The effort by Robert Primus to regain his seat on the Surface Transportation Board appears to have been dealt a fatal blow after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today (June 29) that President Donald ...

Rock Island Rail will become the contract operator of 2.6 miles of track in the Watsonville, Calif., area. Rock Island via STB WASHINGTON — Shortline company Chicago Rock Island & Pacific will take ...

Two Horizon trainsets used in Hiawatha service are coupled back-to-back in Amtrak’s Chicago coach yard Wednesday afternoon, March 26. To the left is the rear of the Lake Shore Limited equipment and ...

The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger application highlights projected increases in traffic on the new railroad’s north-south spine, as well as planned capacity improvements. Trains.com, ...

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Twenty-three cars of a Union Pacific train, including tank cars of ethanol, derailed in Richmond, Texas, on March 18, 2026. Fort Bend County Homeland Security and Emergency Management RICHMOND, Texas ...

Helmstetter’s Curve was a famous photo location on the former Western Maryland RR, and continues to be one of the scenic highlights for viewing trains operated by today’s Western Maryland Scenic ...

Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora, Ill., to a connection with the Galena & Chicago Union (forerunner of the ...

A Union Pacific train with UP and Norfolk Southern power crosses UP’s diamond with NS at Momence, Ill., on April 10, 2022. David Lassen Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first ...

For years the Chicago & North Western operated Chicago’s most extensive commuter service. Its three routes were designated West, North, and Northwest. Those names also serve well to group C&NW’s lines ...

Iconic memory of Grand Trunk Western history: class U-4-b 4-8-4 No. 6406 blasts out of Durand, Mich., with train 17 on a winter day. With a dining car but no Detroit coach in the consist, the photo ...

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