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February 13, 2026
Amtrak Showcases Cascades Airo Trainset
Amtrak officially showcased the first new Airo train at Washington, D.C. Union Station in mid February.
February 12, 2026
Metrolink F59PH Preserved in California
California’s Fullerton Train Museum has preserved the first Metrolink F59PH locomotive.
February 11, 2026
West Side Lumber Shay Bound for California
A three-truck narrow-gauge Shay engine is heading back to California.
February 10, 2026
Nevada Northern 2-8-0 Returns to Service
Nevada Northern Railway 2-8-0 81 is returning to service after spending more than two and a half years in the shop.
February 9, 2026
Non-Profit Reorganized to Care for Santa Fe 4-6-4
A Minnesota-based nonprofit, formed more than a decade ago to determine whether a modern steam locomotive could be built, is now being reorganized to care for and maintain the Santa Fe 4-6-4 it planned to use as a testbed.
February 6, 2026
Naugatuck Repaints Amtrak SPV-2000 For America’s 250th
Naugatuck Railroad has repainted an SPV-2000 in its as-delivered Amtrak Phase III livery.
February 5, 2026
Railroad Museums Make Super Bowl Bet
The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington and Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad have been taunting each other ahead of this weekend’s game.
February 5, 2026
Iowa Museum Wins Grant For Flood Recovery, Locomotive Restoration
Iowa’s Sioux City Railroad Museum announced in January that it had won a $1.9 million grant from the National Park Service’s Emergency Supplemental Historic Preservation Fund to support it following a 2024 flood.
February 4, 2026
Santa Fe 4-6-2 on Track to Steam in 2027
Santa Fe 4-6-2 3415, the Baldwin built in 1919 and operated by the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad in Kansas, is on track to return to service by Labor Day 2027.
February 3, 2026
Pacific Northwest Short Line Looks to Restart Tourist Train
The Port of Pend Oreille in Washington State has secured a $1 million grant in an effort to revive excursion service on the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad.
