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CSX Chief Operating Officer Mike Cory is retiring, the railroad announced today (Monday, Oct. 12). “Mike has dedicated his career to the railroad industry and has made significant contributions to CSX ...

The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating three incidents in the Chicago area this summer involving issues with dispatching software, the Chicago Tribune reports. In a paywalled article, ...

A state agency is providing a $1 million loan to add a rail spur connecting the Port of Columbia to Union Pacific’s main line. Louisiana Economic Development awarded the loan under its FastSites ...

A preliminary rendering of VIA Rail Canada’s new assembly and maintenance facility in Montreal. Work on the building has begun. VIA Rail Canada MONTREAL — VIA Rail Canada has begun construction of a ...

An F40 locomotive, now a non-powered control unit, leads the first revenue run of Amtrak Cascades Airo train no. 503, at Portland, Ore., on Sept. 30, 2026. The venerable unit is coupled ahead of the ...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and CSX have reached an agreement for rail infrastructure improvements in ...

What is likely the first Siemens Airo trainset for Eastern U.S. service has arrived in the Northeast, reaching Philadelphia ...

Amtrak has selected infrastructure and architectural design firm HNTB to provide architectural and engineering services for two bridge replacement projects in Maryland, the passenger operator has ...

Nos. 844 and 4014 are scheduled to pull a public excursion from Greeley, Colo, to Denver on Nov. 21, in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, according to the Union Pacific Steam Club. Both ...

An America 250 product roundup with a look at locomotives and rolling stock commemorating the Semiquincentennial.

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service is now canceled through Sunday, Oct. 11, because of Hurricane Isaias, as is Crescent service between New Orleans and Atlanta, the Southern Rail Commission announced.