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April 8, 2025
Great Plains Transportation Museum Hires Executive Director
The Great Plains Transportation Museum has hired a new executive director.
April 7, 2025
Reading 2100 Fired Up For First Time Following Decade-Long Restoration
The test fire marked the first time the locomotive had been under steam since the early 2000s
April 4, 2025
Adirondack Acquires Alco C-430
The Adirondack Railway Preservation Society has acquired a former New York Central C-430 locomotive from the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad.
April 4, 2025
CPKC Sells Panama Canal Railway
CPKC has sold the Panama Canal Railway Company to APM Terminals, an independent division of shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk.
April 3, 2025
New England’s Edaville Railroad Sold
The narrow gauge railroad that has circled the park since the 1940s is expected to remain in operation.
April 2, 2025
Amtrak Sends Amfleets West to Restore ‘Cascades’ Service
The decision last week to withdraw the cars from service disrupted operations nationwide, especially the Cascades, Hiawatha, and Borealis services.
April 1, 2025
Norfolk & Western 1218 Added to Historic Register
Norfolk & Western Class A 2-6-6-4 1218 has been added to the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Virginia Historic Landmark.
March 31, 2025
Boiler Work Nearly Complete on Union Pacific 4-6-2
The group restoring Oregon Railroad & Navigation 4-6-2 197 announced recently that work on the locomotive’s boiler was “95 percent” complete.
March 28, 2025
Amtrak Looks to Tighten Belt Amid Changing Political Conditions
On Thursday, Amtrak President Roger Harris emailed employees that the railroad would consider ways to reduce costs in the coming weeks.
March 28, 2025
Transit Officials Warn of ‘Doomsday’ Cuts in Chicagoland
The RTA, which oversees the Chicago Transit Authority subway, Metra commuter, and Pace bus services, faces a $770 million budget deficit.
