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February 18, 2025
UP Unveils Design for Locomotive to Celebrate President Lincoln
Union Pacific announced on President’s Day that it was painting a locomotive in tribute to President Abraham Lincoln.
February 17, 2025
East Broad Top Acquires Diesel From Durango & Silverton
The 80-ton H.K. Porter locomotive, currently numbered 1203, arrived at the Pennsylvania railroad earlier this month and will serve as a backup for EBT’s steam locomotives.
February 14, 2025
Transfer of UP Chicago Commuter Services Planned For April
Union Pacific announced in February that it intended to transfer its Chicago-area commuter operations to Metra in mid-April.
February 13, 2025
Flying Yankee Group Raising Money to Rebuild Traction Motors
The model GE 721 traction motors are attached to the first two axles of the train and are considerably smaller than the ones traditionally found on a locomotive.
February 12, 2025
Durango & Silverton Expands ‘Highline Express’ Schedule
Colorado’s Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is expanding the schedule of its popular “Highline Express” trains this summer.
February 11, 2025
Restoration of C&NW 1385 Enters Home Stretch
Mid-Continent recently announced it was raising money to move the locomotive from the private shop where it was rebuilt at to its museum in North Freedom, Wis.
February 10, 2025
Museum to Restore Canada’s First SD40
Locomotive 5500 was built by General Motors Diesel, the Canadian subsidiary of Electro-Motive Diesel, in 1966 for Canadian Pacific.
February 7, 2025
New Director for Friends of C&TS
Marsden will replace Tim Tennant, who is retiring after 20 years as the leader of the Albuquerque-based non-profit.
February 6, 2025
Michael A. Eagleson Collection Donated to Industrial Archives & Library
The photography collection of Michael A. Eagleson, a well-known photographer and former columnist for Railfan & Railroad in the late 1970s, has been preserved by the Industrial Archives & Library in Bethlehem, Pa.
February 5, 2025
Rockhill Trolley Museum Adds Pennsylvania Trolleys to Collection
The Rockhill Trolley Museum added two historic Pennsylvania trolley cars to its collection in January.
