Railpace Hot News
Keep up to date on the latest railroad news from the northeastern United States and Canada, edited by Carl Perelman.
June 18, 2025
PA House Passes Transit Funding Bill
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed legislation to provide historic funding for public transportation.
June 16, 2025
Washington Metro to launch Automatic Train Operation on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines on June 15
Six months after launching Automatic Train Operation (ATO) on the Red Line, the entire Washington Metrorail system will be operating in ATO starting Sunday, June 15, when the mode rolls out to the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines.
June 16, 2025
Metro-North Railroad Unveils Seventh Locomotive from Heritage Series
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad unveiled its seventh rebranded locomotive as part of a Heritage Series to highlight the railroad’s 40 years of service to the public. Unlike the previous six rebrands which wrapped the engines, the rebranding of locomotive No. 203 was painted by Metro-North employees in the North White Plains Paint Shop.
June 13, 2025
Norfolk Southern board of directors elects Richard Anderson as chair
Norfolk Southern Corporation’s Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Richard H. Anderson, the former CEO and Executive Chairman of Delta Air Lines, President of Optum Health, CEO of Northwest Airlines, and most recently President and CEO of Amtrak, as the independent chair of the board, effective immediately. Anderson has served on Norfolk Southern’s board since May of 2024.
June 13, 2025
NJT Safety Wraps
During this National Safety Month, NJ TRANSIT reminds customers that keeping safety top-of-mind is a year-round commitment when it comes to riding public transit. Whether on the rails or on the roads, vigilantly paying attention to signs, sounds and warnings is key to arriving safely. To denote the month this year, NJ TRANSIT has unveiled a specially wrapped bus and River LINE light rail vehicle reminding residents to keep safety top of mind.
June 12, 2025
CSX Announces Ratification of Labor Deal with Locomotive Engineers
CSX Corporation today announced that employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have voted to ratify the five-year collective bargaining agreement covering approximately 3,400 locomotive engineers. This is the first ratification reached by a Class I freight railroad with BLET.
June 12, 2025
AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending June 7, 2025
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 7, 2025. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 483,807 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.3 percent compared with the same week last year.
June 11, 2025
Reading & Northern names Jim Raffa EVP Marketing & Sales
Reading & Northern Railroad has announced that Jim Raffa has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President Marketing and Sales.
June 11, 2025
SEPTA to Rehabilitate Five Bridges Along Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail Line
SEPTA will rehabilitate five bridges along the Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail Line beginning on Sunday, June 15 through Tuesday, September 2. As a result of this improvement project, the Chestnut Hill East Line will be suspended during this timeframe – meaning no trains will run on the line.
June 10, 2025
Chesapeake & Ohio 614 Begins Her Road to Restoration at the Strasburg Rail Road
This past weekend marked a powerful and emotional milestone in American rail preservation: the legendary Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive 614 has officially arrived at the Strasburg Rail Road to begin a complete restoration. The 382-mile journey from Clifton Forge, Virginia, completed June 8, 2025.
