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[ April 14, 2026 ] U.S. Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Joins Union Pacific’s 250th Celebration for Firsthand Look at Big Boy No. 4014 Union Pacific
[ April 14, 2026 ] RAIB: Wrong-Route Move Led to West Coast Main Line Derailment World
[ April 13, 2026 ] Good-Bye Arrow III; NJ Transit Takes Delivery of First New Multilevel Rail Car in $3 Billion Fleet Overhaul Commuter Rail
[ April 12, 2026 ] CN: More Than 2.9 Million Metric Tons of Grain Moved from Western Canada in March Canadian National
[ April 11, 2026 ] Union Pacific’s Famed Big Boy Kicks Off America 250 Tour from Historic Transcontinental Site Union Pacific

The Bizarre History of the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad

February 1, 2019 Todd DeFeo

The Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad has a confusing corporate history. Despite its name, the railroad only built 58 miles of track in Tennessee and Kentucky.

A Robbery so Brazen, This Could Have Been the Wild West, Not Outside of Atlanta

January 16, 2019 Todd DeFeo

The southbound Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway train from Nashville, Tenn., pulled into Vinings on the evening of January 16, 1914. What happened next is remarkable.

A N.J. Transit train departs from Montvale, N.J. on Feb. 10, 2016.

That Time a Railroad Sued a Commuter for 92 Cents Plus Interest

January 9, 2019 Railfanning.org News Wire

Fare evasion remains a constant problem for commuter railroads and transit agencies. The Erie Railroad once took legal action against a Montvale, N.J., woman who boarded a train and did not pay.

The Fateful First Trip Over the Western & Atlantic

December 24, 2018 Todd DeFeo

On Christmas Eve of 1842, a locomotive and a single car pulled out of Atlanta, marking a new era in the city’s history. The railroad was operational.

Remembering Atlanta’s Railroad Stations of Yesteryear (And One From Today)

October 25, 2018 Todd DeFeo

Atlanta currently has one passenger station in use, serving Amtrak’s Crescent train running between New York and New Orleans. But, the city has a long history with passenger stations.