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Commuter Rail

NJ Transit, Amalgamated Transit Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

May 7, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
NJ Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union have reached a tentative contract agreement.

World

UK RAIB Issues Safety Bulletin After Person Struck by Train on the Gartell Light Railway

May 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The United Kingdom Rail Accident Investigation Branch has undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding a person struck by a train on the Gartell Light Railway in Somerset, England.

Commuter Rail

NJ Transit CEO Rails Against Union as Strike Looms

May 6, 2025 New Jersey Monitor
NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri railed against the agency’s locomotive engineers union before Assembly lawmakers Monday ahead of a looming strike, saying their request for larger pay increases puts them at odds with economic realities.

Transit

MARTA Announces Hearings for Proposed Fiscal 2026 Operating and Capital Budgets

May 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Board of Directors will hold public hearings to deliberate on the proposed fiscal 2026 operating and capital budgets.

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History

Dec. 3, 1926: 19 Killed in Rockmart, Georgia, Train Collision

May 6, 2025 The Turntable
A head-on collision between two Southern Railway passenger trains, the Royal Palm and the Ponce de Leon, near Rockmart, Georgia, on Dec. 3, 1926.

A MARTA bus operates in Atlanta, Georgia.
Transit

MARTA Holding Public Hearings to Finalize NextGen Bus Network

May 2, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is hosting a series of public hearings May 12-17, to finalize the NextGen Bus Network, a strategic redesign of more than 100 bus routes.

Short Line/Regional

Sierra Northern Railway Files to Convert California Line to Mainline Track

May 1, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Class III rail carrier Sierra Northern Railway has filed a verified notice of exemption to acquire and operate roughly 0.58 miles of double-track rail line.

A view of the Union Pacific Railroad’s new commemorative No. 1616 Locomotive honoring Abraham Lincoln.
Union Pacific

Union Pacific Unveils Commemorative Lincoln Locomotive No. 1616 with First Trip Planned in May

May 1, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Union Pacific Railroad unveiled the Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

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