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[ October 24, 2025 ] Dallas Area Rapid Transit Launching Silver Line Regional Rail Line Commuter Rail
[ October 23, 2025 ] CN Announces Whitehead as EVP, COO and Drysdale as EVP, CCO Canadian National
[ October 23, 2025 ] Eurostar Announces New Double-Decker Celestia Trains World
[ October 22, 2025 ] Metro-North Service Between New York City and Albany to Start This Spring Commuter Rail
[ October 22, 2025 ] Rail Accident Investigation Branch Undertakes Probe of Millbrook Near Miss World

Special Train Retraces the Route of the Great Locomotive Chase

October 1, 2025 Todd DeFeo

About 20 Medal of Honor recipients boarded a special passenger train in downtown Kennesaw on Sept. 30 and headed north along a historic rail line that was the scene of one of the Civil War’s most daring exploits.

A New Passenger Station for Atlanta?

August 29, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

It’s that time again, when Atlanta area officials debate a new station for the city.

Analysis: Amtrak Increasingly Reliant on Aging Fleet

July 31, 2025 Railfanning.org AI-Assisted

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.

Federal Data Shows Number of Rail Wrecks With Hazardous Materials Declining

February 24, 2023 Todd DeFeo

While rail wrecks like the one in East Palestine, Ohio, garner the headlines and turn the national dialogue to regulations, federal data shows that such mishaps have declined over the past three decades.