RailNews
Your source for news compiled by the staff of Railfan & Railroad magazine. Please contact us if you have a story to share!
January 26, 2026
UP ‘Big Boy’ To Depart on Coast-to-Coast Tour March 29
Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 will leave Cheyenne, Wyo., on March 29, for the first part of a coast-to-coast trip.
January 26, 2026
Museum Says It’s In Talks With City To Stay in Port Jervis
The non-profit railroad museum that said last year it was leaving Port Jervis, N.Y., following a conflict with the city, has announced that it’s in talks to stay.
January 23, 2026
U.S. Sugar Puts PRR Biz Car in Service
The “Clewiston” was pressed into service over the winter and is now available for group charters on Sugar Express’ Lake Placid Limited.
January 22, 2026
Gaspé Line Reopens to Port Daniel
Société du chemin de fer de la Gaspésie, or the Gaspésie Railway Society, ran its first train from New Richmond to Port Daniel, Que., in more than a decade on January 7.
January 21, 2026
Yakima Trolley Gets Operating Agreement, But Future Remains Unclear
The Yakima City Council voted Tuesday night to extend a five-year operating agreement with Yakima Valley Trolleys, the Washington non-profit that runs the community’s historic interurban railroad.
January 20, 2026
WW&F Makes Progress on New-Build 2-4-4T
Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington is making steady progress with its effort to build a brand new 2-foot gauge 2-4-4T locomotive.
January 19, 2026
Steamtown to Restore Shay Locomotive to Operation
Meadow River Lumber Company 1 is currently being restored to operating condition at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa.
January 17, 2026
UP Vows to Press On In Effort to Acquire NS
In a brief statement to Railfan & Railroad late Friday night, a spokesperson for UP simply wrote, “Union Pacific will provide the additional information requested by the Surface Transportation Board.”
January 16, 2026
STB: UP-NS Merger Application is ‘Incomplete’
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has rejected Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s initial merger application as “incomplete.”
January 16, 2026
G&W Takes Central New England Track
On January 1, 2026, Genesee & Wyoming’s Connecticut Southern Railroad assumed control of the state-owned Armory Branch.
