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December 7, 2023
Earl W. Roberts, Founder of ‘Canadian Trackside Guide,’ Dies at 84
Roberts founded and edited the invaluable “Canadian Trackside Guide” for more than four decades as well as Bytown Railway Society’s magazine.
December 6, 2023
Canadian National to Acquire Iowa Northern
The deal will need to be approved by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.
December 6, 2023
OmniTRAX Takes Over South Branch Valley
The South Branch Valley operates on 52.4 miles of former Baltimore & Ohio track between Green Springs and Petersburg, W.Va.
December 5, 2023
Bessemer & Lake Erie 2-10-4 Readied for Move to Ohio
The massive steam locomotive has been loaded onto two specialty flatcars for the move to Age of Steam in Ohio.
December 4, 2023
Amtrak Ridership Up More Than 24 Percent in 2023
More than 28 million people rode Amtrak nationwide during Fiscal Year 2023; still below pre-pandemic numbers.
December 1, 2023
Fort Wayne Raising Money for ‘Great Steel Fleet’ Rehab
Thanks to a $50,000 matching grant, any donation of $250 or more made during December will be doubled to fund rehab of the Empire State Express cars purchased by Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society in 2022.
November 30, 2023
Arizona Group Saves GE Switcher
The Arizona Railroad Heritage Park has repatriated yet another piece of former Arizona rolling stock, Magma Copper Co./San Manuel Arizona RR General Electric 25-tonner 6.
November 29, 2023
CSX CEO to Chair B&O Museum Drive
CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs will lead the $30 million capital campaign to transform the campus of the B&O Railroad Museum.
November 28, 2023
Metra Adds Seasonal Lighting to Trains
Metra will be running trains decked out with holiday lights on nearly all of its routes in and out of Chicago this season.
November 27, 2023
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-0 Returns to Service
Locomotive 332 was built for the Duluth, Missabe, and Northern Railway in 1906 by the American Locomotive Company.
