The B&O Railroad Museum has changed its name to the “National Museum of Railroad History & Innovation.” Museum chairman Francis Smyth said to WBAL TV: “Nothing about today’s announcement changes our commitment to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad…” The reaction has been brutal. Read the comments on the following posts:Read More →
While Union Pacific’s Big Boy tours several east coast states, the company also had a presence at the Great American State Fair, which took place on the National Mall in Washington, DC for portions of June and July. All Things Trains Chairman Phil Bell visited the fair several times andRead More →
Union Pacific’s Big Boy had a tremendous week, traveling from its display location in Philadelphia for the 2026 Fourth of July weekend and into the railroad company town of Altoona, PA. Public and private events in the heart of the Pennsylvania Railroad were followed by traversing the famous Horseshoe CurveRead More →
Rail carriers are enthusiastically embracing autonomous rail inspection technologies, with the goal of improving safety by having real-time data on track conditions. CSX has prominently conducted this for several years on its I-95 corridor route (former Reading, B&O, Pennsylvania, RF&P, and Atlantic Coast Line trackage) using a waffle-sided boxcar, prominentlyRead More →
AT&SF Bicentennial-painted EMD SD45-2 #5704 is once again running under her own power for owner Southern California Railroad Museum. In 2021, AT&SF successor BNSF Railway donated the locomotive to SCRM (formerly the Orange Empire Railway Museum), and it was later restored to its famous paint scheme, dating to the mid-1970s,Read More →
Following a New York Post article that outlined ballooning legal costs at New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the agency which controls the Metro-North Railroad, Long Island Railroad, and New York City’s Subway network, General Counsel Paige Graves stepped aside. Graves had been part of the MTA for 14 years, includingRead More →
One fan of Union Pacific’s Big Boy had a very, very bad day. The Facebook page Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad w/Jason Asselin shared video of a hapless fan who stood next to the rail as the Big Boy and her train were approaching during its Eastern tour. After bringingRead More →
On June 30th, CSX Corp. held an event at Alexandria, VA’s Union Station to formally introduce its America250 locomotives, GE CM44AH units 250 and 2026. The units were placed at the head of the CSX Office Car special, with F40s CSX 1 and CSX 2, followed by cars named forRead More →
AFT 1, the T-1 4-8-4 also known as Reading Company #2101 will be featured in the Pixel Foundation’s video games TrainStation 2 and TrainStation 3. Downloading the American Freedom Train Chairty Pack will not only grant players the ability to use AFT 1, but the proceeds will support the B&ORead More →
…really! And we don’t mean in Australia, either. Instagram user @washdayx put a camera between the rails on a BNSF mainline and captured some very interesting footage of what it’s like under an autorack train moving at 60mph. While it will definitely make you cringe, it is also a greatRead More →
