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January 20, 2021
Town Considers Objecting to Tennessee Pass Reopening
The town of Avon has decided to pay some of the legal fees for a review of Union Pacific’s plan to lease the Tennessee Pass line.
January 19, 2021
BNSF, Feds Work Together to Reduce Bear Fatalities Near Glacier Park
BNSF Railway will spend more than $2 million over the next seven years to try and reduce grizzly bear fatalities along Marias Pass.
January 18, 2021
CNJ Depot in Pennsylvania to be Renovated
A group of developers and investors purchased the South Wilkes-Barre Boulevard property a few years ago for $1.2 million.
January 15, 2021
Amtrak CEO Wants to Expand “No Fly List” to Passenger Rail
A week after a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol, Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn said the railroad is boosting security ahead of the Inauguration.
January 14, 2021
Brightline’s Miami to Orlando Main Line Half Done
Brightline tells investors that construction of the main line is coming in on time and on budget.
January 13, 2021
N&W Business Car Bound For New Home
Former Norfolk & Western business car 300 has been stored in a warehouse for three decades but is now on its way to a new home.
January 12, 2021
Judge Derails Plan MOW Union’s Plan for Strike
A federal judge has ruled that the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees will have to sort out their differences through traditional channels.
January 11, 2021
Reading & Northern Fires Up Restored 4-8-4
Reading & Northern 4-8-4 2102 was steamed for the first time in nearly three decades on Sunday.
January 8, 2021
Patriot Rail Completes Purchase of Salt Lake Garfield & Western
Patriot Rail first announced in October that it was going to buy the Utah short line.
January 7, 2021
AAR: ‘Rail Traffic is Close to Pre-Pandemic Levels’
U.S. railroads originated 1,101,324 carloads in December 2020, down 3.7 percent, or 42,666 carloads, from December 2019.
