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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.
April 28, 2021
Take Two: CSX Files Amended Petition to Acquire Pan Am
A month after the STB ruled CSX’s proposed acquisition of Pan Am Railways would be “significant,” the Class I tried again.
April 27, 2021
Three Steamers to Run at Colorado Railroad Museum in May
Newly restored Rio Grande Southern 20 will be joined by Rio Grande 346 and 491 on May 15 and 16.
April 27, 2021
Shippers Reverse Course, Back Sale of Former Wisconsin Central Lines
Canadian National is selling 900 miles of the former WC in Wisconsin, Michigan and Ontario to Watco.
April 26, 2021
Shippers Have Mixed Feelings About CP, CN Fight Over KCS
A poll of shippers promoted by Canadian Pacific showed it as the favored suitor for KCS, but only by a few points.
April 25, 2021
C&NWHS Archives Move to Illinois Railway Museum
The Chicago & North Western Historical Society is relocating to a new building in Union, Ill at the Illinois Railway Museum.
