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March 28, 2018
Amtrak Bombshell: No More Charters, Special Trains
In a stunning blow to operators and fans of historic locomotives and passenger equipment nationwide, Amtrak issued a memo to employees on March 28 stating its intent to immediately stop hosting charter excursions, private cars and special trains.
March 7, 2018
Port Arthur Votes to Keep 503 in Texas
The strange saga of Kansas City Southern No. 503 took a rather strange turn Tuesday, with the Port Arthur City Council voting to keep the steam locomotive and seek funding for remediation and cosmetic restoration.
February 26, 2018
Berkshire Scenic Saves Rare Boston & Maine SW-1
One of the last three surviving Boston & Maine EMC SW-1s has been saved by the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum and moved to North Adams, Mass.
February 20, 2018
Rio Grande Caboose Moved to Caboose Train Store
Rio Grande caboose 01416 has been moved from its long-time home at the Denver & New Orleans Model Railroad Club to the new location of Caboose, an iconic Denver-area train store located in Lakewood, Colo.
February 17, 2018
Aggressive Campaign Launched to Save Texas Ten-Wheeler
Preservationists Jason Sobczynski and Nick Hovey are working round-the-clock to raise $50,000 to save a rare Ten-Wheeler from the scrapper’s torch in Port Arthur, Texas.
February 15, 2018
Severe Washout Derails Norfolk Southern Train in New York
A section of the Southern Tier Line near Attica, N.Y., washed out Thursday afternoon causing a Norfolk Southern train bound for Mechanicville, N.Y., with loaded autoracks to derail and catch fire.
February 5, 2018
Amtrak Collision Investigation Focuses on Improperly Lined Switch
According to reports in the Washington Post, federal investigators are focusing on a switch that was improperly lined that sent Miami-bound Amtrak train 91 on a collision course with a parked CSX freight train early Sunday morning near Cayce, S.C.
February 4, 2018
Amtrak train collides with CSX freight in South Carolina, two killed, dozens injured
Amtrak Train 91, the Miami-bound Silver Star, collided with a CSX freight train near Cayce, S.C., around 2:45 a.m., killing two and injuring more than 100.
February 1, 2018
Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad adds Two Santa Fe GP35s
Donoley, a former Rock Island employee, said the ex-Santa Fe GP35s will soon wear AOK’s red and yellow paint scheme, very appropriate to the former Rock Island tracks they’ll be running on.
January 30, 2018
New Hampshire’s Conway Scenic Railroad Sold to New Owners
New Hampshire’s Conway Scenic Railroad has been sold to Profile Mountain Holdings Corp., according to a report in the Conway Daily Sun.
