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[ December 14, 2025 ] Amtrak: Data Shows Strong Demand, Customer Satisfaction for Amtrak Mardi Gras Service Amtrak
[ December 14, 2025 ] Great Journeys New Zealand is Bringing Back The Southerner World
[ December 13, 2025 ] CN Reports New Monthly Record for November Grain Movement Canadian National
[ December 13, 2025 ] Union Pacific Appoints W. Anthony Will to Board of Directors Union Pacific
[ December 13, 2025 ] Feds Strike Deal to Deliver Christmas Bonuses to Amtrak’s Unionized Workforce Amtrak

Amtrak: Data Shows Strong Demand, Customer Satisfaction for Amtrak Mardi Gras Service

December 14, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Figures released at Amtrak’s recent public meeting of the Board of Directors demonstrate the newest Amtrak service is gaining customers at strong pace.

Great Journeys New Zealand is Bringing Back The Southerner

December 14, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Great Journeys New Zealand is bringing back The Southerner, the much-loved rail journey reconnecting Christchurch and Dunedin, and fondly remembered by generations of New Zealanders.

Canadian National Railway Company in Chicago.

CN Reports New Monthly Record for November Grain Movement

December 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN announced a new monthly record for grain movement in November, moving nearly 3.3 million metric tonnes of grain from Western Canada.

Union Pacific Appoints W. Anthony Will to Board of Directors

December 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Union Pacific Corporation appointed W. Anthony “Tony” Will to its Board of Directors, effective Jan. 6, 2026.

An Amtrak train pulls into Winter Park, Florida.

Feds Strike Deal to Deliver Christmas Bonuses to Amtrak’s Unionized Workforce

December 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

A deal between the U.S. Department of Transportation and Amtrak’s management and board of directors to deliver bonuses of $900 to more than 18,000 Amtrak rail workers this Christmas season to celebrate a record year of ridership and revenue.

Twice-Removed Illegal Alien Charged For Violent Attack On Charlotte’s Light Rail System

December 12, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Federal authorities have charged an illegal alien with a federal crime in connection with the violent attack on the city’s light rail system, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Wants Trackage Rights Over Cedar River Railroad

December 12, 2025 Railfanning.org AI-Assisted

The Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad has asked federal regulators to approve limited local trackage rights over a 43.5-mile segment of the Cedar River Railroad, from milepost 41.5 at Charles City, Iowa, to milepost 85.0 in London Township, Minnesota.

Amtrak: Data Shows Strong Demand, Customer Satisfaction for Amtrak Mardi Gras Service

Great Journeys New Zealand is Bringing Back The Southerner

CN Reports New Monthly Record for November Grain Movement

Union Pacific Appoints W. Anthony Will to Board of Directors

Feds Strike Deal to Deliver Christmas Bonuses to Amtrak’s Unionized Workforce

Twice-Removed Illegal Alien Charged For Violent Attack On Charlotte’s Light Rail System

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad Wants Trackage Rights Over Cedar River Railroad

Georgia’s Appalachian Regional Port Sees Record November

Dunedin Railways Adds Reimagined Deep Stream Stop on Taieri Gorge Journey

Georgia Officials Award Contract to Replace 1928 Lowndes County Bridge