JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Short line holding company Patriot Rail today announced the appointment of Jason Bradt as its chief operating officer, which it said would strengthen its leadership team as it ...

A Union Pacific intermodal train heads west through Elmhurst, Ill., while a merchandise train approaches on the center track on July 7, 2026. David Lassen WASHINGTON — Intermodal traffic set an ...

A slope failure on the Green Mountain Railroad at East Wallingford, Vt., is just part of the damage the railroad sustained in 2023 flooding. Vermont Rail System BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont Rail System’s ...

Blair County EMA also confirmed that multiple fire departments were dispatched to the scene to check for potential hazards. https://t.co/3eZTnRehCw ALTOONA, Pa ...

A Long Island Rail Road train of Kawasaki M9 cars arrives at New Hyde Park in November 2022. A second Presidential Emergency Board has made its recommendations in an ongoing labor dispute between the ...

Atlas Model Railroad Co., Inc., 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, has announced two patriotic-themed SD40-2 diesel locomotives as part of the Premier line. The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway No.

The westbound Lake Shore Limited rounds a curve at Otis, Ind., on Oct. 29, 2025. The consist includes three Amfleet II coaches from New York and one added at Albany-Renssealer, N.Y., for passengers ...

A six-car Brightline train heads east from Orlando International airport at Innovation Way/Sunbridge Parkway adjacent to the Beachline Expressway on May 19, 2025. Beginning Oct. 6, the company will ...

Rio Grande dome car Silver Sky brings up the markers at Grand Junction, Colo., in March 1974. Mel Lawrence, George W. Hamlin collection Following the delivery of dome cars constructed for the Union ...

ARR plate clearances establish which rail cars will fit on a given track. A single low bridge can limit what cars are used on a rail line.

A Metra Union Pacific West train passes a stopped UP freight at La Fox, Ill., on Oct. 19, 2024. Metra has assumed operation of trains on its three UP commuter lines. David Lassen CHICAGO — Metra has ...

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.