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April 22, 2021
Western Maryland Scenic Has No Immediate Plan to Restore 2-8-0
Western Maryland Scenic 2-8-0 734 will be stabilized and evaluated but will not be under steam for the foreseeable future.
April 21, 2021
CP, CN Battle For Kansas City Southern Heats Up
CN preemptively files to merge with KCS; CP says if CN-KCS were to merge it would set off a new round of railroad consolidations.
April 21, 2021
Metra Seeks Proposals to Build Battery-Powered F40PH
Metra’s Board of Directors approved a plan on Wednesday to convert three old F40PH-3s to battery power.
April 20, 2021
UPDATE: KCS to Evaluate CN Acquisition Offer, CP Calls it ‘Inferior’
A month after Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announce plans to merge, CN officials say it can offer a ‘superior proposal’
April 20, 2021
Norfolk & Western 611 Goes Back to Strasburg This Summer
The iconic 4-8-4 locomotive will be in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country from May through October.
April 20, 2021
Reading & Northern Offers RDC Excursions in 2021
The Reading & Northern’s RDCs will be out on the main line dozens of times between May and November.
April 19, 2021
Monon’s First Diesel to be Restored to Operation
Monon DS-50 had its cab destroyed in December 2018 when it was being moved from the ill-fated Indiana Transportation Museum.
April 16, 2021
Amtrak Officials Say Colorado’s Front Range Ready for Rail
The 215-mile Pueblo to Cheyenne route was part of a map of new routes Amtrak released last month.
April 15, 2021
Iowa Interstate Asks FRA for More Time to Run Steam Locomotive
Locomotive 6988 is due for its 15-year overhaul but the Iowa Interstate is asking for an extension so that it can run this fall.
April 14, 2021
Shippers Ask STB to Review Sale of Former Wisconsin Central Routes
In a surprise move, a group of shippers is asking the STB to classify the deal between Canadian National and Watco as “significant.”
