Regional railroad honors 75,000th passenger
For Suzanne D’Amore, a Gardner, Mass. resident in the area for the annual balloon festival, a decision to take the train to North Creek was fortuitous. D’Amore on Thursday morning became the 75,000th...
View ArticleRensselaer CDTA train station opened a decade ago
Public officials gathered Tuesday morning to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Rensselaer CDTA rail station, the third on the site and the ninth busiest in Amtrak’s system with 800,000...
View ArticleMore North Dakota crude to flow through Albany
A second terminal to transfer shale oil from railroad tanker cars to barges has been established at the Port of Albany. Houston-based Buckeye Partners, which acquired the former LogiBio Albany Terminal...
View ArticleRailroad wants to develop Pullman service to Lake Placid
Chicago-based Iowa Pacific Holdings, which introduced dome cars and fine dining on the rail line between Saratoga Springs and North Creek, now wants to provide rail excursion service using Pullman...
View ArticlePolar Express still hiring; two job fairs planned
Apparently elves are in short supply at this time of year. The Polar Express is still looking for some, as well as for conductors, chefs, hobos and even Santa Claus as it prepares for its second...
View ArticleEmpire Corridor tracks fixed; no word yet on Amtrak service
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday evening that the rest of Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson line would resume service Saturday morning. That means the line will now be open from Grand Central Station to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Amtrak resumes Albany-NYC service
Amtrak late Friday said it would offer a modified service to New York City’s Penn Station starting Saturday, as some repairs continue on tracks. According to Amtrak’s schedule, three southbound trains...
View ArticleSnow Train adds an extra Saturday trip
The Snow Train will offer an extra trip on Saturdays when it resumes operation on Jan. 11, 2013, the Saratoga & North Creek Railway announced Wednesday. The Snow Train will operate every Friday,...
View ArticleDome cars on the Adirondack, at least temporarily
It’s being billed as a way for Amtrak to offer more seats to Thanksgiving travelers, particularly in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. But passengers on the Adirondack just may want to make the arrangement...
View ArticleHigh-speed rail supporters now on Facebook
A group of state residents who advocate for high-speed passenger rail in New York state has set up a Facebook page as they seek additional support for their effort. State and federal officials have...
View ArticleCSX spending $26M to add capacity to Hudson River line
CSX Transportation is spending $26 million over the next two to three years to add 18 miles of second track along the Hudson River line between Albany and northern New Jersey, according to a report...
View ArticleFebruary Glenville derailment caused $335K in damage, report says
A February freight train derailment in Glenville caused $335,000 in damage, most of it to the 11 cars that left the tracks, Pan Am Railways told the Federal Railroad Administration in an accident...
View ArticleAmtrak busing passengers around CSX derailment site
Amtrak said it will provide alternate transportation (that likely means buses) Friday around the site of Thursday morning’s CSX freight train derailment in the town of Fonda. Passengers on the Lake...
View ArticleTrain in Quebec derailment was an alternate to Port of Albany for Bakken crude
The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway tanker train that derailed and burned early Saturday morning in lac-Megantic, Quebec, was carrying shale crude oil from North Dakota to Irving Oil Co.’s St....
View ArticleSchumer wants crude oil carried in more secure tank cars
Calling the DOT-111 railroad tank car design tragically flawed, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday called on federal regulators to order freight railroads to phase out use of the cars for carrying crude...
View ArticleNorth Creek train service suspended after derailment
The Saratoga and North Creek Railway has suspended scheduled passenger service through Aug. 15, according to a notice on its website, following the derailment of a locomotive during a regularly...
View ArticleCuomo provides funding for CSX work, CDTA buses
Gov. Andrew Cuomo late Thursday announced $48 million in funding for transit and other transportation projects across New York state, including nearly $1.4 million for the Capital District...
View ArticleRailex to open office in downtown Schenectady
Railex, the shipper of produce and other perishables by train from the West Coast to Rotterdam, will lease 5,000 square feet of office space at 411 State St. in downtown Schenectady from the building’s...
View ArticleDiNapoli criticizes DOT oversight of railroad bridges
The state Department of Transportation has gaps in its railroad bridge inspection program that could pose risks to the public, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Tuesday. DiNapoli’s office, in an...
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Schumer seeks extension of short-line railroad tax credit
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer in front of a Saratoga & North Creek Railway locomotive Monday in Saratoga Springs. A tax credit intended to help short-line railroads improve their tracks, signals and...
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