The effort by Robert Primus to regain his seat on the Surface Transportation Board appears to have been dealt a fatal blow after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today (June 29) that President Donald ...

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No injuries were reported when a CSX train derailed in Bensalem Township, Pa., on Tuesday, June 30. Bensalem Police Department BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Thirteen cars of a 72-car CSX train derailed ...

During eastern leg of its Coast-to-Coast tour Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 makes a whistle stop in Continental, Ohio. Throughout the trip, large crowds and heavy traffic have greeted the world’s ...

Commuter rail service on the South Shore Line has been suspended because of this derailment in Hammond, Ind. Bruce Stahl HAMMOND, Ind. — South Shore Line commuter rail service has been suspended at ...

As the sun sets, Norfolk Southern Dash 8-40CW No. 8343 leads a Union Pacific freight through the Metra station at Oak Park, Ill., on May 23, 2015. David Lassen ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern CEO Mark ...

Once we had the L-girders built, it was time to turn our attention to adding the legs and support bracing for the layout. We constructed the legs as simple subassemblies with their own cross bracing.

Three Canadian National cowls, a C40-8M and two SD60Fs, wheel a northbound train around the connection at Leithton, Ill., on Sept. 3, 2015. Chris Guss Six-axle freight locomotives built with a cowl ...

Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora, Ill., to a connection with the Galena & Chicago Union (forerunner of the ...

For years the Chicago & North Western operated Chicago’s most extensive commuter service. Its three routes were designated West, North, and Northwest. Those names also serve well to group C&NW’s lines ...

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Helmstetter’s Curve was a famous photo location on the former Western Maryland RR, and continues to be one of the scenic highlights for viewing trains operated by today’s Western Maryland Scenic ...