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February 27, 2024
Rock Island Seeks to Run Oklahoma Short Line Shuttered By Feds
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Blackwell Industrial Authority are seeking an emergency service order to appoint Rock Island Rail as the operator of the Blackwell Northern.
February 26, 2024
Effort to Save Buffalo Creek Alco Underway
Lakeville, Avon & Livonia has agreed to donate ex-Buffalo Creek Alco S-2 46 to a non-profit if they can raise the money needed to move it.
February 23, 2024
Two Years After Troubled Debut, Amtrak Says ALC-42s Performing Well
Amtrak says locomotives have suffered four times fewer failures this winter compared to last and are performing better than older locomotives.
February 22, 2024
Metra to Purchase Battery-Powered Trains for Rock Island Line
Metra to Purchase Battery-Powered Trains for Rock Island Line
February 21, 2024
Mount Emily Shay Arrives in Portland
The Oregon Historical Society transferred ownership of Shay No. 1 to the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation in 2022.
February 20, 2024
Reading & Northern Releases Excursion Schedule
Trips will run to Jim Thorpe, Pa., from Reading and Pittston.
February 16, 2024
Grapevine’s Vintage FL9s Resume Service This Weekend
Texas excursion railroad to offer a full schedule in 2024.
February 15, 2024
New Collections Chief Joins Colorado Railroad Museum
Erin Johnson Schmitz was hired to help the museum better interpret its vast collection.
February 14, 2024
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Celebrates 70 Years
The biennial West Penn Trolley Meet will be the first to feature the new Welcome and Education Center, which opened in late 2023.
February 13, 2024
Amtrak Awards Contract to Build Baltimore Tunnel
Construction on the new Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore is set to begin in 2026.
