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[ March 30, 2026 ] Connecticut Southern To Take Over CTDOT’s Griffins Industrial Track Line Short Line/Regional
[ March 30, 2026 ] Bipartisan House Letter Presses Appropriators To Fully Fund Amtrak, Rail Programs Amtrak
[ March 30, 2026 ] Navy Move Could End Tidewater Rail Line As STB Weighs Abandonment Short Line/Regional
[ March 30, 2026 ] UK Transport Chief Orders HS2 To Find Billions In Savings, Cut Delays World
[ March 25, 2026 ] Sugar Express Locomotive Headed to Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Miscellaneous

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.