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October 15, 2025

Rail Union Calls For Drones to be Grounded

One of the nation’s largest railroad unions is calling for drones to be grounded at rail yards and along main lines.

October 14, 2025

A wood trestle on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad was damaged by fire on October 8, and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation.

October 13, 2025

New York, Susquehanna, & Western SY 2-8-2 142 has returned to service at the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway in New Jersey.

October 10, 2025

Justin Vonashek is the seventh president of Metro-North, taking office this past April.

October 9, 2025

David Fink, former president of Pan Am Railways, was confirmed on October 7 as the next administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.

October 8, 2025

BNSF Railway made its strongest argument yet against the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger.

October 7, 2025

The locomotive is the 25th engine to join the Age of Steam fleet and the first articulated.

October 3, 2025

Another proposal is being floated to revive the isolated Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad in northeastern Arizona for tourist operations.

October 3, 2025

The event will be held at the Midwest Railway Preservation Society’s roundhouse and will support the ongoing restoration of the Northern.

October 2, 2025

The Illinois Railway Museum is raising money to restore its Union Pacific DD40X “Centennial” to operation.