Norfolk Southern and Albertville-based Progress Rail will convert 96 locomotives to AC technology by 2029, cutting costs and extending fleet life.

In comments submitted this week to the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service ...

A switch crew’s “adaptations” of written rules contributed to a CPKC collision and derailment in a yard at Coalhurst, Alberta, on Feb. 11, 2024, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in an ...

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its report following the incident on Feb. 11, 2024, at Canadian ...

NS’s modernization roadmap includes new locomotives, a DC-to-AC program and a “push to reduce engine models from 13 to four over the next decade,” the Class I noted. Fewer models mean “lower ...

Have you ever watched a mile-long freight train rumble by and wondered how one locomotive can pull more than a hundred fully loaded cars? The locomotive weighs maybe 150 metric tons, and each car is ...

ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern will continue to modernize its locomotive fleet in a deal announced on Monday with Progress Rail, which will convert 96 of the railroad’s SD70M-2 models to AC-traction ...

City Councilors have voted unanimously to place the historic Montrose Post Office, located at 25-27 North Cascade Avenue, on the city’s Register of Historic Places.

LNER A1 No. 60163 Tornado will be joining A3 No. 60103 Flying Scotsman at the Great Central Railway in Nottingham this May. Both locomotives will arrive via the Midland Main Line connection in Mid-May ...

In a major move, Montrose Regional Health has signed a letter of intent to explore a partnership with Community Hospital of Grand Junction. The move is not a merger, Montrose ...

CN reports its February grain movement results and releases an Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan Annual Report. Also, CSX recognizes nine short lines with partner awards; and Union Pacific (UP) ...

This round-up of preservation engineering updates is drawn from a recent issue of Railways Illustrated edited by Pip Dunn. It summarises restoration, mainte ...