ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern customers engaged in more than $7.7 billion in development for more than 60 new or expanded rail-served industries on NS and its shortline partners, the railroad said today (Monday, Feb. 2). While U.S. manufacturing saw mixed indicators in 2025, the railroad’s network continued to attract investment. NS has more than 500 […]
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum announced that former Southern Railway No. 4501 will return from its annual inspection wearing the railroad’s classic passenger green paint scheme. The locomotive will appear as it did when it entered excursion service 60 years ago, in 1966. “In a year when we’re celebrating [the museum’s] 65th […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco Bay Area’s rail operators are gearing up for Super Bowl LX, set for this Sunday, Feb. 8, at the rail-friendly Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. BART, Caltrain, Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority are offering regular or special operations on game day, as well […]
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has created a new organization to lead its $12 billion program for acquisition of new rail and bus equipment, and appointed the first leader of that organization. Jessie Lazarus, currently the MTA’s deputy chief of commercial ventures, will head the Rolling Stock Program, CEO Janno Lieber announced today […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the National Transportation Safety Board are among agencies affected by a partial shutdown of the federal government that began Saturday (Jan. 31). The STB announced today it has suspended operations. During the funding lapse, the STB will not accept or process any filings or […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX said in an advisory to customers on Sunday, Feb. 1, that it was working to address issues created by a second major storm in as many weeks, this one having brought heavy snow, blizzard conditions, and flooding to portions of its network. Norfolk Southern issued a customer alert prior to the […]
BURGESS, Mo. — No injuries were reported after a CPKC grain train was involved in a low-speed collision with a stationary train near the Kansas/Missouri state line on Friday morning (Jan. 30) Missouri State Rep. Ann Kelley wrote in a Facebook post that the collision occurred about 8:30 a.m. Friday in a rural area north […]
CALGARY, Alberta — CPKC has named Gordon Trafton, a current member of its board, as the board’s vice chair. The company also announced this week that Marc Parent had been appointed to the board, effective Jan. 27, and that Kate Stevenson has been nominated to stand for election to the board at the annual shareholder’s […]
HOMEWOOD, Ill. — The village of Homewood, Ill., will spend more than $64,000 to renovate the railfan viewing platform it opened in 2007. At a Jan. 27, 2026, meeting, the village board of trustees approved a $64,456.05 contract with BEAR Construction Co. of Rolling Meadows, Ill. The village had previously budgeted up to $76,000 for […]
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Colorado Pacific Railroad and Weskan Grain, two subsidiaries of the Soloviev Group, this week filed a federal court suit that alleges Union Pacific Railroad and regional railroad Kansas & Oklahoma have conspired to prevent westbound grain moves over Colorado Pacific. The plaintiffs claimed that UP and Watco Cos.’ K&O are using […]
FULLERTON, Calif. — Metrolink, the Los Angeles-area commuter rail service, has donated its first locomotive to the Fullerton Train Museum for preservation. The locomotive, No. 851, began life as an EMD F59PH, but was rebuilt to an F59PHR. It was delivered to the museum on Jan. 25, where it will be on static display. The […]
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