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Canadian Pacific No. 2816 to steam again for Holiday Train video (corrected)
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific 4-6-4 No. 2816 is making a one-time-only return to steam to pull a “virtual” edition of Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train, returning to operation after nearly a decade of dormancy. The locomotive will pull the train later this month in the yard at Calgary and will not operate on the main line. […]
Monticello Railway Museum acquires Illinois & Midland RS1325, Illinois Terminal SW1200
MONTICELLO, Ill. — One of the only two RS1325s built by Electro-Motive Division, Illinois & Midland No. 31, has been acquired by the Monticello Railway Museum. The museum purchased the diesel from Larry’s Truck and Electric, the Ohio firm that rebuilds, resells, leases, and scraps locomotives. The museum announced the addition of two locomotives to […]
Metra board approves 2021 budgets, agrees to plan that will reduce fares on two lines
CHICAGO — Metra’s board of directors on Friday approved a $700 operating budget for 2021, as well as a $386.8 million capital budget, and also approved a plan to improve transit service to Chicago’s South Side that will see reduced fares on two Metra Lines. The operating budget does not call for fare increases or […]
