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March 23, 2021

UPDATE: CP, KCS Formally Inform STB of Intentions to Merge

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.

March 21, 2021

The merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern would create the first railroad to touch the United States, Canada and Mexico.

March 20, 2021

After Vermont Rail System called the CSX-Pan Am acquisition “anti-competitive,” Massachusetts and Vermont added their voices to the opposition.

March 20, 2021

The Financial Times reported that Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern were expected to announce a deal on Sunday.

March 18, 2021

The Illinois Railway Museum is presently raising money to move the century-old Pullman from North Carolina to Illinois.

March 18, 2021

Rio Grande Pacific tells the STB that it does not want to move coal, crude or hazardous materials over Colorado’s Tennessee Pass.

March 17, 2021

Amtrak president said the locomotives will “honor our heritage and our vision of connecting communities, economies and families nationwide.”