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Alstom Unveils Design Traxx Universal Electric Locomotive in Romania

August 13, 2025 The Turntable
Alstom has unveiled the design of its Traxx Universal electric locomotive for Romania’s Railway Reform Authority, marking progress on a 2024 contract for 16 locomotives and two decades of maintenance.

Miscellaneous

Report: Overhaul Passenger Rail Through Competition, Private Investment and Targeted Infrastructure Funding

August 13, 2025 The Turntable
A new report calls for overhauling American passenger rail through competition, private investment and targeted infrastructure funding.

Miscellaneous

Marmon Rail Introduces ProTecht: Industry-First Mobile, Autonomous Tank Car Cleaning System

August 13, 2025 The Turntable
Marmon Rail has launched ProTecht, a mobile, autonomous tank car cleaning system now available in the U.S. and Canada.

History

‘Negligent’ Operator, Dispatcher Led to 1911 Wreck Near Dalton, Georgia

August 12, 2025 The Turntable
In the early morning fog of Nov. 9, 1911, two freight trains collided head-on about a mile south of Dalton, Georgia.

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Analysis: Amtrak Increasingly Reliant on Aging Fleet

July 31, 2025 The Turntable
New data on Amtrak’s locomotive and passenger car fleets found that the system is increasingly reliant on aging equipment, even as availability rates remain relatively stable.

A Chat GPT pencil sketch portrays the 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.
History

When the Circus Train Met Disaster: The 1918 Ivanhoe Collision

May 27, 2025 The Turntable
On a warm June night in 1918, the sleepy community of Ivanhoe, Indiana, was the backdrop of one of the deadliest railroad disasters in the county’s history: The Hammond circus train wreck.

A graphic of the Rockmart, Georgia, Royal Palm train wreck, including newspaper images.
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.

World

Interim Report Released on Talerddig Train Collision in Wales

April 30, 2025 The Turntable
The United Kingdom’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released an interim report on the Oct. 21, 2024, collision between two passenger trains near Talerddig, Powys, in Wales.

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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.

A view of the Kennesaw, Georgia, train depot.
History

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.

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