GE and KCS announce deal for 50 new locomotives NEWSWIRE

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CHICAGO — Kansas City Southern announced its U.S. and Mexico rail subsidiaries will acquire a combined total of 50 new locomotives from GE Transportation to be delivered during 2019, as well as digital solutions to drive improved operational and fuel efficiency. With the North American rail market improving and freight volume up roughly 5 percent […]

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CSX removing vacant structures on case-by-case basis NEWSWIRE

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CSXT AC6000CW No. 698 leads a 150-car coal train out of Alleghany Tunnel into Virginia as its passes Chesapeake & Ohio’s A Cabin in April 2011. Chase Gunnoe JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After several vacant stations and interlocking towers have been demolished on CSX Transportation rights-of-way, the Class I railroad has said that it is addressing […]

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No public excursions for N&W 611 in 2018 NEWSWIRE

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Norfolk & Western No. 611 awaits departure from the North Carolina Transportation Museum in 2015. David J. Stewart ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk & Western Class J No. 611 will not be pulling any mainline excursions in 2018, officials with the Virginia Museum of Transportation announced Saturday. The iconic 4-8-4 is the latest mainline steam locomotive […]

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Friends of the 261’s Frank Sandberg dies NEWSWIRE

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Frank Sandberg, left, with his son Steve in England. SHOREVIEW, Minn. – Frank E. Sandberg Jr., an early activist in rail preservation and father of Friends of the 261’s President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Sandberg, died June 13 of complications following a heart attack. He was 77. An early advocate of rail preservation, he […]

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Amtrak debuts new Corridor Cafe menu in Northeast NEWSWIRE

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WASHINGTON – Beginning June 13, Amtrak customers traveling onboard Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains can now choose from a new contemporary Corridor Café Menu, featuring fresh new premium products from Boar’s Head Brand as well as a wide variety of high quality snacks, drinks and sundries. “We are pleased to introduce this new menu […]

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