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January 26, 2022
Canadian National Appoints New CEO
Tracy Robinson will be the first woman in history to lead a major Canadian freight railroad and the second to lead a North American Class I.
January 25, 2022
Judge Blocks Strike Over BNSF Attendance Policy
A U.S. District Court judge wrote that “a strike would exacerbate our current supply-chain crisis—harming the public at large, not just BNSF”
January 25, 2022
Saratoga & North Creek Line Put on Auction Block
28 miles of the former New York short line will be sold at auction in March.
January 25, 2022
Negotiations Between Unions, Railroads Fail After Two Years of Talks
This week, the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition announced that they would be asking the National Mediation Board for help dealing with the railroads.
January 24, 2022
Roaring Camp Butts Heads With Government Over Forced Abandonment Plan
The local transportation authority would like to force the railroad to abandon eight miles of track in Santa Cruz.
January 21, 2022
Reading 2102 to Lead ‘Iron Horse Rambles’ Excursions
Reading & Northern says tickets will go on sale in February for four excursions behind newly-restored 4-8-4 2102.
January 21, 2022
Nevada Northern to Restore Baldwin Diesel
Kennecott 801 worked in Utah, New Mexico and Nevada until the 1980s. Now the Nevada Northern Railway Museum wants to put it back in service.
January 20, 2022
BNSF Asks Judge to Stop Potential Strike
Unions have threatened to walk off the job over a new attendance policy; the railroad says it would harm the economy.
January 20, 2022
Passenger Train Journal Editor to Retire
Long-time editor Mike Schafer will be replaced by Kevin Holland later this year.
January 20, 2022
Rare SD80MACs Scrapped Despite Efforts to Preserve One
Conrail Historical Society officials said they tried to save one before Progress Rail scrapped 23 of the rare SD80MACs; only six remain.
