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[ 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
[ June 16, 2025 ] Operation Lifesaver Launches Inaugural ENS Sign Awareness Day on June 24 Safety

Celebrating the sesquicentennial of the First Transcontinental Railroad

Completing the First Transcontinental Railroad was among the most significant railroad accomplishments, if not the single greatest, in railroad history.

Southbound Norfolk Southern in Duluth

‘Mack’ arrives at the Southeastern Railway Museum in advance of Steam Weekends

A crew this morning unloaded a guest steam locomotive.

A Closer Look at New Zealand’s Passchendaele Locomotive

The steamer entered service in October 1915 and is dedicated to the “memory of those members of the New Zealand Railways who fell in the Great War.”

Railfanning Rahway in the Rain

It was not the best day for railfanning, but I was determined to enjoy a little action. As long as there was some semblance of a roof over my head.

A Look Back at the Hardin Southern Railroad

A small town grew up around the Paducah, Tennessee and Alabama Railroad as it was built through the area circa 1890.

Buying Groceries and Watching Trains in Smyrna, Ga.

A new grocery store near downtown Smyrna makes for a great vantage point for watching trains along the Western & Atlantic division of CSX.

Northbound MARTA Pulls Into Arts Center, April 4, 2016

Taking the Grapevine Vintage Railroad Back in Time

The Grapevine Vintage Railroad tourist train departs from Grapevine, a town that cherishes its rugged western appearance and attracts tourists with wine tasting rooms and other merchants along its main street.