• June 09, 2023
• Short Lines & Regionals

Good Hits or Bad Hits? The Determination is Ours

ASLRRA PERSPECTIOVE, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2023 ISSUE: “And the hits just keep on coming” was a phrase popularized by 1960s radio announcers to boast that their radio station was going to play one beloved record after another. The 1992 movie “A Few Good Men” popularized a wholly different meaning of the same phrase when Tom Cruise (Lt. Daniel Kaffee) who, at the end of a litany of contentious disagreements with his unwanted co-counsel Demi Moore (Lt. Cmdr. Joanne Galloway), utters those words in a sarcastic response to her assertion that, like it or not, she is coming to Cuba with him for his meeting with Jack Nicholson (Colonel Nathan Jessup).

• June 08, 2023
• Passenger

A Tourist Railroad and a Canal Segment Provide a Glimpse Into Indiana History

We normally don’t write about “tourist railroads” here at Railway Age; in part because many are isolated and not accessible by any other form of non-automobile transportation. Yet there is an exception in southeastern Indiana, about half-way between Cincinnati and Indianapolis. It’s even accessible on Amtrak, at least for hearty travelers who are willing to put up with Amtrak’s schedule.

• June 08, 2023
• Class I

50 Year Railroader Richard Hockett Traveled Many Roads Toward Railroad Career

By following his father’s path, Richard Hockett Jr., the son of a railroader, embarked on a railroad career spanning 50 years.

• June 07, 2023
• Class I

CN Project Together Strikes a Harmonious Chord

If there’s anyone among our readers who have heard the phrase “country music is a contradiction in terms” and agreed with it, you need to see this video of CN’s Project Together,

• June 07, 2023
• Locomotives

Zero/Low-Emission Locomotive Global Roundup (Updated)

By 2050, in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement, zero-emission locomotives may have completely replaced conventional diesel-powered equipment on the railways of the world. Current development of zero-emission switcher locomotives, combined with

• June 06, 2023
• Locomotives

CPKC: New Railroad, New Livery

Locomotives are the public face of a railroad. The most attractive liveries reflect not only a company’s heritage, but the communities it serves. It is a symbol of pride. In some cases, it symbolizes a connection with a nation.

• June 05, 2023
• Class I

‘Always Positive’ Creel Enjoys 50-Plus Years of Locomotive Cab Views (Updated)

After more than 50 years, Conductor Jim Creel still enjoys seeing different towns, landscapes and seasons through the black-framed windshield of a Union Pacific locomotive.

• June 05, 2023
• Regulatory

FTA Rejects MBTA Safety Improvement Plan

Whether actual or fictitious, Bostonians have had problems with their transit, and it appears those will continue, at least for a while longer. The Federal Transit Administration has ordered the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) to revise a safety plan, this time for track workers, which will further delay the repairs that will be needed to return service to normal.

• June 01, 2023
• News

‘Railroad Happy Hour’ Report: Volumes Falling Short, Service Improving

At TD Cowen’s latest “Railroad Happy Hour,” leaders in the rail and logistics market said they continue to face a soft volume environment, though service improvements are a step in the right

• May 24, 2023
• Regulatory

Don’t Overlook Truck Size and Weight (Updated May 24)

Just when you thought the halls of Capitol Hill couldn’t get any stickier, with misguided, unnecessary safety legislation rising out of the muck, here comes the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee with