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December 10, 2025
Cosmetic Restoration of MILW U25B Underway in Washington
The Cascade Rail Foundation is presently working with Columbia Rail in Richland, Wash., to repaint MILW 5057 for eventual display in South Cle Elum.
December 9, 2025
Buffalo NFTA Metro Rail Opens New DL&W Station
Buffalo’s Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority opened the new DL&W Station inside the former Lackawanna trainshed on December 8.
December 8, 2025
Alberta Short Line Scores New Wheat Move
The Battle River Railway, a farmer-owned railroad in central Alberta, has begun moving wheat in partnership with Canadian National.
December 5, 2025
Pere Marquette 1225 Returns to Service
Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 has returned to service just in time to lead the 2025 edition of the Steam Railroading Institute’s North Pole Express excursions.
December 4, 2025
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Looks to Build South
In December, the museum announced its intention to build a quarter-mile of track extending south from its campus in Alna, Maine.
December 3, 2025
UPDATE: Rail Museum to Vacate Erie Turntable Site in Port Jervis
The city of Port Jervis, N.Y., informed the museum earlier this year that the turntable site would be remediated and sold for redevelopment.
December 2, 2025
UPDATE: BNSF Calls on STB to Review ‘Harm’ Caused by UP-SP Merger
BNSF Railway is urging federal regulators to examine the “harms” caused by the 1996 merger of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
December 1, 2025
Feds Approve Sale of Wheeling to Fortress
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has approved Fortress Investment Group’s $1.05 billion purchase of Wheeling & Lake Erie.
November 26, 2025
More Needed to Restore Santa Fe F45
The Great Plains Transportation Museum has launched an effort to raise $50,000 to cover previously hidden damage to Santa Fe FP45 93, currently being restored at Mid-America Car.
November 25, 2025
RRHMA Breaks Ground on New Roundhouse
The six-stall roundhouse is on the footprint of the Rock Island’s original facility
