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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.
February 4, 2025
Catskill Mountain Ridership Soars in 2024
The increase in ridership comes as the tourist railroad faces an effort to replace the track it uses with a trail.
February 3, 2025
Western Maryland Scenic Launches Campaign to Fund 2-8-0 Restoration
Western Maryland Scenic is partnering with the PBS program Great Scenic Railway Journeys to raise money to restore 2-8-0 locomotive 734.
January 31, 2025
Kentucky Steam Names New President
Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation announced that Joseph Darby has assumed the role of president, succeeding founding president Chris Campbell.
January 30, 2025
Switcher That Helped Build Hoover Dam Restored in Nevada
The Davenport locomotive was donated to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in 2003.
January 29, 2025
Fort Wayne Acquires Rare Pullman Car
Kitchi Gammi Club was built in 1923 and used on some of the Nickel Plate Road’s finest trains.
January 28, 2025
Steamtown Gets New Superintendent
Jeremy M. Komasz has been selected as the new superintendent of Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa.
