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November 8, 2021

AEM-7 Electrics Back in Service on SEPTA

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has pulled several AEM-7 electrics from storage for use on the fall “wash trains.”

November 5, 2021

This week, two Alcos took the sky (with the help of cranes) as part of trade between the Northwest Railway Museum and Nevada Northern.

November 5, 2021

CN’s announcement comes just weeks after it was announced an Australian ore-hauler was purchasing the battery-powered locomotive.

November 4, 2021

The 121-year-old depot in McAdam, N.B., is maintained by a local non-profit that uses it for community functions.

November 3, 2021

CP shareholders will vote on December 8 to confirm the railroad’s deal and KCS shareholders will vote two days later on whether to accept it.

November 3, 2021

Santa Maria Valley 205 was recently sold to the Albany & Eastern that will use it on excursions in the Willamette Valley

November 2, 2021

The STB issued a procedural schedule for the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger days after the railroads filed their application.

November 2, 2021

CP announced this week it plans to build two more additional hydrogen-powered locomotives in the coming months.

November 2, 2021

Another pair of former Santa Fe Railway semaphores were replaced on BNSF Railway’s Raton Subdivision this week.

November 1, 2021

Lehigh & New England Alco S2 611 was brought back to Pennsylvania in 2016 and will now be restored to service.