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[ July 1, 2025 ] Amtrak Mardi Gras Service Returns in August Amtrak
[ June 25, 2025 ] DeFeo to Present ‘An Angry Mob and a Hollow Tree’ at Customs House Museum on July 6 Miscellaneous
[ June 25, 2025 ] New Jersey Officials Break Ground on Next Phase of New Raritan River Bridge Commuter Rail
[ June 25, 2025 ] First Section of California Bullet Train to Connect Two Small Cities Commuter Rail
[ June 18, 2025 ] MARTA Board Approves NextGen Bus Network Transit

Railfanning from Newark to Montvale

February 10, 2016 Todd DeFeo

New Jersey is one the great places to travel by train. It is an equally great place for a railfanning excursion.

Amtrak No. 284 Pulls Three Amfleet Coaches

Looking Back Through Historic Amtrak Press Photos

August 10, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Amtrak launched operations in 1971. At first the locomotive used coaches and motive power it acquired from various railroads that were leaving the passenger railroad business to government-created Amtrak.

Popular Lookout Mountain Incline Railway a Reminder of Mountain’s Railroad Past

August 4, 2015 Todd DeFeo

The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is one of the most popular attractions in Chattanooga. But, the railroad is the last reminder of a once vibrant railroad scene that existed on Lookout Mountain.

Metuchen Wreck Illustrated Railroad Woes of Late 1970s

July 31, 2015 Todd DeFeo

By the late 1970s, railroad were not in a state of good repair. The issue over railroad safety and repair became an issue after a June 1977 Conrail derailment in Metuchen, N.J. In that wreck, 17 cars derailed and took the busy Northeast Corridor out of commission.

Glover Machine Works Played Important Role in Shaping Post-Civil War South [Photos]

July 29, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Glover Machine Works was never as big of a locomotive builder as Baldwin Locomotive Works or American Locomotive Co. (ALCO).

Photos: Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami

July 27, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Occupying the former Naval Air Station Richmond (NASR), the Gold Coast Railroad Museum today delights railfans with its collection of locomotives, dozens of rail cars and railroad artifacts.

Member Robert Sumwalt on the scene of the Amtrak Train #188 Derailment in Philadelphia.

Amtrak: Positive Train Control Fully Operational on Northeast Corridor by End of Year Deadline

June 2, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Positive Train Control (PTC) will be fully operational on the Northeast Corridor by the end of the year, according to Amtrak.

A train on the 7 Line pulls into the Mets – Willets Point station in Queens on May 29, 2012.

MTA Employees Training for 7 Line Extension

June 2, 2015 Todd DeFeo

New York City Transit has training its employees to operate trains over the soon-to-open 7 Line extension.

NTSB Recorder Specialist Cassandra Johnson works with officials on the scene of the Amtrak Train 188 Derailment in Philadelphia. (NTSB photo)

Amtrak Installing Inward-Facing Cameras on ACS-64 Locomotives

May 31, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Amtrak last week said it would install inward-facing cameras on its fleet of ACS-64 locomotives in use on the Northeast Corridor.

Amtrak: U.S. Yet to Fully Embrace Passenger Rail

December 12, 2014 Todd DeFeo

The United States has yet to fully embrace passenger rail as a way to curb traffic despite rail’s success in other countries, an Amtrak official told a U.S. Senate subcommittee this week.