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April 15, 2026
CPKC 2816 Film Makes Online Debut
Pulse of the Continent, a new documentary about CPKC’s historic “Final Spike Steam Tour,” made its online debut this week.
April 14, 2026
U.S. Sugar Bridge Burns
A bridge on the South Central Florida Express, the common carrier short line owned by U.S. Sugar, burned in early April.
April 13, 2026
TriMet to Bid Farewell to ‘Trailblazing’ LRVs
TriMet’s “trailblazing” Type I LRVs that helped establish light rail service in Portland, Ore., in the 1980s will be retired this month.
April 10, 2026
Santa Fe Baggage Car Being Turned Into Multi-use Space
The Wichita Great Plains Transportation Museum is converting a former Santa Fe baggage car into a multi-use space to host meetings, parties and other events, providing the nonprofit with a new and consistent income stream.
April 9, 2026
Kentucky Steam to Lease SD40-2 to Ohio Short Line
A partnership between a nonprofit railroad heritage group and an Ohio short line will bring a Norfolk & Western SD40-2 to home rails this spring.
April 8, 2026
Mt. Rainier Acquires New Shop Facility
The Western Forest Industries Museum, operator of the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad, has purchased a 3.6-acre plot and a more than 10,000-square-foot building that will serve as its new restoration facility and office space.
April 7, 2026
N.C. Transportation Museum Acquires Aberdeen & Rockfish GP7
A GP7 locomotive, acquired from the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad is now part of the collection at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
April 6, 2026
‘Big Boy’ 4014 to Run Alongside Reading 2102 on R&N
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” No. 4014 and Reading Company 4-8-4 No. 2102 will lead simultaneous excursions on the Reading & Northern Railroad in June in what is being billed as the “most fantastic railfan event of the 21st century.”
April 6, 2026
Trump Administration Proposes Cutting Amtrak Funding
Amtrak funding would go from $2.47 billion to $2.1 billion, a 13.5 percent drop.
April 3, 2026
Sound Transit Opens Floating Bridge
Sound Transit opened the world’s first floating light rail bridge across Lake Washington on March 28, connecting the agency’s two lines into a unified system for the first time ever.
