November 2019 – Railfanning.org

A Deadly Explosion on the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville

November 29, 2019 Todd DeFeo

Around 4 p.m. on February 10, 1870, locomotive No. 9, a Norris & Son-built 4-4-0 steam locomotive, was pulling a freight train over the Red River trestle roughly near Clarksville, Tenn., when tragedy struck.

CN Announces Recovery Plan Following Eight-Day Strike

November 28, 2019 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN has announced that it is implementing a recovery plan following the end of the eight-day long strike.

Amtrak: Investments in Safety, Customer Experience Lead to Best Year on Record

November 26, 2019 Railfanning.org News Wire

Amtrak is citing investments in safety and customer experience as the driving force behind what it says was the best operating performance in its history.

CN Announces Tentative New Agreement with More Than 3,200 Employees

November 26, 2019 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN said it has reached a tentative new collective agreement with its more than 3,200 conductors and yard crews working on CN’s mainline and yards in Canada.

CN Meets Federal PTC Requirements on all 35 U.S. Subdivisions

November 25, 2019 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN said it has successfully met the federal requirement to operate Positive Train Control (PTC) on all 35 of its U.S. subdivisions required to be equipped with PTC.

1905 L&N Wreck Illustrates Just How Dangerous Cabooses Were

November 15, 2019 Todd DeFeo

The caboose was a dangerous place for railroad workers, and the train crew on a Louisville & Nashville near Clarksville, Tenn., learned this in September 1905.

MARTA Inks Agreement for 254 New Rail Cars

November 14, 2019 Todd DeFeo

MARTA’s board of directors approved a $646 million agreement with Stadler Rail for the purchase of 254 new rail cars.

MARTA to Sign Agreement for New Cars

November 13, 2019 Todd DeFeo

MARTA and Stadler US are scheduled to sign an agreement for the procurement of 254 new rail cars for the MARTA fleet.

Cigarette Capers Make Off With $2,000 in Smokes During Great Metuchen Cigarette Heist of 1938

November 8, 2019 Todd DeFeo

In the early morning hours of Dec. 8, 1938, a 71-car westbound Pennsylvania Railroad freight train ground to a halt at the Grove Avenue crossing in Metuchen, N.J.