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September 3, 2020
Report: Kansas City Southern Sale In the Works
The report that two private equity firms officially made an offer for Kansas City Southern comes two months after rumors of a potential deal first began to circulate.
September 2, 2020
University of Minnesota Alco Arrives at Gopher State Railway Museum
Ex-Boston & Maine S4M was moved from the University of Minnesota to the Gopher State Railway Museum on Monday.
September 1, 2020
BNSF Begins Work on New Bridge to Unclog Idaho Bottleneck
The single-track bridge over Idaho’s Lake Pend Oreille has long been a choke spot for BNSF and Montana Rail Link trains.
August 31, 2020
B&O Museum Puts on Historic Diesel Parade
Everything from a classic Chessie GP38 to a historic CNJ box cab was rolled out of the B&O Museum on Sunday for its Diesel Days celebration.
August 28, 2020
NJ Transit Starts Building New Bridge Across Raritan Bay
Work has begun on the span that will replace New Jersey Transit’s 112-year old swing bridge across Raritan Bay.
August 27, 2020
Metra Losing Millions Because UP is Refusing to Collect Fares
Union Pacific says it does not want employees collecting Metra fares over concerns of contracting COVID-19.
August 26, 2020
Railroads Brace For Hurricane Laura on the Gulf Coast
The National Weather Service warned that Hurricane Laura is expected to bring ‘catastrophic storm surge’ when it lands late Wednesday or early Thursday.
August 26, 2020
Rapido Trains Buys Four VIA Budd RDCs
Rapido Trains’ new Budd RDCs join another VIA Rail car that the model manufacturer purchased back in 2016.
August 25, 2020
FRA, STB Ask Class 1s to Step It Up As Traffic Rebounds
Federal regulators say that it has received complaints of missed industrial switches and excessively late or annulled trains.
August 24, 2020
Mississippi’s Rock Island Rail Expands
The “new” Rock Island is working with the Port of Rosedale to reopen a former Illinois Central Gulf line that was embargoed in 2001.
