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August 24, 2026
WW&F Raises Money For Mt. Rainier, Whitewater
After losing a Super Bowl bet, Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum raised more than $3,500 for Washington’s Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Indiana’s Whitewater Valley Railroad.
August 20, 2026
VIA Rail Donates LRC Coach to Exporail
VIA Rail Canada has donated an LRC coach to Exporail outside of Montreal.
August 19, 2026
STB Sets Timeline For Merger Review
The STB announced on Aug. 18 that the earliest it would make a final decision on Union Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern would be the second half of 2027.
August 18, 2026
Whitewater Valley Railroad Devastated by Flooding
Indiana’s Whitewater Valley Railroad has suspended operations after historic flooding caused numerous washouts and is likely to result in millions of dollars in damage.
August 17, 2026
Kettle Valley Closed After Fire
A British Columbia excursion railroad has apparently escaped unharmed from a devastating wildfire that has killed at least one person and destroyed an unknown number of structures.
August 14, 2026
UP, Portland Butt Heads Over Fire-Damaged Warehouse
Right after the fire, UP and Amtrak suspended rail service on the line directly across the street from the warehouse over fears that vibrations from passing trains could bring it down.
August 13, 2026
Pere Marquette 1225 Stuck At Home This Fall
Steam Railroading Institute announced on August 13 that they would not be able to move the locomotive to Virginia for a series of fall foliage excursions.
August 12, 2026
RoadRailer Put on Display in Michigan
A Triple Crown RoadRailer has been preserved and put on display thanks to the Southern Michigan Railroad Society.
August 11, 2026
Oldest Diesel at IRM Gets New Paint
The Illinois Railway Museum has restored perhaps the oldest bicentennial diesel locomotive in existence.
August 10, 2026
New Haven RS-3 to Return to Service on the Naugatuck
Volunteers at the Railroad Museum of New England are feverishly working to complete an operational restoration of the locomotive, which includes returning it to its original orange-and-green New Haven livery.
