David Lassen
Senior Editor at Trains Magazine
Veteran sportswriter now associate editor at Trains Magazine, living in Wisconsin after a lifetime in California. No, I'm not looking forward to winter.
Articles
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1 week ago |
trains.com | David Lassen
WASHINGTON — Saying the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak agree the project “is a waste of taxpayer funds,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced today (April 14, 2025) that the government is rescinding a $63.9 million grant for the proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. “The Texas Central Railway project was proposed as a private venture,” Duffy said in a press release.
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1 week ago |
trains.com | David Lassen
CHICAGO — J.D. Danton’s shift at Metra’s 16th Street Tower on Friday night and Saturday morning (April 11-12, 2025) was certainly nothing new. And yet, the dilapidated structure had never seen anything like it — and never will again. Danton was the operator on duty when the interlocking tower dating to 1901 relinquished its control over the diamond crossing of Metra’s Rock Island District and Canadian National’s St. Charles Air Line.
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2 weeks ago |
trains.com | David Lassen
SALTILLO, Pa. — The Friends of the East Broad Top and EBT Foundation were slated to break ground today for a new station at Saltillo, which will be virtually identical to the structure built in 1892 and torn down in 2004 after nearly 50 years of disuse.
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1 month ago |
trains.com | David Lassen
CHICAGO — Amtrak trains on several routes have been cancelled after the company removed its fleet of Horizon passenger cars from service because of concerns over corrosion, raising the possibility of long-term service disruptions.
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1 month ago |
trains.com | David Lassen
CALGARY, Alberta — Members of United Steelworkers have ratified a new four-year contract with Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the railroad has announced. The union represents about 600 clerical and intermodal workers in Canada. The railroad did not release terms of the agreement.
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