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Historic steam train passes through Niverville
Local Journalism Initiative via Yahoo Canada News· 14 hours agoIt’s called the Final Spike Steam Tour, a three-country trek featuring The Empress 2816, a 4-6-4 Hudson-type steam locomotive built in 1930. The Empress...
Sioux City museum announces joint effort to return Great Northern 4-6-2 to operation - Trains
Trains.com· 5 hours agoAlready facing one major project — recovery from major flood damage — the Sioux City Railroad Museum...
Biden will bestow Medal of Honor on Union soldiers who helped hijack train in Confederate territory
Toronto Star· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on Wednesday to two...
'Pride of fleet' heritage locomotive celebrates 30 years' service
BBC News· 5 days agoA volunteer-run heritage railway is celebrating one of their diesel locomotives reaching 30 years in...
Former UP and Conrail locomotives in Estonia go to scrap - Trains
Trains.com· 3 days agoA fleet of GE-built former Union Pacific and Conrail locomotives exported to Estonia two decades ago...
President Joe Biden to award Medal of Honor to two Civil War soldiers for Great Locomotive Chase
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden on Wednesday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who...
CN and CPKC workers vote to reauthorize strike mandate: Teamsters
Fort Frances Times· 2 days agoOverall, workers voted 98.6% to reauthorize a strike, with an 89.5% turnout. At CN, conductors, ...
101-year-old steam engine returns home after sale
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoAndy Hardy, who is a volunteer at the Kent and East Sussex Railway, has partly bought the steam locomotive [BBC] A steam locomotive built more than 100...
Civil War soldiers in wild train hijacking receive Medal of Honor
Detroit News· 2 days agoTwo U.S. soldiers, executed 162 years ago for their role in a daring Civil War mission to hijack a ...
Biden fixes 161-year-old oversight, awards Medal of Honor to 2 Civil War soldiers
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoOn April 12, 1862, a group of Union soldiers stole a locomotive in Georgia and rode it north, destroying track and telegraph lines in their wake. The plan, masterminded by ...