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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.”
July 30, 2020
R&N 425 to Lead Lehigh Gorge Excursions Aug. 14-16
Steam locomotive will lead first public excursions in Jim Thorpe since railroad resolved tax issue with town.
July 30, 2020
First Caltrain Electric Built in Utah
The commuter line will be electrified by 2022, displacing the agency’s fleet of F40 locomotives.
July 29, 2020
Union Pacific Bridge Collapses in Fiery Derailment in Arizona
Officials say no one was injured and the cause of Wednesday morning’s derailment is under investigation.
July 28, 2020
Wisconsin Short Line Buys CB&Q Mark Twain Zephyr; Hopes to Run in 2021
Part of the Mark Twain Zephyr will be moved by truck this week from the St. Louis area to its new home Wisconsin.
July 28, 2020
Cindy Sanborn, UP, CSX Vet, Hired for Top Job at NS
Cindy Sanborn will take over as executive vice president and chief operating officer for NS on Sept. 1.
