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August 31, 2022
Santa Fe 3751 Returns to the Main Line in September
Santa Fe 4-8-4 will run for the first time since 2017 when it travels from Los Angeles to Fullerton, Calif., later this month.
August 30, 2022
Railroads Reach Tentative Agreement With Three Unions
National Carriers Conference Committee announced it had forged tentative agreements with communications, carmen and machinists.
August 29, 2022
Texas Museum Hopes to Restore Southern Pacific 2-10-2
The Texas Railway Preservation Association announced that they planned to restore a locomotive that had been on display in Houston for decades.
August 26, 2022
Edaville Railroad Gets New Operators
Brian Fanslau and Shervin B. Hawley are the new operators of the iconic narrow gauge railroad.
August 25, 2022
SP 4-6-2 Arrives at Niles Canyon Railway
Southern Pacific 2479 will be restored to service in the coming years.
August 24, 2022
Southern Pacific 2472 Excursion Canceled
Labor Day excursions were canceled after the owner of the line determined that multiple bridges were unsafe to run over.
August 24, 2022
Labor Official Says Emergency Board Recommendations ‘Fall Short’
Last week, the Presidential Emergency Board issued its findings in hopes of avoiding a shutdown of the national rail network – but not everyone is happy.
August 23, 2022
Grant Aids Indiana Trolley Restoration Project
Union Traction Company of Indianapolis 429 hasn’t run in 80 years but volunteers hope to change that in 2023.
August 22, 2022
Thomas T. “Tom” Taber III, Author and Historian, Dies at 93
Taber wrote books including ‘Climax: An Unusual Steam Locomotive’ and a trilogy on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western.
August 22, 2022
Skunk Line Hosts Santa Cruz Portland 2
Fresh off appearance at Great Western Steam Up, ‘Chiggen’ will run on California Western until September 11.
