Trains’ top stories of the year, 2018-2025
As 2026 begins, and with Trains’ top railroading story of 2025 announced on the final day of the just-completed year,…
Read moreAs 2026 begins, and with Trains’ top railroading story of 2025 announced on the final day of the just-completed year,…
Read moreEAST WINDSOR, Conn. — After 30 years of operation on 14 miles of state-owned former New Haven Railroad track, Central…
Read moreLONDON — Rail service has resumed through the Channel Tunnel after a Tuesday shutdown, but delays continue today (Dec. 31)…
Read morePHOENIX — A collision between a pickup truck and Valley Metro light rail vehicle has killed the driver of the…
Read moreOMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say their yard and terminal capacity expansion plans will help ensure that…
Read moreUnion Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern — an $85 billion deal that would create the first U.S. transcontinental system…
Read moreQUEBEC CITY, Quebec — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed investigators to the scene of a Dec. 28,…
Read moreTRENTON, Ky. — A shelter-in-place order has been lifted following a CSX derailment today (Dec. 30, 2025) near the Kentucky-Tennessee…
Read moreWASHINGTON — Other Class I railroads have found no shortage of deficiencies in the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application and…
Read moreINDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a five-year national freight rail contract,…
Read moreOMAHA, Neb. — A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger will lead to higher daily train counts on some key corridors as…
Read moreMEXICO CITY — A government investigation into the cause of Sunday’s fatal derailment of Mexico’s Interoceanic Train has begun, with…
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