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June 13, 2019
Union Pacific Big Boy Prepares for “Great Race Across the Midwest”
The Big Boy No. 4014 is headed back out on the Union Pacific system beginning July 8 for the “Great Race Across the Midwest,” taking it through Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
June 4, 2019
CSX Panhandle Line Sold to RailUSA
The on again, off again sale of the CSX Florida Panhandle route to RailUSA LLC subsidiary Florida Gulf & Atlantic finally has been consummated on June 3.
June 4, 2019
Kansas City Southern Trims Roster in Diesel Auction
A large group of 20-year-old EMD SD70MAC road engines and much older end-cab switchers will be sold at public auction on June 26.
May 21, 2019
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Excursion in July to Benefit Museum
Union Pacific’s newly restored Big Boy locomotive No. 4014 will pull a special fundraising excursion benefitting the Union Pacific Museum July 15, 2019.
April 17, 2019
Clinchfield 800 to lead C&O 2716 Move in July
Clinchfield 800, a streamlined EMD F7 diesel built in 1948, has been assigned by CSX to lead Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 to its new home in Ravenna, Kentucky, at the end of July.
April 15, 2019
CSX, RJ Corman to Transport Historic Locomotive through Central Kentucky
Thanks to cooperation from CSX and RJ Corman, Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 will be making a triumphant journey to Ravenna, Ky., July 26 through 28.
March 7, 2019
Former Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman Dies
Former Amtrak CEO Joseph H. Boardman died while on vacation with family on March 7 after complications from a stroke days before.
February 26, 2019
Emery Rail Heritage Trust Awards $500,00 for Railway Preservation in 2019
The Emery Rail Heritage Trust awarded twenty-nine grants were totaling $500,000 for railway preservation projects across the country.
February 26, 2019
Wabtec GE Transportation employees on strike at Erie plant
Workers of UE Local 506 and 618 went on strike Tuesday after negotiations with Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. (Wabtec) broke down late Monday.
January 21, 2019
No Cheyenne Frontier Days Train in 2019
The Denver Post Cheyenne Frontier Days Train will no longer operate in 2019 and beyond. This will not affect Union Pacific’s own schedule of special excursion trains operated for the public.
