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[ April 30, 2026 ] Union Pacific’s Big Boy to Tour the Northeast for First Time in Honor of America’s 250th Anniversary Norfolk Southern
[ April 30, 2026 ] Gateway Development Commission Awarded $1.3 Billion Contract for Hudson Tunnel Project Section Amtrak
[ April 30, 2026 ] CN Files Shelf Prospectus Qualifying the Issuance of Debt Securities Canadian National
[ April 30, 2026 ] Rail Giants Refile Mega-Merger Pitch: Bigger Promise Package, Same Big Ask For Regulators Norfolk Southern
[ April 24, 2026 ] Ohio Panel Approves $123M for Transportation Projects, Including Cleveland Rail Work Commuter Rail

A view of the Kennesaw, Georgia, train depot.

A Look Back: Engineer Killed in 1923 Kennesaw Derailment

April 7, 2025 The Turntable

Shortly before Christmas in 1923, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway’s southbound Dixie Limited passenger train derailed after passing the station in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Why Are There No Trains on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge?

November 21, 2024 Todd DeFeo

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened 60 years ago today, on Nov. 21, 1964, connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn and forever changing the histories of both boroughs.