of preservationists believe they have finally identified the home where Still and his wife Letitia once lived. Earlier this month, the Philadelphia Historical CommissionÃâà...
Progressive Rail Roading
March 23, 2018
Amtrak delays on host railroads are caused primarily by freight railroads that require passenger trains to wait so that freight trains can operate first, Amtrak officials said in the report card. ... Amtrak's first Host Railroad Report Card gives letter grades to six Class Is based on delays per 10,000 train miles.
Supply Chain Dive
March 23, 2018
Automotive and Feed & Grain associations have expressed “serious similar concerns about the reliability of the nation's freight railroad network,” STB tells the railroads. STB is looking for information such as employee resources and capacity constraints, which could explain declines in service.
Albany Times Union
March 23, 2018
The best grade, an A, went to Canadian Pacific, which owns the former Delaware & Hudson and hosts portions of the Ethan Allen Express and Adirondack services north of the Capital Region. To get an A, freight railroads had to keep total delays per 10,000 miles traveled below 600 minutes. Railroads thatÃâà...
Area Development Online
March 23, 2018
For the Union Pacific rail line between Alexandria and Shreveport, the company will replace nearly 150,000 railroad ties and install over 56,000 tons of rock ballast, part of a $16 million project. Along the Mississippi River, Union Pacific will replace over 82,000 railroad ties and install nearly 40,000 tons ofÃâà...
Logistics Management
March 22, 2018
Railroad service issues once again have the attention of the Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board (STB), with STB Acting Chairman Ann Begeman and Vice Chairman Deb Miller penning letters to the top executives at the seven North American Class I railroads, requesting eachÃâà...
Independent reporter
March 21, 2018
Prior to the creation of Kansas Territory in 1854 the land west of the Missouri River was Indian Territory. Trails across the prairie had to be negotiated by treaty. Wagons traversed the Santa Fe Road and the Oregon-California Trail carrying provisions, trade goods, and people to distant centers of commerce.
Quad-Cities Online
March 21, 2018
After reading the March 12 column about the Underground Railroad in Illinois, I would like to add some additional local history. The references come from the Illinois State Historical Society Transactions published in 1905; a book, “Our Future Is In Our Heritage—Andover, Illinois;” an article from theÃâà...
Progressive Rail Roading
March 21, 2018
Union Pacific Railroad's capital expenditures program this year will include $87 million for track and bridge maintenance projects in Louisiana. ... Key projects will include $16 million to replace 149,977 railroad ties and install 56,869 tons of ballast on the line between Alexandria and Shreveport, and $12Ãâà...
NBC Connecticut
March 21, 2018
The railroad will waive change fees for customers looking to change their reservations during the modified schedule. Get details on their website. SERVICE ALERT: Due to impending severe weather in the Northeast region, we will be operating modified service on Wed. 3/21. Full service will be restoredÃâà...
FreightWaves
March 21, 2018
Upchurch spoke about the future of KCS, while extensively discussing the challenges faced by the U.S. railroad industry with regard to NAFTA and its prospects in the Mexican cross-border trade set against the country's presidential election this year. Over the last few years, Mexico has been seeing a surgeÃâà...
Times Herald-Record
March 21, 2018
KINGSTON - Management of the Catskill Mountain Railroad is asking Ulster County for permission to restart freight shipping on the rail line it leases from the county. In a press release Tuesday, the railroad said Williams Lumber has expressed interest in using the railway to bring in lumber products forÃâà...
New York Times
March 21, 2018
PARIS — The soaring 19th century train stations that grace French cities are an iconic image of the nation. Even France's vaunted high-speed TGV is more than a train; it is a symbol of French planning and ambition, a riposte to an American vision of individualism embodied in the automobile. But if France'sÃâà...
LA Magazine
March 20, 2018
After Frederick and May Rindge bought Malibu's 13,315 acres in 1892, they fought to keep out squatters, road builders, and railroads. One strategy was to build their own railroad—a supply locomotive that ran from the beach to their mansion—to exploit a regulation preventing railroad lines from operatingÃâà...
FreightWaves
March 19, 2018
The March 12 letter sent by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers was unsparing in its criticism of railroad performance. In the letter sent by Alliance executive VP Dave Schwietert to a long list of people, including several members of Congress with key committee oversight over railroads, Alliance hadÃâà...
Alton Telegraph
March 17, 2018
ALTON — People who like train rides and Italian food are invited to take a daytime, “mystery” bus and train tour from Alton on Saturday, April 7. The not-for-profit American Association of Railroaders Inc.'s trip, with its, “all-you-care-to-eat 'Pizza and Pasta Pig-Out'” buffet lunch will cover 150 miles by highwayÃâà...
Nasdaq
March 17, 2018
The robust financial health of railroads bears testimony to the fact that the scenario has improved considerably for players in this industry, after having been battered by coal-related headwinds over the last few years. This indicates that freight railroad stocks will provide good return in the long-term.
KSTP.com
March 17, 2018
The state saw 34 collisions at public crossings in 2017, a 17 percent increase from 2016, when there were 29 collisions, according to new Federal Railroad Administration statistics. Meanwhile, there was just a 3 percent increase nationally. Minnesota Operation Lifesaver Executive Director SherylÃâà...
Reading Eagle
March 17, 2018
A 100-year-old steam locomotive has found a new home at the Allentown & Auburn Railroad in Kutztown. Old No. 106, which once hauled sand and gravel at the Sturm & Dillard quarry in Ohio, arrived Tuesday at the Kutztown Train Station. Mike Bast, president of the Allentown & Auburn line, said plans areÃâà...
Zacks.com
March 16, 2018
The robust financial health of railroads bears testimony to the fact that the scenario has improved considerably for players in this industry, after having been battered by coal-related headwinds over the last few years. This indicates that freight railroad stocks will provide good return in the long-term.
North Coast Journal (blog)
March 16, 2018
State Sen. Mike McGuire introduced amendments to Senate Bill 1029 — the Great Redwood Trail Act — today that would effectively dismantle the North Coast Railroad Authority and transfer the northern portion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad line, from Willits to Arcata, to the state Department ofÃâà...
Albany Times Union
March 15, 2018
A popular postcard from the period bears Railroad Jack's likeness and refers to him as "the most celebrated canine tourist in the world." Huggins found evidence of a brand of shoe made in Albany that was named after Railroad Jack. A Boston company posed Jack with a container of its salve and promisedÃâà...
Voice of America
March 15, 2018
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Iran held the first-ever quadrilateral meeting in Baku to discuss regional cooperation. At the center of the discussions was the construction of Rasht-Astara railroad, the 180-kilometer-long rail line that will connect the Iranian and Azerbaijani cities.
Albany Times Union
March 15, 2018
Huggins found evidence of a brand of shoe made in Albany that was named after Railroad Jack. A Boston company posed Jack with a container of its salve and promised to send a photo of the dog to anyone who purchased Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. The lotion, the company's ads said, was his favoriteÃâà...
Progressive Rail Roading
March 15, 2018
True, too, this is not the first time railroads have exhibited what I call “back-think.” Janney couplers and air brakes were only implemented by force of government order and during World War I, United States Railroad Administration's (USRA) Director General of Railroads William McAdoo actually had to start firing railroadÃâà...
Fast Company
March 15, 2018
Businesses, and the republic itself, seemed to be at the mercy of the monopoly power of railroad corporations. American farmers, businessmen, and consumers thought of competition as a way to ensure fairness in the marketplace. But with no real competitors over many routes, railroads could chargeÃâà...
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
March 14, 2018
A report of a possible burglary was made in the 500 block of S. Poplar Street. 3:02 p.m.. A 35-year-old female was arrested in the area of Woodlawn and Kearsley on a Crawford County warrant. She was transported to Crawford County Justice Center to be held for court. 7:45 p.m.. Officers investigated theÃâà...
