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January 14, 2025

Norfolk Southern Donates to Locomotive Restoration

Norfolk Southern donated $10,000 to help repair Lehigh & New England S-2 611

January 13, 2025

Great Northern N2 1744 was built in 1921 and is the oldest surviving example of a locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley.

January 10, 2025

Maine Switching Services of Unity, Maine, has been selected to operate the state-owned branch between Brunswick and Rockland.

January 9, 2025

MUNI officials have also said cable cars could be on the chopping block, but the mayor-elect says iconic cars are “here to stay.”

January 8, 2025

Passenger railroad’s decision ends decade-long effort to bring Amtrak to the airport.

January 7, 2025

Rock Island parlor car 699 was built in January 1900 and will soon be returning to the place it was built.

January 6, 2025

Carload Express will be able to assume control of the Maryland & Delaware on January 31.

January 3, 2025

On Saturday, February 8, Reading 2102 will lead a rare winter-time Iron Horse Rambles excursion from Reading to Jim Thorpe.

January 2, 2025

UP was expected to hand off commuter operations to Metra in early 2023 and then late 2024. So far it hasn’t happened.

December 31, 2024

From main line steam to historic diesels, 2024 was another big year for heritage railroading.