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August 7, 2020
CP Begins Intermodal Service to Port of Saint John
The inaugural train comes the same day CEO Keith Creel met with New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs to talk Canadian Pacific’s return to Atlantic Canada.
August 7, 2020
Arbitrator Sides with KCS in Tex-Mex Border Dispute with Union
KCS has been using Mexican crews to run trains from the border to the yard at Lerado despite protests from union.
August 6, 2020
A Week After Derailment, UP Bridge in Arizona Still Closed
Bridge over Tempe Town Lake collapsed in a derailment on July 29.
August 6, 2020
AAR: Freight Traffic Down But Heading in the Right Direction
Association of American Railroads reports that rail traffic was down 9.3 percent in July compared to the same month last year.
August 5, 2020
Amtrak Unveils New Paint Scheme for Long-Distance Chargers
Officials say one of the new ALC-42 Siemens Chargers will wear a special scheme in honor of Amtrak’s 50th anniversary in 2021.
August 4, 2020
Reading ‘Camelback’ Arrives at Age of Steam Roundhouse
Museum plans on restoring historic Reading 0-4-0 locomotive for display in its roundhouse in Ohio.
August 3, 2020
Museum Raising Money to Save West Coast’s ‘First’ PCC Streetcar
PCC 502 was the first of its type to operate in California for San Diago in 1937.
August 3, 2020
NS Donates SD60I to Penn State Rail Program
Locomotive 6721 will see new life as a teaching tool at Penn State program and has been renumbered “PSU 2020.”
July 31, 2020
Report: Private Equity Firms Eye Kansas City Southern Takeover
KCS stock jumped 14 percent at the news that two firms were looking to take the railroad over.
July 31, 2020
NS Execs Mum on Possible Pan Am Sale
CEO James Squires says NS is committed to staying in New England and that he’ll “leave it at that.”
