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March 29, 2021

Stakeholders Are Cautious to Endorse CP-KCS Merger

The executive director of one of the nation’s largest shipping groups said any Class I merger should be viewed with “healthy skepticism.”

March 26, 2021

Part of the Tennessee Central Railway shop where Nashville Steam’s NC&StL 576 is being restored was destroyed this week.

March 26, 2021

The board rejected the proposal on procedural grounds; Rio Grande Pacific said they are reviewing the decision.

March 25, 2021

The STB ruling that the transaction is “significant” could push CSX’s proposed takeover of Pan Am Railways into 2022.

March 25, 2021

The facility will be built along Union Pacific’s main line to the Pacific Northwest in Pocatello, Idaho.

March 24, 2021

The John H. Emery Rail Heritage Trust has awarded 22 grants to advance rail preservation efforts across the country.

March 23, 2021

Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern said the STB could decide on the merger proposal within 10 months.

March 23, 2021

The last runs of the season are set for this week before steam locomotives take over the Strasburg schedule full time.

March 22, 2021

Union Pacific 4141 was brought to the Texas A&M campus on Sunday behind the railroad’s armed forces tribute unit.

March 21, 2021

“This may be the only possible combination that can pass muster,” Larry Gross says of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger.