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CSX Files to Abandon 7.5-Mile Rail Line in Bergen County, New Jersey, and Rockland County, New York

April 17, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
CSX Transportation has filed a notice with the Surface Transportation Board to discontinue service over a roughly 7.5-mile rail line in Bergen County, New Jersey, and Rockland County, New York.

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History

The Time Saboteurs Derailed a Western & Atlantic Train

April 16, 2025 The Turntable
On a November evening in 1891, tragedy struck when a Western & Atlantic passenger train was derailed between Atlanta and Smyrna, and sabotage was likely to blame for the wreck.

CSX

CSX Reports Lower First Quarter 2025 Operating Income

April 16, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
CSX Corp. announced its first quarter 2025 operating income of more than $1 billion, down 27% from more than $1.3 billion in the prior year.

Amtrak

Feds Ending $60 Million Grant for Texas High-Speed Rail Project

April 16, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an agreement between the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to terminate the $63.9 million grant awarded to Amtrak under the Corridor Identification and Development Program for the Amtrak Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor, previously known as the Texas Central Railway project.

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Amtrak

Amtrak, NJ Transit Highlight Infrastructure and Equipment Improvements and Future Work

April 15, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
Amtrak and NJ Transit joined New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for a working summit ahead of the busy summer 2025 travel season in New Jersey and hoping to avoid another “Summer of Hell.”

Miscellaneous

Measure Would Create a Coordinated Federal Response to Organized Retail Crime

April 15, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire
U.S. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and U.S. Rep. David Joyce introduced the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA) to create a coordinated federal response to the mounting wave of sophisticated attacks against the nation’s supply chain and retailers.

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Rail Blog

Let’s start by defining what constitutes a railroad oddity

April 14, 2025 Todd DeFeo
I’ve been thinking about what oddities happened on the rails — and how to define oddity. In all the talks that I’ve given, something interesting has emerged.

Rail Blog

Remembering the Great Locomotive Chase 163 years later

April 12, 2025 Todd DeFeo
It was a rainy Saturday morning — April 12, 1862 — when a group of suspicious men boarded a northbound Western & Atlantic train at Marietta, Georgia. The men held tickets to varying points along the line, trying to make it seem as though they were not a part of one large group.

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Railfanning.org TV

‘Fanning Friday: Airport people movers count as railfanning, right?

April 11, 2025 Todd DeFeo
When asked, here’s what Google AI said: “No…” We’re counting it as railfanning today!

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Rail Blog

A look at the Western & Atlantic built locomotives

April 9, 2025 Todd DeFeo
On the eve of the Civil War, the Western & Atlantic Railroad had more than 45 locomotives on its active roster.

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