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September 4, 2024
New Jersey Museum to Commemorate Last Run of DL&W Electrics
On September 8, the Whippany Railway Museum will commemorate the last run of the Lackawanna MUs with special excursions.
September 3, 2024
Rare Pullman Passenger Car to Join Indiana Rail Experience
‘Kitchi Gammi Club’ will travel on a multi-day journey between New York City, Chicago, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, in September.
August 30, 2024
EBT 16 Returns to Service After Repairs
The locomotive had been taken out of service due to cracked spokes on one of the main drivers.
August 29, 2024
Santa Fe 3751 to Headline LA Rail Safety Weekend
The Santa Fe 4-8-4 will make an appearance on September 21 and 22, during the largest railroad safety event in Los Angeles in more than a decade.
August 28, 2024
Oregon Baldwin Moves To Train Mountain
Weyerhaeuser DS4-4-750 101 was trucked from Klamath Falls, Ore., to a new home at the Train Mountain Railroad Museum in Chiloquin.
August 26, 2024
Maine’s ‘Downeaster’ Could Get New Station in Portland
Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority says a new station closer to downtown Portland will shave 15 minutes off each Downeaster trip.
August 23, 2024
Western Railway Museum to Extend Electric Service
“Destination Molena” is an effort to extend wire about another mile beyond the current end of service at Platano.
August 22, 2024
UPDATE: Canadian Government Orders Arbitration Ending CN, CPKC Lockout
Canadian National and CPKC were unable to reach an agreement with unions representing engineers, conductors and dispatchers before a midnight deadline.
August 21, 2024
State of Maine to Seek New Rockland Branch Operator
Finger Lakes Railway’s Midcoast Railservice called it quits after the branch’s largest customer closed.
