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TRAINS, THE magazine of railroading, provides readers current, informative, and entertaining coverage of contemporary and historical topics.

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Grant from Norfolk Southern boosts efforts for Norfolk & Western No. 611 bit.ly/4kUixdx

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. ROANOKE, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has awarded a $40,000 grant to the Virginia Museum of Transportation as part of its Thriving Communities Grant Program, according to a July 23 post on the...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · 9 h

Crew member, firefighter hurt as SEPTA train catches fire bit.ly/3H0kY0a

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. BREAKING: SEPTA train on fire at Paoli station. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/ciJ68Oq2eh — Matt DeLucia (@MattDeLucia) July 23, 2025 PAOLI, Pa. — A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · 11 h

Florida’s Tri-Rail says it could run out of money in two years bit.ly/452UCms

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. MIAMI — Commuter operator Tri-Rail could run out of money within two years — earlier than previously anticipated — because of cuts in funding approved by the state legislature in June, according to...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · 21 h

Amtrak marks 100th birthday of Chicago Union Station bit.ly/46jvutR

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. CHICAGO — You only celebrate a 100th birthday once, and Amtrak made sure that the milestone for Chicago Union Station did not go unnoticed. Officials including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker were on hand...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 22

News Photos: Amtrak’s first Airo train readied for departure bit.ly/3IZHNSc

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Amtrak today shared photos of the first Airo train set being prepared to leave the Siemens assembly plant in Sacramento. The set will head to MxV Rail in Pueblo, Colo., for...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 22

TRAINS David Lassen and Bob Johnston, and Trains.com Lucas Iverson were at @ChiUnionStation today for the commemoration of the station’s centennial.

TrainsMagazine's tweet image. TRAINS David Lassen and Bob Johnston, and Trains.com Lucas Iverson were at @ChiUnionStation today for the commemoration of the station’s centennial.

TrainsMagazine's tweet image. TRAINS David Lassen and Bob Johnston, and Trains.com Lucas Iverson were at @ChiUnionStation today for the commemoration of the station’s centennial.

TrainsMagazine's tweet image. TRAINS David Lassen and Bob Johnston, and Trains.com Lucas Iverson were at @ChiUnionStation today for the commemoration of the station’s centennial.

TrainsMagazine's tweet image. TRAINS David Lassen and Bob Johnston, and Trains.com Lucas Iverson were at @ChiUnionStation today for the commemoration of the station’s centennial.

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 22

Warren Buffett refutes reports that BNSF has hired merger advisors bit.ly/3GWyAcS

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. BNSF Railway has not engaged with investment bankers about a possible railroad merger, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett told CNBC today. Yesterday Semafor and Reuters reported,...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 22

Federal Transit Administration to see major staff cuts through buyouts bit.ly/46olpfk

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. WASHINGTON — The Federal Transit Administration will lose about 33% of its staff as a result of buyouts offered by the Trump administration, well above the 7% figure for the Department of Transport...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 22

CN seeks to end lease on ex-BC Rail route north of Vancouver bit.ly/4kRLyqo

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. SQUAMISH, British Columbia — Canadian National Railway has announced its intention to abandon operations on 214 miles of former BC Rail tracks north of Squamish that it began leasing from the...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 22

Report: Goldman Sachs advising BNSF on potential merger bit.ly/453dUId

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. News reports say that BNSF Railway has hired Goldman Sachs to advise it about a potential rail merger. Semafor, an online publication, reported this evening that BNSF has engaged Goldman Sachs in the...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 21

CN names Drysdale as interim chief commercial officer bit.ly/3IJcISN

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. MONTREAL — Janet Drysdale will become Canadian National Railway’s chief commercial officer on an interim basis, the company announced today (July 21, 2025). The appointment is effective immediately....

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 21

FRA to study Penn Station operations as part of redevelopment planning, Byford says trains.com/trn/news-revie…

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration will conduct an independent review of operations at New York’s Penn Station to determine whether expansion of the number of station tracks is needed as...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 21

Wabtec marks 10 years of Tier 4 locomotive success bit.ly/45bXJtf

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. PITTSBURGH — Wabtec is marking the 10th anniversary of the delivery of its first batch of Evolution Series Tier 4 locomotives, which have gone on to become far and away the dominant new road power on...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 21

Lincoln Service, Floridian see extended cancellations bit.ly/4m8ir3a

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. CHICAGO — On short notice, Amtrak has cancelled one Chicago-St. Louis Lincoln Service round trip for more than a week as of Thursday, July 17, and implemented a complicated Floridian cancellation...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 20

Steam titan Ross Rowland dies at 85 bit.ly/44EMn0N

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. SACKETS HARBOR N.Y. — As he approached his final days in recent weeks, Ross E. Rowland could look back secure in the knowledge that U.S. steam — indeed even the entire rail preservation scene— owes...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 20

U.S. DOT rescinds $327 million in funding for Boston road/rail project bit.ly/4m70SAl

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. BOSTON — The Trump administration has rescinded a $327 million grant awarded in 2023 or the Allston Multimodal Project, which calls for realignment of Interstate 90 and a new Massachusetts Bay...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 20

Two crew members injured in Norfolk Southern derailment in Illinois bit.ly/3GR7jIS

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. BELLMONT, Ill. — Two crew members were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries in the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that also led to a hazardous-materials incident on Friday (July...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 19

Bank in Jim Thorpe, Pa., train station to close to accommodate tourist traffic bit.ly/4m76ZF0

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. JIM THORPE, Pa. — The impact of Reading & Northern’s passenger operations, which recently celebrated their 40th anniversary, may best be illustrated by this: A bank in Jim Thorpe — the home of R&N’s...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 19

Unifor members ratify new contract with VIA Rail Canada bit.ly/3UjSDFb

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. MONTREAL — Members of the union representing about 2,500 VIA Rail Canada employees have ratified a new three-year contract with the passenger operator. Unifor announced Thursday (July 17, 2025) that...

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Trains Magazine@TrainsMagazine · Jul 18

Former Amtrak employee sentenced to 25 months in prison for false unemployment, medical claims bit.ly/46R8ZfT

TrainsMagazine's tweet card. LOS ANGELES — A former Amtrak employee has been sentenced to 25 months in prison for conspiring to steal nearly $1 million in pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits and fraudently obtaining...

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