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Aug 4, 3i-Backed Regional Rail Acquires Massachusetts Central Railroad

3i-backed short-line owner and operator Regional Rail has acquired the Massachusetts Central Railroad (MCER), expanding its footprint to 18 railroads across 10 U.S. states and two...

Turnspire snaps up rail services provider Hulcher

Hulcher builds, maintains, and repairs the track, locomotives, and railcars that carry freight through the North American rail network, through its 28 service centers across the US...

STV to Modernize Richmond SFC Station

PHILADELPHIA - Amtrak selects STV to develop the preliminary design in the replacement of Static Frequency Converter (SFC) #4 at the Richmond SFC Station. The post STV to Modernize...

One Equity Partners invests in railcar services firm Metro East Industries

The company provides services to Class 1 railroads, rail leasing companies, short lines, and other rolling stock and locomotive operators. The post One Equity Partners invests in r...

InfraRed Capital Partners acquires majority stake in Rail Modal Group to fuel growth

London-based global infrastructure asset manager InfraRed Capital Partners announced that one of the company’s value-added funds has acquired a majority stake in Albany, N.Y.-based...

Ferrovia Sold to Secovia Capital

MINNEAPOLIS – Northborne Partners served as exclusive financial advisor to Genesis Rail Company, a portfolio company of Auxo Investment Partners, in the sale of Ferrovia to Secovia...

Aug 4, Reading & Northern Buys 124 Covered Hoppers From CPKC

Reading & Northern Railroad (R&N) has finalized a late-July agreement to purchase 124 covered hopper cars from CPKC—a $4 million deal the Port Clinton, Pennsylvania–based s...

Aug 3, Atlantic and East Carolina Railway: "The Tobacco Belt Route"

The Atlantic and East Carolina Railway was a short-line railroad that operated in North Carolina, established in 1906; it primarily handled seafood and agriculture.

All Aboard: Navigating STB Constraints When Financing Class III Railroads

Jul 17, Alstom Invests $55M+ in Newark Site to Maintain Amtrak Acela Fleet

Alstom has purchased an approximately 20-acre property in Newark, Delaware, where it will build a dedicated maintenance and support facility for Amtrak’s NextGen Acela high-speed t...

Amtrak: D.C. ‘First Street Tunnel’ Upgrade Set for October

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amtrak’s First Street Tunnel upgrade project, just south of Washington Union Station, will temporarily disrupt service to and from Virginia this fall.   The serv...

Jul 17, AAR Launches Freight Rail Research Consortium During Innovation Week

The Association of American Railroads announced on July 16, 2026, the launch of a Freight Rail Research Consortium—an AAR-led network of academic partnerships intended to expand da...

Jul 31, Amtrak Board Advances Preliminary Framework to Split Company

Amtrak is seeking public feedback on a management-developed plan to reorganize under three operating businesses while remaining the parent company.

Amtrak begins construction of the Airo train maintenance centre

Amtrak and its partners at the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) have begun construction work on a new maintenance facility for [...]

Aug 14, Commuter Rail (USA): Definition, History & Systems Directory

American commuter rail—private suburban trains to public agencies (LIRR, Metro-North, NJ Transit, Metra, Metrolink, and more). History, vs light rail, and a national systems direct...

Amtrak Advances Construction on B&P Tunnel Replacement Project

Amtrak has announced further progress on the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel Replacement Program ahead of tunnel boring operations, which are scheduled to begin in 2028. Wor...

Aug 14, Amtrak (USA): History, Routes, Ridership, Fleet & The National Network

Amtrak history and network—Railpax 1970, May 1 1971 startup, Northeast Corridor and long-distance trains, ridership through FY2025 records, Superliners to NextGen Acela and Airo, A...

Jul 29, Amtrak Frederick Douglass Tunnel Advances After Redesign

Replacing the 1873 B&P Tunnel remains one of the NEC’s defining capacity projects.

9-day Amtrak, VRE service outage south of Union Station planned for October

A nine-day Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) service outage in mid-October could affect riders who travel between Union Station and points south. The outage will be from...

Aug 14, Amtrak Locomotive Roster: Historical & Current Power

Amtrak motive power—heritage E/F/SDP40F/F40/Genesis roster research plus mid-2020s ALC-42 Chargers, state SC-44s, ACS-64 electrics, NextGen Acela, and Airo ALC-42E dual-modes.

MDOT MTA Releases August 2026 Purple Line Newsletter

BALTIMORE – The MDOT MTA released its Purple Line newsletter for August 2026. It includes construction updates, a business spotlight, and information on the Purple Line Transit Par...

Amtrak updates $6B Baltimore tunnel project

The megaproject — Amtrak’s largest-ever single infrastructure investment — seeks to curb congestion caused by the 153-year-old B&P Tunnel.

New York and Atlantic Railway emphasizes importance of rail freight during visit with Federal Railroad Admin. Fink at Fr...

New York and Atlantic Railway (NYA) initiated discussions around reliable, strong and efficient rail freight during a visit from Federal Railroad Administrator David Fink at NYA’s...

Amtrak names Goldman Sachs and Bank of America in bid to condemn D.C. land

A 580-square-foot parcel, a planned rail bridge, and a defendant list stacked with lenders