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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-...
‘Winter Park Express’ Returns for 2025-2026 Season
After a successful service expansion last year, Amtrak’s Winter Park Express is back for another big season, beginning on December 19.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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...
Alaska Railroad 2-8-0 Steams Again
Alaska Railroad 2-8-0 557 was fired up for the first time on November 8, following a decade-long restoration.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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...
BNSF Extends PTC to Canada
BNSF Railway has installed Positive Train Control on the Canadian section of its New Westminster Subdivision.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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-...
Tariffs Hit B.C. Short Line
The Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway runs on former Great Northern trackage between Frutvale and Columbia Gardens, B.C.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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...
Bye Bye, Breda: San Francisco Bids Farewell to LRVs
The LRV2 and LRV3s are being retired and the last one is expected to run on November 12.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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...
BC Museum Restores Electric
The Railway Museum of British Columbia has completed a long-awaited cosmetic restoration of British Columbia Electric Railway motor 960.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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...
Illinois Passes Transit Funding
Chicagoland transit authorities, including Metra commuter rail and the Chicago Transit Authority, will avoid falling off the fiscal cliff in 2026.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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...
Reading & Northern Looks to Expand
R&N made a $10 million offer in early October to purchase the railroad assets of the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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...
Ottawa Considers Transferring Light Rail
The city of Ottawa, Ont., is studying the potential to transfer the responsibility of the O-Train light rail system to the province.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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...
Rio Grande C-16 2-8-0 to be Restored to Operation
One of only three surviving Denver & Rio Grande Western C-16 class 2-8-0 locomotives will be restored to operation.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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...
PTC Almost Done on MRL
Activation of PTC, which could happen as soon as this week, is expected to bring about several significant changes along the route.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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...
Using a Speed Graphic: Come With Me to the Dark Slide - Railfan & Railroad Magazine
Learning to use a vintage Speed Graphic large-format view camera to take railroad photos that have a classic feel.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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...
Amtrak Could Return to Michigan Central
Amtrak service could return to Detroit’s famed Michigan Central Station — or at least a new one built nearby.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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...
Willamette Shore Trolley Goes Solar-Powered
The Willamette Shore Trolley became Oregon’s first solar-powered railroad this fall and only the second in the world.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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-...
Metro-North to Expand to Albany
For the first time in the agency’s history, Metro-North trains will serve New York’s Capital Region.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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...
Cando Goes Battery Powered
Cando entered the lithium-ion era with the launch of a new battery-powered locomotive this fall.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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...
Rail Union Calls For Drones to be Grounded
One of the nation’s largest railroad unions is calling for drones to be grounded at rail yards and along main lines
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October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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...
Oregon Coast Scenic Bridge Damaged in Fire
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.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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...
NYS&W 142 Returns to Service
New York, Susquehanna, & Western SY 2-8-2 142 has returned to service at the Belvidere & Delaware River Railway in New Jersey.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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...
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Metro-North's New President Justin Vonashek
Justin Vonashek is the seventh president of Metro-North, taking office this past April.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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...
Former Pan Am President Confirmed as FRA Administrator
David Fink, former president of Pan Am Railways, was confirmed on October 7 as the next administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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...
BNSF: ‘No Customer Is Asking For Merger’
BNSF Railway made its strongest argument yet against the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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...
Age of Steam Acquires C&O 2-6-6-2
The locomotive is the 25th engine to join the Age of Steam fleet and the first articulated.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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...
Potential Black Mesa & Lake Powell Tourist Revival
Another proposal is being floated to revive the isolated Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad in northeastern Arizona for tourist operations.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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...
CSX CEO Suddenly Departs
CSX Transportation announced on Monday that CEO Joe Hinrichs had resigned and was being replaced by Steve Angel.
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September 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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...