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July 8, 2022
Class One Service Woes Continue Out West
The STB extended a directive last week forcing Union Pacific to continue providing emergency service to Foster Poultry Farms.
July 7, 2022
Lawsuits Over Deadly Amtrak Wreck Pile Up
Passengers are suing the railroads and the railroads are suing the trucking company that employed one of the people killed in the wreck.
July 6, 2022
Steam Railroading Institute Launches Campaign to Restore C&NW Ten-Wheeler
Once restored, C&NW 175 will join SRI’s Pere Marquette 2-8-4 in excursion service in Michigan.
July 5, 2022
STB Will Consider CN, NS Proposals As Part of CPKC Merger Review
Canadian National wants a Kansas City Southern line and Norfolk Southern wants trackage rights.
July 1, 2022
Cumbres & Toltec Resumes Regular Service Following Delayed Start
The iconic narrow gauge railroad had delayed its season opener by three weeks due to fire danger in the southwest.
June 30, 2022
Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’ to Visit Denver in July
“Big Boy” 4014 will run to Denver on July 28 and then lead an excursion on July 30 to Cheyenne.
June 30, 2022
Boy Scouts Stepped Up to Aid Passengers Injured in Deadly Amtrak Wreck
Boy Scout crews have a long history of riding the ‘Southwest Chief’ to and from the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.
June 29, 2022
Jeff Willsie, Founder of Ontario Southland, Dies at 70
Jeff Willsie worked for Canadian Pacific before starting up his own short line in the 1990s.
June 28, 2022
NTSB Launches Investigation into Deadly Amtrak Wreck
Three people were killed when Amtrak’s eastbound Southwest Chief struck a truck in Missouri.
June 27, 2022
UPDATE: 3 Dead After Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Derails in Missouri
Eight cars of the eastbound Southwest Chief left the tracks after hitting a truck near Mendon, Mo.
