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September 8, 2022
Yakima Valley Freight Motor to Make Rare Public Run
The 50-ton freight motor was built in 1922 and worked until 1985.
September 7, 2022
Shay Locomotive Bound for Portland
Mount Emily Lumber Co. 1 will soon be relocated to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland.
September 6, 2022
Nevada Northern to Mark 35 Years With ‘Iron Horse Symposium’
The weekend-long event will feature tours of the East Ely yard as well as the newly-acquired Kennecott buildings in McGill.
September 2, 2022
Texas Town Mulls Fate of Railroad Museum
The Wichita Falls Railroad Museum folded in 2020. Now the town is figuring out what to do with what remains.
September 1, 2022
Norfolk & Western 611 to Run This Fall at Strasburg
Virginia Museum of Technology and Strasburg recently completed a federally-required inspection of the streamlined 4-8-4.
September 1, 2022
Amtrak Puts More Long-Distance Chargers in Service
The new Siemens ALC-42s have recently been spotted on the Empire Builder, City of New Orleans and California Zephyr.
August 31, 2022
Survey: 9 in 10 Railroaders Support Strike
A nationwide strike could happen as early as September 16.
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.
