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Heritage Rail

Colorado Railroad Museum, Durango & Silverton announce plans for locomotive loans (updated)
Jul 3, 2025·Heritage Railroads

Colorado Railroad Museum, Durango & Silverton announce plans for locomotive loans (updated)

The Colorado Railroad Museum, Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, and Durango Railroad Historical Society have announced plans for locomotive…

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Reading & Northern promotes passenger department’s Knadler
Jul 3, 2025·Excursions

Reading & Northern promotes passenger department’s Knadler

PORT CLINTON, Pa. — Jeff Knadler has been promoted to assistant vice president-passenger at the Reading & Northern, the railroad…

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Young Guns in Preservation: Logan Smith
Jul 2, 2025·Preservation

Young Guns in Preservation: Logan Smith

A career in rail preservation is always possible — it’s a matter of finding where to begin. For 23-year-old Logan…

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Two former Amtrak diesels donated to Illinois Railway Museum
Jul 2, 2025·Preservation

Two former Amtrak diesels donated to Illinois Railway Museum

UNION, Ill. — The Illinois Railway Museum has added two former Amtrak diesels — an F40PHR and SDP40F — to…

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East Troy’s North Shore Line interurban car undergoes full restoration
Jul 2, 2025·Preservation

East Troy’s North Shore Line interurban car undergoes full restoration

EAST TROY, Wis. — A new restoration with Milwaukee ties is underway at the East Troy Railroad Museum. Chicago North…

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What does it take to save historic rail equipment?
Jul 1, 2025·Preservation

What does it take to save historic rail equipment?

What does it take to save historic rail equipment? It might seem like a lot, even for a simple flatcar.…

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Indiana Transportation Museum and 10 rules for railway preservation
Jul 1, 2025·Preservation

Indiana Transportation Museum and 10 rules for railway preservation

This article was originally published on July 5, 2018, as a blog post from Trains Magazine’s “Train of Thought,” by…

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VIA Historical Association trainset makes debut
Jun 28, 2025·Preservation

VIA Historical Association trainset makes debut

TORONTO — The VIA Historical Association’s heritage train of VIA Rail Canada equipment made its public debut this week, appearing…

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Catskill Mountain Railroad equipment damaged; tourist line calls act ‘sabotage’ (updated)
Jun 27, 2025·Heritage Railroads

Catskill Mountain Railroad equipment damaged; tourist line calls act ‘sabotage’ (updated)

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Two pieces of maintenance-of-way equipment for the Catskill Mountain Railroad were damaged in a June 19 incident,…

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Heat concerns lead Ohio Rail Experience to postpone excursions
Jun 26, 2025·Excursions

Heat concerns lead Ohio Rail Experience to postpone excursions

LEBANON, Ohio — The Ohio Rail Experience, the Cincinnati Scenic Railway excursion operation featuring rail lines that do not regularly…

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Coalition completes purchase of Saluda Grade for trail
Jun 24, 2025·Preservation

Coalition completes purchase of Saluda Grade for trail

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — A coalition of nonprofit groups has officially completed its purchase of Norfolk Southern’s Saluda Grade line for…

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Cumbres & Toltec announces leadership changes
Jun 24, 2025·Heritage Railroads

Cumbres & Toltec announces leadership changes

CHAMA, N.M. — The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has made leadership changes in the wake of a start to…

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