BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The National Museum of Industrial History and Reading & Northern Railroad will offer a day-long rare mileage excursion on Aug. 6 using a pair of the railroad’s Budd Rail Diesel Cars. The trip from R&N’s Reading Outer Station to Ashland, Pa., will feature a visit to the railroad’s steam shop in Port […]
BURLINGTON, Iowa — Burlington Junction Railway welcomed more than 100 employees and family members to a recent event in Burlington to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the short line in 1985. The railroad began when Steve and JoEllen Hoth of Burlington began with a single locomotive, 3 miles of track, and three […]
SARDIS, Miss. — Twenty-seven cars of a Grenada Railroad train derailed Sunday (July 6, 2025) in Sardis, Miss., the third significant derailment in the state in three two days. The Oxford Eagle reports the incident occurred Sunday evening and involved cars carrying corn and sulfuric acid, and occurred in a remote location difficult to access. […]
PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — Operation Toy Train, organizer of special holiday trains across the U.S. to benefit the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots foundation, has announced a 2025 schedule including two new operations. Trains on the Northern Division of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway in central New York and the East […]
MOBILE, Ala. — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a new contract with Terminal Railway-Alabama State Docks, the short line connecting the Port of Mobile to five Class I railroads. The BLET announced Sunday (July 6) that the five-year agreement was ratified on June 26. It runs through 2027 and […]
LAC-MÉGANTIC, Quebec — Canada’s Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, Chrystia Freeland, issued a statement today to mark the 12th anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic disaster, the derailment and fire involving a runaway, unmanned Montreal, Maine & Atlantic oil train that occurred about 1:14 a.m. on July 6, 2013. “Twelve years ago, the community of Lac-Mégantic […]
COOS BAY, Ore. — The Oregon legislature has approved $100 million in funding for the Port of Coos Bay project to develop a new ship-to-rail container terminal, the port announced this week. The Pacific Coast Intermodal Port would see containers loaded directly from ships on to trains, which would then move via the port’s Coos […]
PORT CLINTON, Pa. — Jeff Knadler has been promoted to assistant vice president-passenger at the Reading & Northern, the railroad has announced. Knadler, who started with the R&N as a freight conductor in 2007 and advanced to designated supervisor of locomotive engineers, has most recently served as senior director of the passenger department. In that […]
HARTFORD, Wis. — Three crew members were injured when a Wisconsin & Southern Railroad train derailed today (June 30, 2025) in the town of Hartford, near Independence Ave. The derailment occurred about 9:30 a.m. Hartford Fire Chief Tony Burgard told a press conference that the three people had walked to a nearby road and were […]
NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Justin Broyles has been named interim president and CEO of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, the company announced today (June 27, 2025). Broyles succeeds Ed Quinn, who resigned earlier this month to pursue other interests. Broyles, who has spent more than 25 years in the rail industry, rejoined R. J. Corman in 2018 […]
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Genesee Valley Transportation and the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad has unveiled former Delaware & Hudson RS3 No. 4068, repainted into the D&H “lightning stripe” scheme at the company’s Von Storch shops in Scranton, Pa. The GVT has also announced that restoration of its PA locomotive, No. 190, has been completed and will make its […]
