November 01, 2008
With November comes the cold and we all know what is just weeks away now, the holidays of course! With the leaves dropping it also means that abandoned right of way season is heating up so if you enjoy exploring old, long forgotten rail lines have fun and stay safe.
Welcome to Trackside, The Newsletter; a new part of the American-Rails.com website. I had thought long and hard about creating a newsletter to go along with the website since American Rails first began but I could never decide what exactly to include in it. After much consideration, though, I finally decided that perhaps the best approach was to fill the newsletter with, well, news! More specifically, however, current news and events which will be broken down into categories such as Class Is, shortlines, Regionals, preservation, etc. keeping you up-to-date on the latest on-goings around the country. And, since I usually add these news pieces to the American-Rails.com sister site, the American Rails Forums (ARF), much of the information in Trackside will be linked to topics at ARF.
Please note!: Now completed are maps detailing nearly all of the fallen flag system covered at the site. Eventually I plan to also feature all of the Class Is and Regionals (and maybe even the shortlines if I can locate maps of each for reference). In any event, I hope that the maps are another good source of reference for you in whatever you may be researching regarding a particular railroad (that’s what they are there for!).
Also, as you may have noticed, one other new feature added to the newsletter is a monthly photo, which is just meant for fun and to add a bit of interest. Of note, the photos used each month are the property of individual photographers and as such should not be redistributed or used without their permission.
This month's photo comes courtesy of Brian Rackley and depicts a Burlington Northern piggyback freight at Lee, Illinois on December 10, 1988 led by EMD GP50 #3135.
Norfolk Southern News:
NS issues first-ever 'sustainability' report
Virginia green lights NS to build Heartland Corridor terminal
Union Pacific News:
CSXT, UP introduce California-to-New York produce train
Kansas City Southern News:
KCS sets revenue, income records
Canadian Pacific News:
CPR to demolish more than 50-year-old locomotive shop
Canadian National News:
CN begins removing Ontario line
General Regional and shortline News
Port of Tillamook Bay repair cost: $57 million
Genesee & Wyoming acquires Georgia Southwestern
Iowa Interstate breaks steam-hauled freight record
If you have any interest in the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad please click here to keep up with the latest on the railroad.
Railroad Museum and Tourist Line Guide
Railroad Historical Society Guide
General Tourist Railroads and Museums News Wire
L&N painted E8 goes on display in Kentucky
Knox & Kane equipment faces disposition
Mid-Continent gets $10,000 for flood recovery
Actor Michael Gross to serve as spokesman for B&O Railroad Museum
EBT Shops Machines Return for 2008 Spectacular
Michigan's Star Clipper dinner train will move
BNSF New Citizens For Rail Security Website
Alco to go on display in California park
Grants loses BNSF depot to demolition
B&O museum to focus on restoration of 4-6-0
Low water level in California lake reveals SP relics
Amtrak talks of service over FEC
Rail safety bill, passenger rail act become law
Bush will sign rail safety, Amtrak bill
General State and Regional News Wire
East Coast Ethanol to construct rail-served plants in four states
Northern Ethanol to build CSXT-served plant in New York
Man turns E unit into soda fountain
New Tappan Zee Bridge may include a rail line
B&P moves to abandon New York branch
A&A in full steam Mon 10/13/2008
NJ Transit launches construction on Hudson-Bergen light-rail station
NJ Transit cleaning up its depot in Dover, finally
NJ Transit unveils updated Watsessing Station
Study bolsters North Carolina commuter service idea
North Carolina DOT to close crossings
Union Station not detoured by commuter train study
Decaying bridges may shut down Ohio tourist pike
Pennsylvania rail authority seeks STB approval to buy line
That ratty lookin' railroad trestle
Clarksburg, W.Va. - D.C. Commuter Service
Idled coal dock in Kenova to open
As Trackside moves forward I will look to include more topics and information within it. In any event, if you have any opinions, ideas, and/or general comments/suggestions for the newsletter please feel free to pass them my way. As with American-Rails.com I am always looking for ways to improve the newsletter to better benefit you, the reader.
With most of the fall foliage now past-peak I do hope that if you were photographing the brilliant splendor, whether with trains or not, you are happy with how the pictures turned out. Best regards,
Adam Burns
P.S. As always, we are always looking for new members at the forums so if you have any interest in joining in we would be very happy to have you!