The U.S. Senate today (Aug. 7) confirmed the nomination of Karen Hedlund for a second term on the Surface Transportation Board. Hedlund was renominated by President Donald Trump on May 11, 2025. Her ...

A Los Angeles-bound Metrolink Orange County Line train arrives in Fullerton, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024. Metrolink will suspend service on the southernmost part of the Orange County Line next week ...

Board also sets terms for BNSF terminal trackage rights in Lake Charles, La., area, stemming from UP-Southern Pacific merger WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board today (July 21) turned down ...

Get the newest photos, videos, stories, and more from Trains.com brands. Sign-up for email today! Get Updates Norfolk Southern and BNSF Railway locomotives are derailed but upright in Alto, Ga., after ...

Norfolk Southern will operate six specially painted locomotives in honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence. NS ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern today unveiled illustrations of its six ...

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 ...

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s New York Central heritage locomotive has made its debut. MBTA BOSTON — The third of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s three heritage ...

Engineers of the Chicago-bound Floridian confer during a crew change at Washington Union Station on Monday, Feb 2. The Floridian had been cancelled the two previous days. This train arrived two hours ...

Empire Service train No. 283 arrives at Albany-Rensselaer, N.Y., on Oct. 2, 2024. Amtrak will restore the full Empire Service schedule in March, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced. Bob Johnston ...

Atlas Model Railroad Co. has announced the acquisition of “substantially all assets” of Micro-Trains Line Co., a manufacturer of N and Z scale model trains and couplers based in Talent, Ore. This ...

In 1928, the Northern Pacific went shopping for a locomotive that could eliminate doubleheading on the eastern end of its Yellowstone Division between Mandan, N.Dak., and Glendive, Mont. NP’s line ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern doctored the road numbers on their locomotives in this image to reflect the founding years of their railroads; 1827 for Norfolk Southern’s oldest predecessor and ...