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Group launches effort to ensure Alto high-speed project is an issue in Ontario elections
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (335+ words) Voting on local offices to be held Oct. 26 OTTAWA, Ontario — A group opposed to Canada’s Alto high-speed rail project has announced an effort to focus attention on the proposed Toronto-Quebec City operation as part of upcoming local elections in Ontario....
Building a sense of reality: the HO scale Crabbitt & Pitchahissee Railroad
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1676+ words) The HO scale Crabbitt & Pitchahissee RR is a salute to West Virginia's 1920s logging industry Thanks to Bob Hazard’s careful modeling and attention to detail, visitors to his HO scale 26 x 26-foot Crabbitt & Pitchahissee RR are treated to a slice of…...
VIA fleet deal recognizes value of non-revenue space, opens door to growth: Analysis
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (557+ words) MONTREAL — With the first cars not due until 2031, it’s far too early for VIA Rail Canada to address how it will deploy the 313 new passenger cars to be built by Alstom in Canada. But the order could make it possible…...
Atlanta Beltline light rail project would cost $3.5 billion, study says
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (212+ words) Three-loop design could carry 4.2 million passengers annually ATLANTA — A 22.2-mile Atlanta Beltline light rail system encircling downtown would cost approximately $3.5 billion and could carry 4.2 million passengers annually, according to a study released last week by Atlanta Beltline Inc. Beltline officials…...
Canadian union applauds VIA railcar order
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (299+ words) Alstom cars to be part of its Adessia equipment line THUNDER BAY, Ontario — Canada’s largest private-sector union is celebrating the Thursday, Sept. 3, announcement of a Ca$4.7 billion deal for new VIA Rail Canada passenger cars. Unifor’s 320,000 members include workers at…...
Anti-merger coalition urges trackside communities to speak up about UP-NS
1+ week, 1+ day ago (678+ words) The Stop the Rail Merger Coalition has posted an interactive map that combines projected merger-related increases in rail traffic and blocked-crossing and safety data; UP says the merger will have a minimal impact on the number of trains operated The…...
UP???s Vena says regulators should address potential future mergers as they occur, not as part of UP-NS proceeding
1+ week, 3+ day ago (425+ words) UP’s Vena says regulators should address potential future mergers as they occur, not as part of UP-NS proceeding Merger application should be addressed on its own merit, CEO says in online session Jim Vena doesn’t really see why the Surface…...
Engineer retires at age 89 after 60 years on heritage railroads
1+ week, 3+ day ago (242+ words) Don Young, who began running steam locomotives in 1965, concludes his career with August trips for Delaware River Railroad Excrusions After a brief stint at Steamtown in Scranton, Pa., in 1995, Young volunteered there from 2002 to 2025, and he fired and ran the…...
Chicago suburb voices???vehement opposition??? to O???Hare Flyer proposal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (365+ words) Chicago suburb voices ‘vehement opposition’ to O’Hare Flyer proposal President of River Forest, Ill., says she sees no benefit for her community RIVER FOREST, Ill. — Local opposition to the proposed O’Hare Flyer train service has quickly developed in the suburban…...
STB extends deadline for participation in UP-NS merger review
1+ week, 4+ day ago (164+ words) Deadline for notices is now Sept. 30 WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board has extended the deadline for filing notices of intent to participate in the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger to Sept. 30, the board’s chief counsel, Anika S. Cooper, said in a…...