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June 3, 2021
Amtrak to Restore Traditional Dining on Western Long-Distance Trains
Dining car service will be offered initially as an “exclusive” perk for those on six different long-distance trains starting June 23.
June 3, 2021
Amtrak to Resume Twice Daily Missouri River Runner Service
The train between Kansas City and St. Louis had been cutback to one round trip per day at the start of the pandemic.
June 2, 2021
Canadian Pacific Refuses to Give Up on Kansas City Southern
On Tuesday, CP filed more than 130 letters with the STB from stakeholders urging the agency to reject a CN-KCS deal.
June 1, 2021
Richard Samuels, Founder of Oregon Pacific, Dies at 77
Samuels purchased the Portland Traction Co. in 1991 and would run it as the Oregon Pacific Railroad for 30 years.
May 28, 2021
California’s Fillmore & Western to Suspend Operations in June
The California tourist operator dubbed “Hollywood’s Railroad” has been sold although the new owners plan to resume excursion service in the fall.
May 28, 2021
Amtrak Report Details Plan to Dramatically Expand Service
Two months after Amtrak released a national map of what it wants its network to look like in 2035, the railroad released a plan of how to get it.
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.
