A new era in American passenger rail travel is getting under way this week as the first of 83 Siemens Mobility-built “Airo” trainsets enters service on Amtrak’s Cascades route in […]

The Adirondack Railroad has purchased a former Metro-North General Electric P32AC-DM for excursion service out of Utica, N.Y.

Amtrak’s new Airo train will make its revenue-service debut on September 30 in the Pacific Northwest, giving passengers on the Cascades route a first taste of the future of American passenger rail.

New York Central L-3a 4-8-2 “Mohawk” 3001 left the National New York Central Museum in Elkhart, Ind., on September 15.

WRP is pleased to announce that Nick Stewart will be joining the full-time staff of Railfan & Railroad as an Associate Editor.

In a flurry of filings in early September, operators from BNSF Railway to the Wheeling & Lake Erie all announced their intentions to participate in the ongoing review of UP's plan to acquire NS.

After losing a Super Bowl bet, Maine’s Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum raised more than $3,500 for Washington’s Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Indiana’s Whitewater Valley Railroad...

The STB announced on Aug. 18 that the earliest it would make a final decision on Union Pacific's proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern would be the second half of 2027.

A British Columbia excursion railroad has apparently escaped unharmed from a devastating wildfire that has killed at least one person and destroyed an unknown number of structures.

The Illinois Railway Museum has restored perhaps the oldest bicentennial diesel locomotive in existence.

Volunteers at the Railroad Museum of New England are feverishly working to complete an operational restoration of the locomotive.

The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society has acquired Nickel Plate Road Business Car 1, a remarkably intact Pullman-built executive car.

On August 4, the short line announced that it would soon resume operations.

Amtrak is seeking public input on a major reorganization that would see the company split into three distinct organizations.

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” 4014 wrapped up its historic cross-country tour on July 29 in Cheyenne, Wyo.

VIA Rail Canada has selected Swiss rail manufacturer Stadler to construct a fleet of 45 long-distance hybrid battery-diesel locomotives for use on long-distance and regional trains.

Two months after the U.S. Surface Transportation Board tentatively accepted Union Pacific's application to acquire Norfolk Southern, the Class I railroad has filed an "enhanced" application.

Investigators found that a man killed in Glacier Park this spring likely surprised a grizzly while hiking after dark.

The short line roster spans the country, from regional operators to small carriers with deep ties to their local communities.

A former Maine Central business car that was hidden from public view for decades has been purchased by the 470 Railroad Club of Portland, Maine.

Canadian National has signed an agreement with Union Pacific to drop its opposition to the proposed UP-Norfolk Southern merger.

Specially-painted Semiquincentennial locomotives from across America will gather at the North Carolina Transportation Museum August 28 to 30.

The Nashville Steam Preservation Society, the non-profit restoring Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-4 576, has fired up the locomotive for the first time since 1952.

Earlier this summer, New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington Cog Railway completed a rebuild of 0-2-2-0 No. 9.

UP and NS would try to sell some of their ownership stakes in the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, Kansas City Terminal Railway and TTX Company.

The locomotive was completed this week and is slated to make its public debut at Kansas City Union Station on July 5.

South Shore Line riders are having to take the bus between Hammond Gateway and East Chicago, Ind., after a freight train derailment on June 24 knocked out part of the catenary.

A rare MK50-3 locomotive has been saved by the Promontory Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.

Workers in Glacier National Park and 11 other National Park Service sites across the West have voted to unionize, a move that comes after the Trump administration made drastic cuts to the Park Service...

The Illinois Railway Museum has added a 50-foot Railbox boxcar to its collection.

The Norfolk & Western Business Car 300 Preservation Society has reunited its two passenger cars on the Hoosier Valley Railroad in Indiana.

Washington's Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad has completed a Federal Railroad Administration-mandated overhaul on Polson Lumber Co. 2-8-2 70.

The Nevada Northern Railway Museum's efforts to preserve vital records were recently recognized by the American Association for State and Local History with the prestigious Award of Excellence.

EXCLUSIVE: Union Pacific welcomed WVIA News into the cab of Big Boy 4014 as the steam locomotive traveled between Sayre, Pa. and Owego, N.Y. Friday on a cross-country tour set to enter NEPA on Saturda...

Massive crowds have welcomed the locomotive and its train during the historic eastern tour.

An 0-4-0T tank engine that spent decades switching tank cars at an oil refinery in Casper, Wyo., will return home to the Cowboy State.

Locomotive 1776 wears a variation of the Delaware & Hudson's bicentennial livery first released in the mid-1970s.

The STB announced Wednesday that it had unanimously voted to accept Union Pacific's application to acquire Norfolk Southern, although it said it still needed more information before it could fully con...

The Railfan & Railroad Center Spread Contest will provide a skilled and/or lucky photographer the opportunity to see his or her photo grace the center spread of the September 2026 issue.

After an apparent bear attack in Glacier National Park, officials are trying to find out the who, what and why.

Amtrak President Roger Harris will step down on July 31 and be replaced by Byl Herrmann while the railroad’s board of directors searches for a new permanent chief executive officer.

Union Pacific said its revised application to acquire Norfolk Southern — a deal that would create a 50,000-mile rail system covering 43 states — is "comprehensive and complete."

The Armstrong Collective looks to expand service on the newly rebranded Canyon Spirit while also exploring new opportunities along the original Canadian route. Rocky Mountaineer’s First Passage to the...