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March 14, 2025
Metra Asks For Trackage Rights to Protect Commuter Service
Metra has asked the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to give it trackage rights over Union Pacific lines in northern Illinois.
March 13, 2025
Metra Seeks Feedback on Renaming Commuter Lines
Presently, there is no standard method for how Metra’s lines are named.
March 12, 2025
Virginia Rail History Group Gets New Home
The Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society announced on March 12 that it was relocating to a new restoration facility in the Norwich area of Roanoke.
March 11, 2025
New Operator For Blackwell Northern
Land Rush Rail Corp., a division of Farmrail, will lease and run about 37 miles of track in Oklahoma and Kansas previously operated by the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad.
March 10, 2025
Turntable Museum Has Big Plans For 2025
Erie Turntable, the non-profit initiative to preserve Port Jervis, N.Y.’s railroad history, has announced its 2025 schedule.
March 10, 2025
Watco Acquires Great Lakes Central
Great Lakes Central operates approximately 400 miles of track in central and northern Michigan, including parts of the former Pennsylvania, New York Central, Grand Trunk Western, Pere Marquette, and Ann Arbor.
March 7, 2025
Museum Acquires Bath & Hammondsport Alco Switcher
On March 7, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum announced that it had purchased Bath & Hammondsport Alco S-1 5.
March 7, 2025
Amtrak: ‘Privatizing Passenger Rail Won’t Work’
The railroad published a white paper on the subject shortly after billionaire and presidential advisor Elon Musk said the government should privatize the national passenger carrier.
March 6, 2025
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Adds 1932 Streetcar to Collection
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum has acquired the Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Company “Red Arrow” 83, a streetcar built in 1932 to connect Philadelphia with its western suburbs
March 5, 2025
Sale of Nickel Plate 2-8-2 Halted
Bids were due on February 25, and the winning bidder was to be notified on March 3. But instead, the group announced that the sale had been withdrawn.
