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July 2, 2024
Nevada Northern Selects Paint Semiquincentennial Scheme for SD9
Nevada Northern Railway Museum asked the public to design a new paint scheme to apply to the railroad’s SD9 to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
July 1, 2024
D&SNG Returns to Silverton After Slide; Introduces New Service
The Highline Express will depart Durango at 4:30 p.m. and return approximately three and a half hours later.
June 28, 2024
Work to Transfer UP Commuter Ops to Metra Continues
The operation of three commuter lines from Union Pacific to Metra was supposed to be completed by the beginning of this year.
June 27, 2024
Oil Conversion for Reading 2100 Underway; Running Gear Work Next
Reading 2100 is expected to make its debut as American Freedom Train 250 in 2026.
June 26, 2024
NTSB Says Dramatic ‘Vent and Burn’ in East Palestine Was Unnecessary
The National Transportation Safety Board is releasing its final report on the fiery East Palestine, Ohio, derailment.
June 25, 2024
Iowa Flooding Hits Museum, Takes Out Bridge
The Sioux City Railroad Museum was closed until further notice after its event center and roundhouse were flooded.
June 24, 2024
Jerry Angier, Bangor & Aroostook Author and Historian, Dies at 82
Jerry Angier and Herb Cleaves wrote the seminal book on the Maine railroad.
June 24, 2024
Country’s Last ‘Fair Train’ Returns to the Rails After Five-Year Hiatus
The Strates Shows “Fair Train” will run from Florida to New York in August for the first time since 2019.
June 21, 2024
Smallest Maine 2-Footer To Be Revived at WW&F
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington 9 — the only surviving steam locomotive for three of Maine’s famed 2-footers — will be lettered for the Kennebec Central.
June 20, 2024
L&N SD40 Returns to Tennessee
An EMD SD40 built as Louisville & Nashville 1230 in April 1969, has come home to Tennessee after nearly three decades.
