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[ December 20, 2025 ] CN: Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern Merger Filing Fails to Show How it Would ‘Enhance Competition’ Canadian National
[ December 20, 2025 ] BNSF Unimpressed With Initial Review of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern STB filing BNSF
[ December 19, 2025 ] Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern File STB Merger Application Norfolk Southern
[ December 19, 2025 ] Union Pacific Railroad Plans to Develop the Mainline Texas Industrial Park Union Pacific
[ December 19, 2025 ] After Shap Derailment, RAIB Warns Remote Slope Monitors May Miss Sudden Failures World

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 The Turntable

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.

Georgia’s Appalachian Regional Port Sees Record November

December 12, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Appalachian Regional Port in Northwest Georgia’s Murray County achieved its busiest November on record, moving 3,876 containers last month — a nearly 35% jump from a year earlier.

Dunedin Railways Adds Reimagined Deep Stream Stop on Taieri Gorge Journey

December 11, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Dunedin Railways has launched a reimagined stop at Deep Stream on its world-famous Taieri Gorge journey — featuring a guided bridge walk and an extraordinary photo opportunity of the train crossing the historic structure.

Georgia Officials Award Contract to Replace 1928 Lowndes County Bridge

December 11, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a $5.8 million construction contract to replace a Lowndes County bridge built in 1928 and closed by the county due to its deterioration.

NJ Transit Advancing Extension of Secaucus-Meadowlands Transitway

December 11, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

NJ Transit is taking the next major step in advancing the extension of the Secaucus-Meadowlands Transitway, which, when complete, will provide environmentally friendly transit access between the Meadowlands Sports and Entertainment Complex, Secaucus Junction and Jersey City.