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May 7, 2021
STB Approves CP’s Voting Trust Proposal for Potential KCS Acquisition
Canadian Pacific has proposed purchasing Kansas City Southern and keeping it in a separate voting trust until federal regulators give the green light.
May 7, 2021
AAR: Freight Traffic on the Rise As Economy Recovers
Railroads set an all-time record for intermodal traffic in April 2021, according to the Association of American Railroads.
May 6, 2021
Virginia Buys NS Trackage For Passenger Rail Expansion
The deal will allow passenger service to expand to Virginia’s New River Valley for the first time since 1979.
May 5, 2021
Northern Pacific 0-6-0 to Run This Weekend in Washington
The Northwest Railway Museum will have 0-6-0 924 leading Mother’s Day Excursions this weekend in Snoqualmie.
May 4, 2021
New Law Would Let Amtrak Sue Over Late Trains
While railroads legally have to give passengers preference over freight, freight delays still cause roughly 60 percent of Amtrak’s delays.
May 3, 2021
CN, CP Trade Barbs in ‘Spirited’ Battle for KCS
This weekend, Canadian Pacific preemptively said Canadian National should not get a waiver to use less stringent merger rules as it did.
April 30, 2021
President Biden: Amtrak’s Best Days Are Still Ahead
On Friday, President Joe Biden celebrated Amtrak’s 50th anniversary with a special virtual ceremony in Philadelphia.
April 30, 2021
GE 50-Tonner Rebuilt for Michigan’s Huckleberry Railroad
The locomotive arrived in Michigan on Thursday and will be used at the Huckleberry Railroad on work trains.
April 29, 2021
Canadian National Sues STB Over Failed Massena Line Sale
The STB ruled that CN and CSX could not include a provision in the sale preventing the Canadian road from interchanging with two short lines.
April 29, 2021
New Tourist Railroad Being Built on Route of Lincoln Funeral Train
Pennsylvania Railroad 331 led a replica of the Lincoln Funeral Train on April 22, the 156th anniversary of its run.
