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May 28, 2021
U.S. Sugar 4-6-2 to Enter Freight Service on Monday
In what is now becoming an annual tradition, U.S. Sugar will haul the final cane train of the season behind steam.
May 27, 2021
UP Paints Locomotive to Celebrate Employee Resource Groups
Union Pacific 1979 will travel the system this summer on its way to Omaha for an employee resource group conference in September.
May 27, 2021
Iowa Interstate 2-10-2 to Run in August
Chinese-built 6988 will lead its first public excursion in more than a year on August 21.
May 26, 2021
UPDATE: STB Rejects CSX Application to Take Over Pan Am
U.S. Surface Transportation Board said it would need more information before it could consider CSX’s plan to take over New England regional.
May 26, 2021
CN Plans to Sell KCS Line in Louisiana to Eliminate System Overlap
During an industry conference on Wednesday, CN and KCS officials also revealed the name of the combined system: Canadian National.
May 26, 2021
Two More Rio Grande 2-8-2s Converted to Oil in Colorado
A K-28 was converted to oil on the D&SNG this spring and the C&TS is putting the finishing touches on its newly-converted K-36 now.
May 25, 2021
Amtrak’s Long-Distance Trains Resuming Daily Service This Week
The Empire Builder, Coast Starlight, California Zephyr and Texas Eagle all resumed daily schedules this week.
May 25, 2021
Rare EMD RS1325 Still Earning its Keep in North Carolina
While its sister locomotive was sent to a museum last year, Atlantic & Western 30 continues to move freight.
May 24, 2021
Brightline’s Orlando Expansion Hits the Halfway Mark
Brightline held an event at their Orlando Vehicle Maintenance Facility to celebrate the halfway mark on the construction of their expansion.
May 21, 2021
Kentucky Steam Acquires Rare C30-7 Locomotive
The L&N C30-7 was donated to Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. by the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society.
