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Santa Fe 3751 to Headline LA Rail Safety Weekend

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.


Oregon Baldwin Moves To Train Mountain

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.


Maine’s ‘Downeaster’ Could Get New Station in Portland

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.


Western Railway Museum to Extend Electric Service

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.


UPDATE: Canadian Government Orders Arbitration Ending CN, CPKC Lockout

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.


State of Maine to Seek New Rockland Branch Operator

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.


Norfolk & Western GP9 Saved For Preservation

August 20, 2024

Norfolk & Western GP9 Saved For Preservation

N&W GP9 514 was part of the railroad’s second batch of “redbirds” used in passenger service.


More Santa Fe Semaphores Fall in New Mexico

August 19, 2024

More Santa Fe Semaphores Fall in New Mexico

Five blades on the State of New Mexico’s Albuquerque Subdivision came down over the weekend.


Standard Gauge East Broad Top 0-6-0 Sold

August 16, 2024

Standard Gauge East Broad Top 0-6-0 Sold

EBT 0-6-0 3 has been sold and will be put on display in Alabama.