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June 28, 2021
Age of Steam Hires New Executive Director
Peter J. Poremba is now the new leader of the Age of Steam Roundhouse, home to the former Ohio Central steam fleet.
June 25, 2021
Reading & Northern Acquires Missing Link in Pennsylvania
Reading & Northern now owns the tracks that connect its Reading and Lehigh Divisions.
June 25, 2021
Expansion of 126-Year-Old Tunnel to Begin in Baltimore
Expansion of the Howard Street Tunnel will allow the Port of Baltimore to accept double stack trains via CSX.
June 24, 2021
Museum Hires Contractor to Lead Pennsylvania K4 Restoration
The Railroaders Memorial Museum announced Thursday that it was launching a campaign to raise $2.6 million to restore Pennsylvania 4-6-2 1361.
June 24, 2021
Whippany Railway Museum Completes Restoration of Lackawanna ‘Club’ Car
Built in 1912, Lackawanna 2454 was reserved for the railroad’s most exclusive commuters who paid an extra fare to ride.
June 23, 2021
U.S. Sugar Hires Steam Program Manager
Scott Ogle will oversee the day-to-day operations of U.S. Sugar’s growing steam program.
June 23, 2021
Illinois Railway Museum Saves the Bacon (Boxcar)
Illinois Railway Museum a rare 36-foot billboard refrigerator car built more than a century ago.
June 22, 2021
White Pass & Yukon to Resume Regular Service in July
The narrow gauge White Pass & Yukon Railroad has not operated since 2019.
June 22, 2021
San Francisco’s Cable Cars Giving Free Rides in August
Mayor says San Francisco “isn’t the same without cable cars” and that the icons will return to the rails this summer.
June 21, 2021
Santa Fe, Southern Pacific Cabooses Saved in Arizona
Five historic cabooses have been moved in Tempe, Ariz., to make way for new development.
