Trains run in the snow and winter […]
Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington two-foot gauge
Zone & Region: Northeast
Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington two-foot gauge
Trains run in the snow and winter […]
CSX in and around Cumberland, Md.
A busy CSX main line, the former Baltimore & Ohio continues its mountain railroad ways […]
CSX in and around Cumberland, Md.
A busy CSX main line, the former Baltimore & Ohio continues its mountain railroad ways […]
East Broad Top Restoration Update
Update on revival efforts for the railroad that had been closed for a decade […]
East Broad Top Restoration Update
Update on revival efforts for the railroad that had been closed for a decade […]
Western Maryland 1309 update
Shop update on restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 plus restored coach and plans for stablemate 2-8-0 734 […]
Western Maryland 1309 update
Shop update on restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 plus restored coach and plans for stablemate 2-8-0 734 […]
Digest: Long Beach to save early LA Metro light rail car
Long Beach, Calif., to preserve light rail car that launched service in 1990 The Long Beach, Calif., city council is expected to accept a donated light rail vehicle from LA Metro to be preserved for a yet-to-be-determined use. The Long Beach Post reports the Nippon Sharyo P865 car, No. 100, was used to launch Blue […]
Conrail society, Danbury museum combine to save hopper car
DANBURY, Conn. — The Conrail Historical Society and Danbury (Ct.) Railway Museum have combined to preserve a “Flexi-Flo” hopper car built in 1966 for the New York Central by ACF Industries. One of 220 such cars, the order represented the first pressure differential cars constructed, which allowed easy unloading of the contents by applying air […]
Digest: C&NW historical society archives coming to Illinois Railway Museum
Chicago & North Western Historical Society archives bound for IRM The archives of the Chicago & North Western Historical Society are bound for the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Ill. The archives will be located at a new building, to be formally known as the C&NWHS Archives Research Center, to be located on the museum’s […]
Digest: STB creates working group to prepare to address passenger rail issues
STB prepares for passenger rail oversight, will consider office, advisory group for passenger issues The Surface Transportation Board has created a staff working group to prepare the board for its oversight of passenger rail issues, board chairman Martin J. Oberman has announced. Under a recently enacted Federal Railroad Adminstration rule, the STB oversees standards for […]
