The HULETT ORE UNLOADERS were invented by Clevelander GEORGE H. HULETT in 1898, as a means to quickly unload lake ore carriers. The 100-foot-tall, 800-ton machines were capable of shoveling up to 17 ...

Talk of mergers is making the rounds of Class I railroads as a way to kick-start growth and take advantage of a business-friendly Trump administration. 1998: The Surface Transportation Board has ...

ATLANTA, Sept. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) has named Brian Barr as Vice President and Chief Mechanical Officer. In this role, Barr will lead mechanical operations ...

Henry W. Eyrich, 90, of Birdsboro, passed away Wednesday, October 19th, at Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading. Henry was born in Reading on September 22, 1926, a son of the late Grace ...

EAST PALESTINE — In the wake of last year’s train derailment in East Palestine, Norfolk Southern announced plans to fund several projects in the village to help lead East Palestine past the derailment ...

EAST PALESTINE — For more than 120 years, East Palestine’s historic but dilapidated train depot has stood in the village as a silent and neglected microcosm of the blue-collar bond between the rails ...

Work has begun on the historic East Palestine Train Depot. In May, Norfolk Southern announced plans to renovate and donate back to the village the train depot to the village. Norfolk Southern has ...

A steam locomotive that has been on display at the Franklin Institute for the last 90 years was recently removed and will be relocated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The ...

Roughly 40 years ago, NJ Transit’s rail fleet was a worn collection of hand-me-down locomotives and cars from Conrail, which wanted out of the commuter business. It was time for the newly-created ...

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has purchased railroad track in Milford, Hopedale, and Bellingham beyond where its Franklin/Foxboro Line ends at the Forge Park/495 station. While the ...

In this special installment of Trackside Finds, Cody Grivno introduces you to nine former Conrail units that found new homes Growing up in northwestern Minnesota, the two railroads I was most familiar ...