The effort by Robert Primus to regain his seat on the Surface Transportation Board appears to have been dealt a fatal blow after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today (June 29) that President Donald ...

Rock Island Rail will become the contract operator of 2.6 miles of track in the Watsonville, Calif., area. Rock Island via STB WASHINGTON — Shortline company Chicago Rock Island & Pacific will take ...

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Two Horizon trainsets used in Hiawatha service are coupled back-to-back in Amtrak’s Chicago coach yard Wednesday afternoon, March 26. To the left is the rear of the Lake Shore Limited equipment and ...

In the 1830s, shortly after the establishment of the first railroads in the U.S., the Post Office Department began to ship mail by rail. The year 1838 saw some sorting of mail en route between ...

The Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger application highlights projected increases in traffic on the new railroad’s north-south spine, as well as planned capacity improvements. Trains.com, ...

Burlington Route history begins with the Aurora Branch Railroad, chartered on Feb. 12, 1849, to build a line from Aurora, Ill., to a connection with the Galena & Chicago Union (forerunner of the ...

Helmstetter’s Curve was a famous photo location on the former Western Maryland RR, and continues to be one of the scenic highlights for viewing trains operated by today’s Western Maryland Scenic ...

For years the Chicago & North Western operated Chicago’s most extensive commuter service. Its three routes were designated West, North, and Northwest. Those names also serve well to group C&NW’s lines ...

Amtrak E60 locomotives are an important bridge for Northeast Corridor electric railroading between the GG1s of the 1930s and 1940s to the AEM-7 and HHP-8 locomotives of the 1980s and early 2000s.

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 ...

A New York Central J-3 Hudson gallops east at Camelot, N.Y., with train 38, the Missourian, in June 1940. The New York Central was a large railroad, and it had several subsidiaries whose identity ...