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September 28, 2023
Feds Announces $1.4 Billion For Rail Projects From Coast to Coast
Short lines and main line railroads stand to benefit for more than $1 billion in grants as part of the FRA’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program.
September 27, 2023
Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Acquires Heisler
West Virginia railroad says it hopes to eventually restore the two-truck Heisler locomotive.
September 26, 2023
Museum Teams Up With Actor Michael Gross to Kick-Start FP45 Restoration
The Great Plains Transportation Museum wants to raise $193,000 for mechanical repairs and cosmetic restoration of Santa Fe FP45 93.
September 25, 2023
Cosmetically Restored U34CH Makes Debut in New Jersey
United Railroad Historical Society now begins operational restoration of Erie Lackawanna U34CH 3372.
September 22, 2023
Brightline Launches High-Speed Service to Orlando
Trains on the new route — the first intercity passenger line built in the U.S. in more than a century — will reach 125 miles per hour.
September 21, 2023
STB Approves Cincinnati Southern Sale to NS, But Voters Still Need to Have Say
Cincinnati voters will have the final say in whether or not Norfolk Southern can buy the 338-mile Cincinnati Southern.
September 20, 2023
Heritage Weekend Offers Chance to Ride Rare Streetcars in San Francisco
The annual event hosted by MUNI and the non-profit Market Street Railway will take place this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
September 19, 2023
Santa Fe 2926 to Headline ‘New Mexico Railroad Days’
The trip to the Albuquerque Rail Yards will mark the Santa Fe 4-8-4’s biggest journey since its restoration in 2021.
September 18, 2023
Delaware & Ulster Hopes to Resume Operations Next Year
The New York tourist railroad located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains has been closed since 2019.
September 15, 2023
Reading FP7s Bound For South Jersey
A pair of historic Reading Company cab locomotives have found a new home at SMS Rail Lines and will run on the Woodstown Central Railroad tourist operation
