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January 31, 2024
B&O Museum to Give Public Rare Access to Equipment
The “B&O Unlocked” series begins this month and will continue into December.
January 30, 2024
Russell Lloyd Butler, Railroader and Boxcar Artist, Dies at 80
Known for drawing the iconic, side profile of himself, Russell Lloyd Butler’s artwork continues to roll on tens of thousands of freight cars.
January 30, 2024
Work to Extend East Broad Top Trackage Continues
The East Broad Top Foundation hopes to restore trackage that hasn’t been used since 1956.
January 29, 2024
Reading FP7s Move to SMS Rail
In early January, a pair of historic Reading Company cab locomotives were moved from their long-time home at Steamtown National Historic Site bound for SMS Rail Lines in southern New Jersey.
January 26, 2024
Additional Business for Panama Canal Railway
In an advisory to its customers, shipping giant Maersk said it will use trains to avoid the drought-plagued Panama Canal for some of its container traffic.
January 25, 2024
Illinois Railway Museum Acquires C&NW Bi-Levels
The two cars from Ohio’s Hocking Valley Scenic gives the Illinois Railway Museum six ex-Chicago & North Western bi-levels.
January 24, 2024
Feds Streamline Emergency Service Regulation
The amended rules could make it easier for a shipper to get freight moved when their primary carrier cannot.
January 24, 2024
Promontory NRHS Chapter Acquires Rio Grande SW1200
Denver & Rio Grande Western SW1200 133 is presently stored in Iowa while the non-profit looks at how to bring it home to Utah.
January 23, 2024
Mallory Hope Ferrell, Prolific Railroad Author, Dies at 88
Ferrell wrote 21 books, mostly focused on narrow gauge railroads in the American West.
January 22, 2024
Ontario Tourist Railroad to Close
Ontario’s York-Durham Heritage Railway announced Sunday it had filed for insolvency just weeks after it said it was going to move.
