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Railroading Heritage of Midwest America, the non-profit restoring two Union Pacific steam locomotives at the former Rock Island shop in Silvis, Ill., has broken ground on a new roundhouse and turntable. The six-stall roundhouse is on the footprint of the Rock Island’s original facility and will feature a former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy turntable that was donated to th...
Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 has returned to service just in time to lead the 2025 edition of the Steam Railroading Institute’s North Pole Express excursions.
In 2024, just as the North Pole Express season was getting underway, the N-1 Class Berkshire had to be taken out of service because an issue was discovered with the locomotive’s...
The American Steam Railroad Preservation Association needs to raise $15,000 to replace the rod brasses on Reading Company 4-8-4 2100, a vital part of the locomotive’s ongoing restoration.
The locomotive has been under restoration in Cleveland for nearly a decade, and volunteers are hopeful it will run in 2026. When it does, it’s ex...
CSX and the CREATE program reached a major milestone on October 15, 2025, when the first train crossed the new Forest Hill Flyover. This structure, located southeast of where 74th Street and Western Avenue intersect in Chicago, carries CSX trackage over lines of Belt Railway of Chicago, Metra, and Norfolk Southern. The investment eliminates a long-standing bottleneck where an...
Adirondack Railway Preservation Society has acquired another historic locomotive for the growing fleet of Alco diesels operated by New York’s Adirondack Railroad. Former Louisville & Nashville FA-2 No. 309 will soon depart SMS Rail Services in New Jersey for its new home in Utica, N.Y., where it will join the railroad’s seasonal passenger ex...
