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[ July 14, 2025 ] United Kingdom Rail Investigators Probing June Collision at Sheffield Crossing World
[ July 10, 2025 ] Smyrna Public Library to Host DeFeo for Railroad History Presentation on September 7 Miscellaneous
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[ July 2, 2025 ] Union Pacific Celebrates its 163rd Birthday with Commemorative Lincoln Locomotive Union Pacific
[ July 1, 2025 ] Amtrak Mardi Gras Service Returns in August Amtrak

Lake State Railway Files to Abandon Track in Saginaw County, Michigan

May 10, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Lake State Railway has filed a notice to abandon roughly 6,805 feet of rail in Michigan.

Sierra Northern Railway Files to Convert California Line to Mainline Track

May 1, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Class III rail carrier Sierra Northern Railway has filed a verified notice of exemption to acquire and operate roughly 0.58 miles of double-track rail line.

San Joaquin Valley Railroad to Continue Leasing 101.5 Miles of Rail From Union Pacific

April 18, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., a Class III railroad, filed a notice with the Surface Transportation Board to continue leasing and operating 101.5 miles of rail lines from Union Pacific Railroad.

Class III Carrier Files to Extend Trackage Rights Agreement in Oklahoma, Texas

April 17, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Grainbelt Corporation, a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption with the Surface Transportation Board to extend the term of the previously amended local trackage rights on trackage owned by BNSF Railway.

CN, Iowa Northern Railway Officially Merge Operations

March 4, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN and Iowa Northern Railway Company officially joined their operations on March 1, as previously authorized by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.

Kansas City West Bottoms, Union Pacific Agree on Lease of Kansas City Line

February 19, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad have agreed that KCWB will lease and operate a line in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.

Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Plans to Discontinue Service on Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Line

February 15, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Co. plans to discontinue service on a roughly 9.32-mile rail line between milepost 551.25 and milepost 560.57 in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

Georgia Railroad Lauds Ruling Upholding Right to Use Eminent Domain to Take Land for Spur

February 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

A Georgia short line railroad has lauded a Fulton County Superior Court judge’s ruling upholding a Georgia Public Service Commission ruling granting the railroad company the power to take land from several property owners in Sparta, Georgia, for a spur.

Judge Upholds Georgia Public Service Commission Sandersville Railroad Ruling

February 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has upheld a Georgia Public Service Commission ruling granting a private railroad company the state’s eminent domain power to take land from several property owners in Sparta, Georgia.

McKechnie Honored as ASLRRA’s 2025 Schlosser Distinguished Service Award Recipient

February 5, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association has selected Edwin “Ed” McKechnie as the 2025 Schlosser Distinguished Service Award, honoring his decades of service to the short line industry and the Association.