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July 7, 2023
Boeing Fuselages to Take Brief Highway Detour Around Collapsed MRL Bridge
Nearly two weeks after a bridge over the Yellowstone River, railroad officials have still not given a timeline for when MRL’s main line might reopen.
July 7, 2023
Canton Railroad Gets New CEO
President and Chief Executive Officer John C. Magness was replaced by Paul A. Barnes on July 1.
July 6, 2023
Railroads Sue Ohio Over Crew Size Law
Earlier this year, following the East Palestine derailment, Ohio passed a rail safety law that required two people in the cab of all freight trains.
July 5, 2023
CPKC, CSX To Takeover G&W Short Line in Alabama
CPKC would acquire and operate the segment of the Meridian & Bigbee between Meridian and Myrtlewood, Ala.
July 3, 2023
Heber Valley Repaints Pan Am Heritage Unit Black and Gold
The railroad rolled out former Pan Am 52 — now renumbered 5926 — on Monday afternoon.
July 3, 2023
NJ Transit Donates ALP-44 to URHS
The locomotive will be available for public viewing at URHS’s Railroad Museum [For A Day] festival on September 24.
June 30, 2023
Grants Aids Keokuk Depot Effort as Match Grant Deadline Nears
The station may have been the last building designed by John Wellborn Root of Burnham & Root, Chicago’s premiere 19th Century architectural firm.
June 30, 2023
Clean Up Continues As MRL, BNSF Get Creative Detouring Around Collapsed Bridge
As of Thursday, five of the ten rail cars that had fallen into the Yellowstone River had been removed.
June 29, 2023
Center for Railroad Photography & Art Launches New Digital Archive
The new collections management system has been in the works for over a year.
June 28, 2023
CPKC Releases New Paint Scheme
CPKC employees voted on a new paint scheme that was released on Wednesday.
