A Denver, Rio Grande & Western SW1200 recently arrived in Utah after being acquired by the Promontory Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. railfan.com/rio-grande-s...

The Nevada State Railroad Museum recently completed the restoration of Virginia & Truckee Transfer Car 1 railfan.com/nevada-state...

Six months after first proposing the historic combination, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern officially submitted their application to create the first single transcontinental railway on Friday railfan.com/up-ns-submit...

The non-profit that owns and maintains a historic Great Northern Railway depot in Whitefish, Mont., which is still used today by BNSF Railway and Amtrak, says the structure will soon need a new roof. railfan.com/historic-gre...

A multi-million dollar project to restore over 200 miles of former Canadian National trackage along Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula took another step forward in December with the opening of the line between Caplan and Port-Daniel railfan.com/work-continu...

An Alco-built 2-8-0 that last operated in 2019 is expected to return to service on the Grand Canyon Railway in 2026 railfan.com/grand-canyon...

Washington’s Yakima Valley Trolleys, the nonprofit responsible for running the city-owned interurban railroad that was once a subsidiary of Union Pacific, will start the new year without an operating agreement, putting the operation’s future in limbo. railfan.com/future-uncer...

The oldest surviving steam locomotive designed by Sir Nigel Gresley — the master locomotive builder behind famous engines like the Flying Scotsman — is expected to return to service in 2026. railfan.com/sir-nigel-gr...

Work is underway in Washington to cosmetically restore a Milwaukee Road U25B locomotive. railfan.com/cosmetic-res...

The public was welcomed back inside Buffalo’s former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western terminal for the first time since 1962 when the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority opened its new DL&W Station on December 8. railfan.com/buffalo-nfta...

The Battle River Railway, a farmer-owned railroad in central Alberta, has begun moving wheat in partnership with Canadian National. railfan.com/alberta-shor...

Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 has returned to service just in time to lead the 2025 edition of the Steam Railroading Institute’s North Pole Express excursions. railfan.com/pere-marquet...

After building 3.5 miles of track on the original right-of-way of one of Maine’s famed 2-foot gauge railroads, the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum is now planning to expand southward. railfan.com/wiscasset-wa...

TOYX, Inc., the nonprofit organization that over the past four years has attempted to establish a museum centered on the former Eire Railroad turntable in Port Jervis, N.Y., announced on December 3 that it was closing and withdrawing from the community railfan.com/rail-museum-...

BNSF Railway is urging federal regulators to examine the “harms” caused by the 1996 merger of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railfan.com/bnsf-calls-o...

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has approved Fortress Investment Group’s $1.05 billion purchase of Wheeling & Lake Erie, the 982-mile regional railroad that operates through Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. railfan.com/feds-approve...

The Great Plains Transportation Museum has launched an effort to raise $50,000 to cover previously hidden damage to Santa Fe FP45 93, currently being restored at Mid-America Car. railfan.com/more-needed-...

Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, the non-profit restoring two Union Pacific steam locomotives at the former Rock Island shop in Silvis, Ill., has broken ground on a new roundhouse and turntable. railfan.com/rrhma-breaks...

A Cook County, Ill., jury has ordered Union Pacific to pay Metra $19.3 million after the freight railroad, which has previously operated commuter trains under contract, refused to have conductors walk trains and collect fares during the early part of the Covid-19 pandemic railfan.com/metra-wins-1...

The American Steam Railroad Preservation Association needs to raise $15,000 to replace the rod brasses on Reading Company 4-8-4 2100, a vital part of the locomotive’s ongoing restoration railfan.com/american-ste...

CSX and the CREATE program reached a major milestone on October 15, 2025, when the first train crossed the new Forest Hill Flyover railfan.com/chicago-flyo...

The Heber Valley Railroad in Utah has added two stainless steel domes to its growing fleet of passenger cars railfan.com/heber-valley...

More than 34 million passengers climbed aboard Amtrak trains during Fiscal Year 2025, the railroad announced on November 18, a new record for “America’s Railroad” and a 5.1 percent increase over the previous year railfan.com/amtrak-break...

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern overwhelmingly approved a plan to merge the two Class I railroads during a special meeting held on November 14. railfan.com/shareholders...

After a successful service expansion last year, Amtrak’s Winter Park Express is back for another big season, beginning December 19 railfan.com/winter-park-...

Alaska Railroad 2-8-0 557 was fired up for the first time on November 8, following a decade-long restoration railfan.com/alaska-railr...

BNSF Railway has installed Positive Train Control on the Canadian section of its New Westminster Subdivision between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., making it the first route in Canada to permanently implement the crash prevention technology railfan.com/bnsf-extends...

A short line in British Columbia that depends on wood products is suffering due to the ongoing trade war between the United States and Canada. Now, it’s leading to the cancellation of popular holiday excursions railfan.com/tariffs-hit-...

San Francisco is saying goodbye to a fleet of light rail vehicles that expanded transit service in the city during the 1990s dot-com boom. However, at least one of the retired cars is heading to a new home at the Western Railway Museum. railfan.com/bye-bye-bred...

The Railway Museum of British Columbia has completed a long-awaited cosmetic restoration of British Columbia Electric Railway motor 960 railfan.com/bc-museum-re...

Chicagoland transit authorities, including Metra and the Chicago Transit Authority, will avoid falling off the fiscal cliff in 2026 after the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation to provide $1.5 billion in funding without creating new taxes railfan.com/illinois-pas...

Reading & Northern Railroad made a $10 million offer in early October to purchase the railroad assets of the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority, which R.J. Corman currently operates railfan.com/reading-nort...

The city of Ottawa, Ont., is studying the potential to transfer the responsibility of the O-Train light rail system to the province railfan.com/ottawa-consi...

One of only three surviving Denver & Rio Grande Western C-16 class 2-8-0 locomotives will be restored to operation railfan.com/rio-grande-c...

BNSF Railway announced this week that the years-long effort to install Positive Train Control along the former Montana Rail Link is nearly complete. Activation of PTC is expected to bring about several significant changes along the route railfan.com/ptc-almost-d...

In an era of fast digital cameras, photographer Dennis Livesey decided to slow things down. Read all about it in this month's Camera Bag railfan.com/using-a-spee...

Amtrak service could return to Detroit’s famed Michigan Central Station — or at least a new one built nearby railfan.com/amtrak-could...

The Willamette Shore Trolley became Oregon’s first solar-powered railroad this fall and only the second in the world railfan.com/willamette-s...

For the first time in the agency’s history, Metro-North trains will serve New York’s Capital Region railfan.com/metro-north-...

Cando entered the lithium-ion era with the launch of a new battery-powered locomotive this fall railfan.com/cando-goes-b...

One of the nation’s largest railroad unions is calling for a drone ban at rail yards and along main lines, a move that could significantly impact railroad photographers who have recently taken to the sky to capture photos railfan.com/rail-union-c...

A wood trestle on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad was damaged by fire on October 8, and the cause of the blaze is still under investigation railfan.com/oregon-coast...

New York, Susquehanna, & Western SY 2-8-2 142 has returned to service at the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway in New Jersey railfan.com/nysw-142-ret...

Five years after the pandemic, @MetroNorth is seeing signs of a full recovery. This week, we caught up with its new president to discuss the future of one of America's biggest commuter railroads railfan.com/exclusive-in...

David Fink, former president of Pan Am Railways, was confirmed on October 7 as the next administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration railfan.com/former-pan-a...

BNSF Railway made its strongest argument yet against the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger by releasing a position paper that states the combination would cause chaos on the national rail network and negatively affect shippers railfan.com/bnsf-no-cust...

The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Ohio has acquired Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 2-6-6-2 1308 from the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society in West Virginia railfan.com/age-of-steam...

A proposal is being floated to revive the isolated Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad in northeastern Arizona for tourist operations railfan.com/potential-bl...

BREAKING NEWS: CSX Transportation announced on Monday that CEO Joe Hinrichs had departed and was being replaced by Steve Angel railfan.com/csx-ceo-sudd...

This week, one of the nation's largest rail unions made an unprecedented announcement, stating that it would throw its support behind the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger railfan.com/union-backs-...