Freight railroads’ traffic volumes are down significantly this year, so the number of rail cars flowing through hump yards is nowhere near what it’s been the past few years. But no matter the volume, getting cars through the yards as quickly...
Rail shipments cross the border into Mexico in six places: Calexico, California; Nogales, Arizona; and El Paso, Eagle Pass, Laredo and Brownsville, Texas. While each Class I railroad operates over its own set of crossings, Union Pacific is the only one with access to all six border crossing...
In Galveston, Texas, the most recent recipient of the award, attendees of the award ceremony enjoyed poring over historic documents that memorialize the longstanding relationship between the city and the railroad. "From transporting passengers in the past to the continued role of transporting freight,...
In Morristown, pile out of the car for a tour of the Crockett Tavern Museum, built on the site of the Davy Crockett's boyhood home. Texas: Lonesome Highway InSapphoWeTrust // Wikimedia Commons Texas: Lonesome Highway Why lonesome? Because drivers are more likely to encounter a tumbleweed...
Where I see it as important are in Texas and Florida, whose metropolitan areas and economies have grown astonishingly with virtually no legacy rail network. I do agree that the piedmont and northeast will become more closely integrated with HSR, but they have grown closely even without it. ...
experience in which the visitor sits in the cab of a real Long Island Railroad electric M7-class multiple unit railcar, and using the controls in that cab, operates a computer train simulation game which depicts the experience a Long Island Railroad engineer would have in the real engineer's ...
Major classification yards are located in Chicago; Houston and Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Mo.; Livonia, La.; North Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Ark.; North Platte, Neb.; and Roseville and West Colton, Calif. Major intermodal terminals are located in the greater Chicago area; greater ...
Large windows on the ends and in the diagonal parts of the roof gave a good view all around. The car bodies were constructed completely of shaped parts and sheet metal welded together and had only a single center entry on both sides of cars. The restroom was located almost at the level...
Houston's crunch time; As light rail debuts in this highway-happy Texas city, some motorists can't seem to stay out of the train's way. And what will get b... THIRTY YEARS AFTER FACING financial ruin, business is booming again for freight railroads in the U.S. Once plagued by shrin...
Enid, Oklahoma, founded in 1893, is known for having the largest grain storage capacity of any city in the United States. BNSF predecessors A.T.S.F. and the Frisco operated in Enid and had large rail yards there. "The railroad is a big asset to the city of Enid," said Bill Shewey...