APRIL 2024: Joseph Cermak follows Buffalo & Pittsburgh’s Petrolia Local, while Stephen Host takes us on a tour of the colorful Ontario Southland Railway. All this plus the latest photos and news stories from across the Northeast in the April issue of Railpace Newsmagazine!
Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending April 13, 2024
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending April 13, 2024. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 466,463 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.5 percent compared with the same week last year.
Historic Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Equipment Donated to Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
A retired Alco switcher, snow plow, work car, and caboose were donated to the railroad museum in November 2023.
Ontario Southland Railway – A Short Line at the Crossroads
Ontario Southland Railway is a Canadian short line railway famous for a locomotive roster worthy of any museum.
Buffalo & Pittsburgh’s Petrolia Local
Buffalo & Pittsburgh’s Petrolia Local operates out of Butler, Pa., to serve two oil refineries in the Petrolia area.