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No. 4014's big adventure • Big Boy’s Coast-to-Coast Tour features crowds, landmarks

BNSF works to fill empty containers • ‘Reload’ program looks to match domestic loads with available westbound international containers

BNSF's massive terminal project wins approval • Barstow International Gateway will improve flow to and from ports

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NTSB renews call to phase out DOT-111 tank cars • Board also seeks rules on placement of hazardous materials in train consists

Arrivals & Departures • Alstom to build new Acela servicing facility in Delaware

CPKC turns its attention to growing traffic in Mexico • Chief marketing officer says he is ‘bullish’ on potential for new customers

Unspace's Rail Genie • Startup’s drones use high-tech to find and report coupler problems in yards

Amtrak East River Tunnel project progresses • Despite unexpected issues, work to refurbish two tubes remains on schedule

How a Big Boy cab ride is not what you'd expect • No. 4014’s real power is not measured by tractive effort

Amtrak needs to plug hole in its fleet replacement plan • Dome-lounge cars are essential for long-distance trains

East Troy Electric placed on historic register • Line is last remnant of 200-mile interurban system

Colebrookdale Railroad gets Pullman 'Cyprus' • Car was a New Jersey diner for decades

Utah's Merci Train boxcar restored • Covered display outside Ogden Union Station planned

Dome territory • Where the view is part of the travel experience

Tehachapi at 150 • Everything has changed on Tehachapi — railroad names, locomotives, and train length — and yet the legendary battle with mountain grades and curvature remains the same today as it was in 1876

Minding the gap • Elizabeth Line fills void, remakes London transit

The 10,000 coggers of Mount Washington • An ambitious research project records the history of a railroad icon from a unique perspective

'Where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog' • Untangling train mysteries in popular music

El puente negro • The Rise and Fall of Belen’s Black Bridge

A momentary lapse • Inexplicable actions nearly cause a train wreck

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