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July 29, 2025
Union Pacific to Acquire Norfolk Southern for $85 Billion
Put together, UP and NS would be by far the largest Class I railroad, with more than 50,000 miles of track stretching across 43 states and into every corner of the continental United States.
July 29, 2025
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania to Build New Roundhouse
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is breaking ground on a new roundhouse that will be used to protect six Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives.
July 28, 2025
TriMet LRV Arrives at Oregon Electric Railway Museum
The Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks, Ore., has taken delivery of TriMet Type 1 101, one of the cars that helped establish light rail service in Portland in 1986.
July 25, 2025
Milwaukee Road 261 to Lead Autumn Excursions
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific S3 Class 4-8-4 261 will lead back-to-back excursions over the Twin Cities & Western in October.
July 24, 2025
UP, NS Confirm Merger Talks
The announcement came just a week after rumors began to swirl about the possibility of a new round of Class I mergers between the two western roads and the two eastern roads.
July 24, 2025
Coos Bay Gets Grant for Intermodal Port
Oregon has allocated $100 million to develop a new intermodal port at Coos Bay, Ore.
July 23, 2025
CN Considers Abandoning BC Rail Main
Canadian National is considering discontinuing service on portions of the former British Columbia Railway.
July 22, 2025
Report: BNSF, Union Pacific Eye Transcontinental Mergers
Union Pacific and BNSF Railway have hired banks to provide financial advice on potential mergers with their eastern Class I counterparts.
July 21, 2025
Ross Rowland, Steam Entrepreneur, Dead at 85
Steam preservationist and entrepreneur Ross Rowland passed away on July 19 following a brief battle with cancer. He was 85 years old.
July 21, 2025
Historic Railroad Lodge Burns in Wildfire
The Grand Canyon Lodge, a hotel built by the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1930s, was destroyed in a wildfire in July.
