READING, Pa. — A clear, crisp Pennsylvania winter day greeted passengers and enthusiasts for the Reading & Northern’s winter Iron Horse Ramble. The excursion traveled the Reading Division main line between Reading Outer Station and Jim Thorpe, Pa., on Saturday, Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. This was the second time the former Reading T-1 4-8-4 No. 2102 […]
ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. – More than $10 million has been invested to date in rescuing and restoring the narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad in central Pennsylvania. EBT Foundation General Manager Brad Esposito didn’t hesitate to name that figure in response to a question during his state-of-the-railroad review, part of the Foundation’s Winter Spectacular event […]
VOORHEESVILLE, N.Y. — The village of Voorheesville, thwarted in court in its effort to prevent a new Norfolk Southern crew-change facility, is now seeking to prevent the railroad from receiving future grants from the State of New York — as well as saying that the state should recover money already given to NS. The Albany […]
NEW YORK — Federal money is once again flowing to the Hudson Tunnel project, as the Department of Transportation released the first $30 million in overdue funds today (Friday, Feb. 13). The money is the first portion of more than $200 million which has been withheld by the Trump administration since last October. It was […]
ROCKHILL FURNACE, Pa. — Former Durango & Silverton diesel No. 19, an Alco-powered H.K. Porter locomotive, stepped into the spotlight at the East Broad Top Railroad today (Feb. 12), pulling a freight train and photo charter for the first time since coming to Pennsylvania. The C-C locomotive was pinch-hitting for Baldwin 2-8-2 No. 16, sidelined […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak service between New York and Boston was restored early today after overhead power issues halted operation between the two cities much of Wednesday evening. Amtrak announced that service was being halted in a social media post shortly after 7 p.m. ET and said that service had been restored in another post […]
PORT CLINTON, Pa. — The Reading & Northern Railroad has promoted Jim Raffa to chief marketing officer, the company has announced. Raffa entered railroading as a trackman with R&N predecessor Blue Mountain & Reading in 1989, and after the Reading & Northern was formed in 1990, he became coal traffic manager and real estate manager. […]
GREENVILLE, Pa. — Greenville officials aim to save the town’s former Erie Railroad brick depot, which last saw passenger service in 1970. The depot property is now owned by Norfolk Southern, which may raze the building. Greenville Mayor Jean Carr-Fisher would like to see it saved, if possible. Carr-Fisher on Feb. 4 presented a plan […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has reached a tentative agreement with operating company Alstom on a four-year contract for engineers at the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC), the union has announced. If ratified, the agreement will be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024, and run through Dec. 31, 2027. It will […]
Becoming acquainted with Robert Sherman, the talented and kind-hearted artist affiliated with Lionel and Diorama Studios, stands as a highlight of my career at Classic Toy Trains. Though frail when we met in the early 1990s, Bob eagerly shared stories of his contributions to the postwar consumer catalogs as well as his involvement with the […]
NEW YORK — The Trump administration has moved to appeal a federal court decision ordering it to release funds it is withholding from the Hudson Tunnel project. Reuters reports the administration filed the notice of appeal on Sunday, Feb. 8, to address the decision Friday by U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas. That decision granted a […]
MANSFIELD, Conn. — The town of Mansfield has lifted the shelter-in-place order enacted following Thursday’s derailment of a New England Central train, the town announced this morning (Feb. 7, 2026). State Route 32 remains closed for a 1-mile stretch between U.S. Route 44 and State Route 275, according to an update on the town website. […]
