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February 5, 2021

Tickets Go On Sale For EBT ‘Winter Spectacular’

Starting in 1966, the East Broad Top used to have a winter railroad photography weekend every February.

February 4, 2021

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg was confirmed as the 19th Secretary of Transportation by the U.S. Senate earlier this week.

February 3, 2021

Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s Wabash Railroad caboose 2534 is one of only two wooden Wabash cabooses in existence.

February 2, 2021

Two locomotives are bound for the Inland Northwest Railroad Museum in Washington while a third is heading to the Adirondack Railroad.

February 1, 2021

NJ Transit, Metro-North was suspending all services and Amtrak was reducing service up and down the Northeast.

February 1, 2021

A month after the lease was first proposed, U.S. Surface Transportation Board said it needed more time to consider the flurry of comments.

January 29, 2021

The restoration of Baltimore & Ohio EA 51 took five years; the locomotive will be put on display at B&O Museum.

January 29, 2021

The Nevada Northern Railroad would like the state to give it control of two buildings on its 56-acre site: the East Ely Depot and a freight house.

January 28, 2021

In the weeks since Rio Grande Pacific announced it wanted to lease the Tennessee Pass line dozens of comments have been filed with the STB.

January 28, 2021

CEO Bill Flynn said that Amtrak needed more money to survive the pandemic but that there were opportunities for new routes too.