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June 3, 2022
Cumbres & Toltec Delays Opening Day Due to ‘Unprecedented’ Fire Danger
Fueled by drought conditions and wind, wildfires have torched more than 600,000 acres in New Mexico this spring.
June 2, 2022
Schedule For Nickel Plate 765 Excursions Announced
The Indiana Rail Experience will take place over four weekends between July and October.
June 1, 2022
Goodbye Pan Am: CSX Completes Takeover of New England Regional
Six weeks after the STB approved the deal, CSX took over Pan Am Railways Wednesday — dramatically altering the New England landscape.
June 1, 2022
C&OHS Restores Vintage Railway Phone Box
At one time, these phone boxes could be found across the entire Chesapeake & Ohio system. Now one has been preserved in Clifton Forge.
May 31, 2022
Reading 2102 Makes Debut on Sold Out ‘Iron Horse Ramble’
Despite the morning rain, hundreds of photographers, fans and curious onlookers were out in full force, lining the tracks in many locations to see the newly-restored 4-8-4.
May 27, 2022
North Carolina Railway Museum Saves Ten Railcars
A Pullman sleeper and two cabooses were among the cars moved to the museum earlier this month.
May 26, 2022
Canadian Government to Invest $21.1 Million Into New Brunswick Southern
The announcement comes as Saint John, N.B., positions itself as a critical shipping port on the east coast.
May 25, 2022
Class Is Provide Service Recovery Plans to STB
Following a hearing in Washington D.C. last month, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board required four Class Is to report on how they were going to improve rail service.
May 24, 2022
VIA Rail CEO Steps Down
Cynthia Garneau had been VIA Rail’s chief executive for exactly three years.
May 23, 2022
Washington Mayor Works to Revive Mt. Rainier Railroad
The Western Industrial Forestry Museum is expecting to acquire the railroad from American Heritage Railways.
