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Wildfires stop VIA’s Canadian again, this time in Ontario

Leaving Kamloops, B.C., 14 hours late after laying over the previous evening, VIA’s westbound 21-car Canadian snakes around the curve at Kissick, B.C., 9 miles west of Kamloops, on May 17, 2026. The ...
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NJ Transit ridership for first World Cup game meets revised target (updated)

But things went smoothly in Boston, where the MBTA delivered fans to and from the World Cup match in Foxborough A New York-bound NJ Transit train departs Secaucus Junction in August 2019. NJT says it ...
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Trump floats potential federal merger-related investment in Union Pacific

Union Pacific No. 1616, which honors President Abraham Lincoln for signing the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 that created UP, sits at the railroad’s Jenks Locomotive Shop. Could the stroke of President ...
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NS train derails after collision with low-boy stuck on Georgia grade crossing

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 ...
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Amtrak seeks at least seven car types for new long-distance fleet

A diagram from the “CX Vision” portion of Amtrak’s long-distance request for proposals shows proposed features of the lounge space in a combined lounge-diner. Amtrak WASHINGTON — Amtrak is asking for ...
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CSX curtails operations at its major yard in Chicago

Barr Yard in Riverdale, Ill., shown here in August 2017, is CSX’s main carload facility in the Chicago area. Steve Smedley JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX has significantly reduced operations at Barr Yard in ...
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Regulators ask for more information on UP-NS merger

Norfolk Southern ES44DC No. 7572 and SD70ACe No. 1015 idle at Union Pacific’s Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Ill., on Feb. 27, 2025, as the midtrain distributed power of an arriving stack train passes ...
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Ice storm plagues rehabilitation efforts on Mississippi short line

Trees downed by a January ice storm have complicated efforts to restart service on the North Mississippi & Alabama Railroad, a short line that has been out of service since 2022. NM&A TISHOMINGO, Miss ...
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Republican House members urge caution by STB in review of UP-NS merger

SD70M No. 4828 leads an eastbound Union Pacific intermodal train at La Fox, Ill., on May 31, 2026. More than 40 Republican members of the House of Representatives have weighed in with the Surface ...
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Amtrak sets ridership record in 2025 as capacity constraints continue: Analysis

The westbound Lake Shore Limited rounds a curve at Otis, Ind., on Oct. 29, 2025. The consist includes three Amfleet II coaches from New York and one added at Albany-Renssealer, N.Y., for passengers ...
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CMA CGM to acquire Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics

A Freightliner locomotive leads another former British Rail locomotive on an intermodal train through Stratford in East London on May 11, 2021. Keith Fender BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — The CMA CGM ...
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First production AC-traction diesel donated to Illinois Railway Museum

BNSF SD70MAC No. 9400 has been donated to the Illinois Railway Museum. IRM/John McCulloch UNION, Ill. — The first U.S. production AC-traction locomotive, BNSF Railway SD70MAC No. 9400, has been ...