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[ March 21, 2026 ] Union Pacific Celebrates America’s 250th Anniversary with New Locomotives No. 4547 and No. 1776 Union Pacific
[ March 21, 2026 ] CSX Seeks to Abandon Cook County, Illinois, Segment CSX
[ March 21, 2026 ] GDOT Spending Nearly $1.2 Milllion on Railroad Safety Projects for Two Shortlines Safety
[ March 10, 2026 ] Sherrill Proposes More Than $1 Billion in State Support for NJ Transit in Fiscal 2027 Commuter Rail
[ March 10, 2026 ] Progress Rail to Modernize 96 Norfolk Southern EMD SD70M-2 Locomotives Norfolk Southern

Union Pacific Celebrates America’s 250th Anniversary with New Locomotives No. 4547 and No. 1776

March 21, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Union Pacific Railroad unveiled plans to celebrate the United States, its amazing history and the people behind its unparalleled success story with two new locomotives and the first Big Boy steam tour to the East Coast in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.

CSX Seeks to Abandon Cook County, Illinois, Segment

March 21, 2026 The Turntable

CSX Transportation has filed a notice with federal regulators seeking permission to discontinue service on a 1.32-mile rail segment in Cook County, Illinois, citing a lack of freight traffic on the line for at least two years.

GDOT Spending Nearly $1.2 Milllion on Railroad Safety Projects for Two Shortlines

March 21, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to spend nearly $1.2 milllion on upgrades to railroad signing and pavement marking at various locations on two shortline railroads.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Seeking Bids to Replace More Than a Third of the New York City Subway Fleet

March 19, 2026 The Turntable

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is seeking bids for what it describes as the largest subway car contract in its history, a purchase that could replace more than a third of the New York City subway fleet if all options are exercised.

New York Officials Sue Feds Over Funding for Second Avenue Subway

March 18, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

New York officials are suing the Trump Administration to force the feds to release $60 million in tax dollars to extend the Second Avenue Subway.

New MARTA Breeze Fare Payment System Goes Live on March 28

March 17, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

The new Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Breeze fare payment system goes live on Saturday, March 28, and features flexible payment options, modern, touchscreen ticket vending machines, and more secure faregates for a safer transit system, officials said.

Sherrill Proposes More Than $1 Billion in State Support for NJ Transit in Fiscal 2027

March 10, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill is proposing more than $1 billion in state support for NJ Transit in fiscal 2027, pitching the increase as a necessary backstop for an agency facing rising costs, flat fare revenue and the same old reality: New Jersey can’t function if the trains and buses don’t.

Progress Rail to Modernize 96 Norfolk Southern EMD SD70M-2 Locomotives

March 10, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Progress Rail has signed an agreement with Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern to modernize 96 EMD SD70M-2 locomotives, transforming them into next-generation SD70ICC units equipped with AC traction technology.

RAIB Makes Recommendations After Passenger Fell Onto London Underground Station Tracks

March 5, 2026 The Turntable

A passenger who fell from a platform onto the track at Ickenham London Underground station lay undiscovered for about two minutes before being struck by an arriving train, Britain’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch said in a report published Thursday.

CPKC Sets New February Monthly Grain Records

March 4, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Kansas City has broken its February monthly record for transporting Canadian grain and grain products, moving 2.232 million metric tonnes in February.

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