Category: Rail News

By Railfan & Railroad Staff In an effort to cut costs, Metra is closing its remaining ticket windows on all lines in and out of […]

By Eric Berger Thirty years after arriving in Texas to begin service for its third owner, the last Budd RDC-1 operating in the Trinity Railway […]

By Railfan & Railroad Staff Railroading Heritage of Midwest America got an early Christmas gift in December when new flue tubes and stay bolts arrived […]

By Railfan & Railroad Staff An SW1200 that was once used to move coal at a power plant in Michigan has been donated to the […]

By Railfan & Railroad Staff The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is raising money to replace the pistons on Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 1309.  WMSR spent […]

By Railfan & Railroad Staff Two environmental groups are suing BNSF Railway over grizzly bear deaths in northwest Montana. The Montana Free Press reports that […]

By Railfan & Railroad Staff The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad announced on January 15, that it had signed a long-term lease for the dormant Georges […]

By Railfan & Railroad Staff Amtrak is asking the public for ideas on revamping Chicago Union Station ahead of the 100th anniversary of its opening […]

By Justin Franz  Two century-old Denver & Rio Grande Western flangers have been acquired by the Heber Valley Railroad. The flangers will be used to […]