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April 24, 2021
Kansas City Southern Begins Merger Talks with Canadian National
Canadian Pacific says it “fully supports” Kansas City Southern reviewing Canadian National’s offer.
April 23, 2021
STB Will Apply Pre-2001 Regulations to CP-KCS Merger
Late Friday, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board ruled that it would not use the more stringent regulations.
April 23, 2021
Conrail Historical Society, Danbury Railway Museum Save Flexi-Flo Hopper
Former New York Central hopper was converted into a scale test car and survived in service for more than 50 years.
April 23, 2021
Amtrak Selects Siemens to Build New Intercity Passenger Cars
Siemens will start building 83 new cars to replace the current Amfleet I, Metroliner and Cascades cars in service.
April 22, 2021
UPDATE: CP Trashes Competing Offer for KCS, CN Fires Back
During a conference call on Wednesday, CP’s Keith Creel said he believed the STB would never approve a CN-KCS merger.
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.
