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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

STB Grants BNSF Petition To Let UP Trackage Rights Expire

February 28, 2026 The Turntable

The Surface Transportation Board has granted BNSF Railway permission to let a set of restricted trackage rights on Union Pacific lines in Northern California expire at the end of 2026, avoiding the need for a separate discontinuance filing later.

Progress Rail and Wabtec Reach a Settlement in Antitrust Case

February 27, 2026 The Turntable

Progress Rail and Wabtec just did what many companies do when the legal bills start stacking up: they made it go away.

AECOM to Provide Design, Environmental, and Project Management for Sound Transit’s Regional Transit Expansion

February 27, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

AECOM said it has been selected by Sound Transit to deliver design, planning and environmental services, along with project and construction management services through three multiple-award task order contracts.

UK Investigators Open Probe into Fatal Accident at Footpath in Leicestershire

February 27, 2026 The Turntable

Britain’s Rail Accident Investigation Branch said it has opened an investigation into a fatal accident in which a young person was struck by a train while crossing the railway at Bottesford footpath crossing in Leicestershire.

Amtrak Announces New Long Distance Fleet Replacement Strategy

February 26, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Amtrak is announcing a revised long-distance fleet replacement strategy that prioritizes fleet standardization, broadens competition among potential carbuilders, reduces program risk, and accelerates the replacement of its aging passenger cars.

BNSF, TCU Intermodal Employees Ink New Tentative Labor Agreement

February 26, 2026 The Turntable

BNSF Railway says it has reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Transportation Communications Union/IAM intermodal group, covering workers at the railroad’s Cicero and Corwith facilities in the Chicago area, as well as intermodal terminals in Seattle and Memphis.