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[ November 14, 2025 ] Norfolk Southern Shareholders Approve Transaction with Union Pacific Norfolk Southern
[ November 13, 2025 ] Reports: Amtrak Train Strikes, Kills Person Near Metuchen Amtrak
[ November 13, 2025 ] NJ Transit Board Authorizes $917 Million to Overhaul Multilevel Railcars Commuter Rail
[ November 13, 2025 ] Rail Accident Investigation Branch Probing Shap Derailment After Train Strikes Landslip World
[ November 13, 2025 ] Singleton to Host Second Public Meeting With NJ Transit About the River LINE Commuter Rail

NJ Transit Advances Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Extension Into Bergen County

November 14, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

NJ Transit continues advancing an extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail into Bergen County by issuing a Request For Proposals to hire a contractor to prepare the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

Norfolk Southern Shareholders Approve Transaction with Union Pacific

November 14, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corp. shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve its previously announced transaction with Union Pacific at the company’s Special Meeting of Shareholders.

Atlanta Mayor Targets MARTA Expansion into Cobb and Gwinnett in Second Term

November 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, who just won re-election to a second term, says he will push to expand MARTA service into Cobb and Gwinnett counties as a centerpiece of his second-term agenda.

Reports: Amtrak Train Strikes, Kills Person Near Metuchen

November 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

A person was struck and killed by an Amtrak train on Wednesday afternoon while apparently trespassing on the tracks west of Metuchen.

NJ Transit Board Authorizes $917 Million to Overhaul Multilevel Railcars

November 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

NJ Transit’s Board of Directors has authorized more than $917 million to overhaul the agency’s existing fleet of 429 Multilevel railcars.

Rail Accident Investigation Branch Probing Shap Derailment After Train Strikes Landslip

November 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Britain’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch has opened an inquiry into a Nov. 3 derailment near Shap, Cumbria, after a Glasgow Central–London Euston passenger train hit a landslip and left the rails.

Singleton to Host Second Public Meeting With NJ Transit About the River LINE

November 13, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

New Jersey Sen. Troy Singleton will host a public meeting with NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri that will focus on River LINE service reliability, accountability, communication, and safety.

KiwiRail Installs New Level Crossing on Historic Kingston Branch

November 12, 2025 Railfanning.org AI-Assisted

KiwiRail’s Lower South Island infrastructure team has installed a new level crossing on the Kingston Branch Line to support the planned Kingston Village subdivision on the Otago–Southland border.

National Conference of Firemen and Oilers: Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Merger Will Protect Jobs

November 11, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The National Conference of Firemen and Oilers and Union Pacific Railroad have reached an agreement that will ensure jobs for hundreds of railroaders as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern pursue the creation of what the railroads said would be America’s first coast-to-coast railroad.

Norfolk Southern Reaches Collective Bargaining Agreement with Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen

November 11, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corporation has reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen.