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[ 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
[ October 21, 2025 ] GATX Corporation Reports $82.2 Million in Q3 Net Income Miscellaneous
[ October 21, 2025 ] NJ Transit Kicks Off Annual Use of AquaTrack Machines to Clean Tracks Commuter Rail
[ October 16, 2025 ] Operation Lifesaver Urges Safety this Halloween Safety

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.