Metrolink Leases ex-GO Transit F59PH’s
WHILE THE INSTALLATION OF POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL takes locomotives out of service, Metrolink is leasing former GO Tran- sit F59PH’s Nos. 18520, 18522, and 18533 from RB Recycling of Mon- tréal, Québec. Painted in the colors of the Michigan Department of
Canadian Pacific
NEW DETROIT RIVER TUNNEL: Con- struction could begin in the third quarter of 2014 on a replacement for Canadian Pacific’s century-old former Michigan Central tunnel under the Detroit River between Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ontario. Known as the Continental Gateway Project, the principals are Canadian Pacific, Borealis Infrastructure Management, and the Windsor Port Authori- ty. The new, single-track tunnel will be locat- ed alongside the existing twin single-track bores and, unlike the old ones, will clear dou- ble-stacked container trains. (CPR currently detours its doublestack traffic through Cana- dian National’s tunnel at Sarnia.) Design and engineering work has been completed, but permits from the Canadian and United States governments still need to be acquired.
Coalition for Sustainable Rail
GROUP CLAIMS TO OWN LOCOMOTIVE: In an attempt to keep ex-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-6-4 No. 3463 from leaving Topeka, Kans., Jerry Petrel has revived the Topeka
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Transportation’s stillborn MITRAIN commuter line, RBRX No. 18533 (above) leads an Irvine train out of Los Angeles Passenger Terminal beneath the Sixth Street bridge over the Los Angeles River. The other two units still wear GO Transit green and white paint.
Children & Santa Fe Railroad (TCSFR), which originally took possession of the 1937 Baldwin when the Santa Fe Railway donated it in 1956. It’s been on display at the Kansas Expocentre since then. In May 2012 the Coalition for Sustainable
Rail announced that it had acquired No. 3463, a long-time static display, from the Great Overland Station museum of Topeka and would rebuild it to burn biocoal (see RAILNEWS, August 2012). However, TCSFR contends that Great Overland Station never had title to the 1937 Baldwin and so could not legally turn it over to CSR. While TCSFR apparently ceased to exist in 1973, according to Kansas law the revived group apparently retains all rights to its property, namely Santa Fe 3463. CSR claims that the city of Topeka took possession of the locomotive after TCSFR expired and in 1992 transferred ownership to Railroad Her- itage, Inc., which does business as Great Overland Station. Although there’s apparent- ly no official record that ownership of the loco- motive was transferred from the city to RHI, RHI transferred ownership of the locomotive to CSR affiliate Sustainable Rail Internation- al in November 2011.
Great Smoky Mountains
BIDS RECEIVED FOR STEAM REPAIR: In early December 2013, Swain County, North Carolina, was to have chosen either Steam Services of America of Sylvan, N.C., or Wasatch Railroad Contractors of Cheyenne, Wyo., to re- store to service Great Smoky Mountains Rail- road 2-8-0 No. 1702 at a cost of $600,000. An- other $100,000 has been earmarked to build a turntable in Bryson City; the locomotive and turntable will be owned by the county and leased to GMSR. No. 1702 will be rebuilt at the railroad’s Dillsboro shop and work is expected to begin this spring. The project is being fi- nanced by a $700,000 economic development loan, which will be repaid over 15 years through a hotel guest tax.
MARC
PENN LINE WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS: On December 7, 2013, MARC introduced its first weekend service, with nine round trips between Washington Union Station and Penn Station in Baltimore, Md., on Saturdays and six round trips on Sundays. Penn Line trains
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