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April 3, 2026
Sound Transit Opens Floating Bridge
Sound Transit opened the world’s first floating light rail bridge across Lake Washington on March 28, connecting the agency’s two lines into a unified system for the first time ever.
April 1, 2026
Trolley Museum of New York Acquires SEPTA Car
The Trolley Museum of New York recently took delivery of a former SEPTA Market–Frankford Line rapid transit car.
March 31, 2026
U.S. Sugar Donates ACL 4-6-2 to Tennessee Valley
U.S. Sugar has decided to donate an Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-2 to the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.
March 27, 2026
Emery Rail Heritage Trust Awards $250,000 in Grants
The John H. Emery Rail Heritage Trust recently announced that it awarded $250,000 in grants to 20 projects across the country.
March 26, 2026
Restoration of N&W Sleeper to Begin
The last surviving Norfolk & Western American Car & Foundry 12-4 sleeping car arrived at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in March.
March 25, 2026
Boston & Maine SW1 Bound For Danbury
A Boston & Maine SW1 is en route to the Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury, Conn., two years after it was saved by a grassroots preservation effort.
March 24, 2026
South Shore to Open ‘Monon Corridor’
The South Shore Line’s first-ever expansion, a new 8-mile route between Hammond, Ind., and Munster/Dyer, will open on March 31.
March 23, 2026
STB to Metra, UP: Keep Talking
Metra assumed operating responsibilities on UP’s three Chicago-area commuter lines a year ago but hasn’t been able to come up with a price to pay the freight road.
March 21, 2026
UP ‘Big Boy’ to Visit East Coast
Union Pacific announced that 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” 4014 would travel to Philadelphia to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
March 20, 2026
Metra Donates F40C to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America
The last F40C locomotive on the Metra roster has been donated to Railroading Heritage of Midwest America in Silvis, Ill.
