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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 Class I railroad made that statement in response to criticism from rivals that have said the proposed merger to create the nation’s largest railroad and the first single-transcontinental system wo...

The Kentucky Railway Museum needs to raise about $400,000 to complete the restoration of Louisville & Nashville 4-6-2 152. The locomotive is currently being worked on by Next Generation Rail Solutions LLC at the Kentucky Steam Heritage Corp. shop in Ravenna, Ky.

Locomotive 152 was built by the Rogers Locomotive Works in 1905 and was first restored in the preservati...

Officials with the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society have said they are on track to move New York Central L-3a 4-8-2 “Mohawk” 3001 out of Elkhart, Ind., this summer, the first major step towards a highly anticipated operational restoration. 

This spring, the Fort Wayne group has been working at the National New York Central Railroad Museum to rebuild yard tra...

Just days after Union Pacific filed a revised application to acquire Norfolk Southern, its primary competitor in the West said the proposal was still “incomplete” and should be rejected by regulators. On May 8, BNSF Railway filed its response to the application with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, the agency that will ultimately have the final say on whether UP and NS ...

Reading Company 4-8-4 2100, currently being restored by the American Steam Railroad Preservation Association (ASRPA), will be the headliner of the Cleveland Railroad Festival on June 27. It will be the first time in nearly 20 years that the engine will be fired up in public.

The event is being held in coordination with the Midwest Railway Preservation Society and Cleve...