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July 26, 2021
Santa Fe 2926 Moves Under Steam For First Time in 68 Years
Santa Fe 4-8-4 moved under its own power for the first time this weekend following a 22-year restoration effort.
July 23, 2021
Tickets On Sale For Union Pacific Big Boy Excursion
Tickets for the excursion out of New Orleans were being sold on a first-come, first-served basis online this week.
July 22, 2021
California Fires Disrupt BNSF, UP Operations
BNSF Railway announced this week that its operations between Stockton and the Oregon state line had been suspended.
July 22, 2021
Canada’s Exporail Celebrates 60 Years
Canada’s national railway museum in Saint-Constant, Quebec was founded 60 years ago this week.
July 21, 2021
Historic Flour-Carrying Boxcar Returns to Buffalo
The first boxcar to be part of the Flour-by-Rail Legacy Project was moved from Rochester to Buffalo last week.
July 20, 2021
Nickel Plate Berkshires to be Reunited in Ohio
Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765 will be reunited with sister locomotive 757 in Bellevue, Ohio, this fall.
July 20, 2021
Canadian Pacific, Government Investigators Butt Heads on BC Fire
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team to investigate potential connections between a train and a wildfire that destroyed a town.
July 19, 2021
Wabash Railroad Turntable Bound for U.S. Sugar
The former Wabash Railroad turntable will now be moved about 1,000 miles south to Florida where it will be used by U.S. Sugar.
July 16, 2021
UP Bridge Damaged by Fire Will Take Months to Rebuild
The Lava Fire near Mount Shasta damaged the Dry Canyon Bridge and destroyed nine miles of track earlier this month.
July 16, 2021
Doyle McCormack to Headline American Steam Railroad Fundraiser
Doyle McCormack has been involved with some of the most memorable preservation efforts in the last half-century.
