Big Boy restoration at Steamtown complete, locomotive returns to public display
…8 and the fact that May is National Preservation Month. “The Big Boy No. 4012 is an important piece of steam locomotive history and as a unit of the National… […]
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Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale National Raiway Equipment GenSet II diesel locomotive
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale GenSet II diesel locomotive Following the success of its National Railway Equipment (NRE) GenSet I, Atlas has added the NRE GenSet II to its… […]
Amtrak releases annual funding request to Congress
…for its National network. David Lassen WASHINGTON — Amtrak’s annual funding request to Congress seeks $1.7 billion for the Northeast Corridor and $1.95 billion for its National Network needs in… […]
BLET adds small railroad division NEWSWIRE
…National President Dennis R. Pierce, BLET National Vice President Mike Twombly will serve as Head of the BLET Short Line Department and Special Representative Paul Aird will become the Director… […]
Tourist railroads in the Northeastern United States
…1929 Pennsylvania Railroad “doodlebug” railcar. District of Columbia Smithsonian National Museum of American History – 1300 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. U.S. railroading from before 1876 to 2000 is showcased… […]
Year in review: Top international stories
…Dec. 26. Today, we asked our European correspondent, Keith Fender, to look at what he considers the year’s top international rail stories. At the beginning of 2022, the rail industry… […]
FRA issues national trespass prevention strategy NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration has issued to Congress the first National Strategy to Prevent Trespassing on Railroad Property. The report examines the causal factors that contribute to trespassing… […]
Five mind-blowing facts about the GM Aerotrain
…the collection at the National Museum of Transportation (St. Louis) and the National Railroad Museum (Green Bay, Wis.). The 1/8-scale model is part of the National Railroad Museum collection, as… […]
Arbitration decision will require unions to negotiate on train crew size
…crews to a single person. The National Railway Labor Conference — representing Class I railroads — had sought to include crew size in its current national labor negotiations, and indicated… […]
What cliff? J.B. Hunt and Eastern and Canadian railways see steady intermodal volume
…at 30% — at least temporarily. The trade whipsaw created the expectation that there would be an “air pocket” in international container volume arriving at U.S. ports this month, and… […]
Preserving Railroad History
…preservation than in May, declared National Preservation Month by the National Trust for Historic Preservation? The Center for Railroad Photography & Art has focused attention on the topic in its… […]
Europe plans new network of international high speed trains
BERLIN — The countries of the European Union have supported a proposal made by the German government to recreate the “Trans Europe Express” (TEE) system of international trains, which in… […]
