Big news from Steamtown: Union Pacific’s Big Boy, #4014, will be coming to Scranton to be displayed from June 17-30, 2026. This will see the engine travel down the former Erie Lackawanna Railroad’s Scranton Division mainline, including the Tunkhannock and Kingsley viaducts, and put it in the company of theRead More →
Canadian-US-Mexican rail giant Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) reached an 8-year, tentative agreement with both the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) and the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Works-Transportation Division (SMART-TD). These agreements cover CPKC’s U.S. system, except the Soo Line, and include provisions such as: For moreRead More →
On April 22, 2026 the Surface Transportation Board issued an exemption approving construction of the Green Eagle Railroad in Eagle Pass, TX. This proposed carrier, established in the wake of the 2023 immigration-related embargo of rail service through Eagle Pass, is part of a broader effort to offer fluid rail-Read More →
April 1, 2026 was Conrail’s 50th Birthday. Few railroads have been as consequential as the eastern railroad giant that was known for blue locomotives, fast intermodal trains, a unique “can-do” attitude, and a battle for control that led to its second act: a multi-city terminal railroad supporting southern rail giantsRead More →
50 years ago, on March 31, 1976, trains of the Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Central Railroad of New Jersey, New York & Long Branch, Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, and the Ironton Railroad rolled their last miles. The next day, Conrail would begin operating trains over many of theirRead More →
Voltify, with offices in Israel, Florida, and Los Angeles, raised $30 million in venture capital to develop battery technology to replace diesel engines in U.S. rail services. Learn more about the potential “Tesla of Rail” through this piece by CTECH.Link: Voltify raises $30 million Seed round to build ‘Tesla ofRead More →
As kids, most of us were introduced to trains by books like “The Little Engine That Could” or shows like Thomas the Tank Engine. These were great…but they didn’t teach you very much about the railroad. However, Joyce Robinson is changing all of that. Starting her career with Conrail inRead More →
The BNSF Railway released a position paper on the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger. Key points include the belief that UP-NS would “control 45% of total U.S. tonnage,” and eliminate 300 intermodal lanes. Since the publication of this paper, Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena has refuted the claims on intermodalRead More →
One of All Things Trains’ “hometown” railroads is the former Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac route between Arlington (Crystal City) and Richmond, VA. While many of the long-distance passenger trains this line once handled, such as the Atlantic Coast Line’s Everglades and the Seaboard Air Lines’ Orange Blossom Special are nowRead More →
Drunk Grizzly Bears on the Railroad?!? Read More →
