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January 17, 2023

Reading & Northern Freight, Passenger Departments Smash Records

The Reading & Northern welcomed more than 250,000 passengers in 2022 and saw a 15.4 percent increase in freight traffic.

January 16, 2023

The Portland museum is hopeful to have the former Brooklyn Yard turntable installed this year.

January 13, 2023

Two different pieces have been produced to mark the Alaska Railroad’s 100th anniversary; railroad to host event this weekend.

January 13, 2023

New real-time train-tracking website that lets customers — and railfans —see precisely where trains are.

January 12, 2023

Jorge Luis Cruz-Vega has been charged with failure to yield, a registration violation, and felony reckless endangerment.

January 11, 2023

Dirt was an orange-and-white cat that called the Nevada Northern’s shop home and became famous on the internet.

January 11, 2023

The United Railroad Historical Society announced Wednesday that it would run 48 trips between February and November.

January 10, 2023

With an estimated value of upwards of half a million dollars, the “Arizona Spike” could be the most expensive piece of railroadiana ever.

January 9, 2023

The federal regulator is currently deciding whether or not to fast-track BNSF Railway’s acquisition of Montana Rail Link.

January 6, 2023

The United Railroad Historical Society of NJ announced this week it hired Kevin Phalon as its first full-time employee and executive director.