May 8, 2023 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 8, 2023) Six rail transit systems will receive more than $700 million in grants to replace aging railcars under grants announced Friday by the Federal Transit Administration as part of the Rail Vehicle Replacement Program. Full story:...
May 8, 2023 | CPKC, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 5, 2023) Mexico is seeking to incorporate Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) into three projects, Business News Americas reported. After a meeting between Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, U.S. officials, and CPKC executives...
May 8, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 8, 2023) Progress is well under way on structural upgrades to BNSF’s 119-year-old Bridge 3.9A over Lake Pend Oreille outside Sandpoint, Idaho. The completion in November 2022 of the adjacent 4,873-foot long Bridge 3.9B allowed BNSF to divert...
May 8, 2023 | Historic/Steam, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, May 8 — Today, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) marks its 160th anniversary. The BLET and its members are proud of our heritage as the oldest labor union in North America. Our union was founded as the Brotherhood of the...
May 5, 2023 | CN, Headlines, PSR, Train Length
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 4, 2023) Canadian National executives on Wednesday dissected the long-train strategy that the railway has cast aside in favor of an operating plan where sticking to schedule is gospel. Full story: Trains Magazine
