DENVER — Luxury train Rocky Mountaineer is transitioning to a new name in the U.S. — Canyon Spirit — as of 2026, when it will also expand its current route from Denver to Salt Lake City as part of a three-day excursion. The U.S. excursions have operated “Rockies to the Red Rocks” trips under the […]
I’ve been around long enough to have caboose memories. Am I really that old? I guess so. When I transferred to Amtrak after 10 years with Seaboard Coast Line, my former freight railroad, we still employed full crews of five persons — an engineer, fireman, and brakeman on the head, with a conductor, and flagman […]
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ROANOKE, Va. — After almost 45 years at its current location, the Roanoke Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society is moving its collecting of historic equipment to a new location. The chapter has purchased a 16-acre site, the former Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal property in Norwich, from OmniSource LLC of Fort Wayne, Ind. […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Eight months after it was devastated by a flood, the Sioux City Railroad Museum has reopened. The museum reopened on Saturday, March 1, and is currently open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. Its website notes that restoration and renovation is […]
RUSH, N.Y. — An Alco S1 switcher from the Rochester-area short line Bath & Hammondsport Railroad will be joining the collection of the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum. The combined efforts of the museum, the Steuben County Industrial Development Agency, and the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad has allowed the museum to purchase the […]
NEW YORK — The United Railroad Historical Society’s popular Hudson River Rail Excursions are done — for the time being. The last of the day trips between New York Penn Station and Albany-Rensselaer, N.Y., billed as “Farewell (For Now),” ran Sunday, March 2 [see “East River tunnel work to sideline …,” Trains News Wire, Jan. […]
PORT CLINTON, Pa. — The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, the Reading & Northern’s tourist rail operation based in Jim Thorpe, Pa., will once again offer its Bike Trains on selected weekends in May through September. The trains, part of the railroad’s schedule for more than a decade, carry passenger and their bicycles from Jim Thorpe […]
In every issue News, p. 4 VIA Rail Canada’s equipment request includes dome cars; Trains.com forums return Bill Stephens, p. 8 UP-short line deal aims to improve service John Hankey, p. 10 Why 2025? Railroading’s bicentennial is surprisingly complex Great Railfan Roads, p. 44 Follow California 99 for busy Central Valley railroad action Brian Solomon, […]
Britain’s Railway 200 celebration — marking the 200th anniversary of modern railroading — has a new element: A traveling exhibition train. The four-car train, named Inspiration, is expected to visit 60 locations over 12 months concluding in summer 2026. Curated in partnership with the National Railway Museum, the train’s cars, provided by rail infrastructure owner […]
IRVINE, Ky. — An auction by Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. to sell former Nickel Plate Road 2-8-2 No. 587 has been halted on the day the auction’s winner was to be announced. Kentucky Steam said in a brief post on its Facebook page today (March 3, 2025) that the sale has been withdrawn because the […]
For as long as he can remember, Adam Matthews has been an aficionado of the former New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad — aka the Nickel Plate Road. The admiration for the Midwest’s fast-freight hauler has gotten the Ohio-based 33-year-old involved in three preservation organizations simultaneously: Social Media Administrator, Special Marketing Consultant and member […]
