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"Preston - Hurlock MDOT is inactive with most of the rail removed." I know a fellow in that local area who has been trying to get a tourist train started on that line for many years without much apparent success. I haven't been out there for a while but the track was still intact when I la...

As far as I know, aviation maintenance training still takes place there, but that's something that could be transferred elsewhere.

I've received word that the Shenandoah Valley Railroad's No. 8701, an RS4TC, has been scrapped. Its body, minus trucks (sold to a railroad in Iowa), was spotted at the Cresson Steel Company in PA. A source in the valley tells me the locomotive hadn't run in years, could only pull a few cars at a tim...

The July 2019 Railpace notes the DCR has donated one of its three ex-Conrail bay window cabooses to Operation Toy Train. The caboose is ex-Conrail 21292 and here are some pictures: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rspicture.aspx?id=518541 I visited the DCR shortly after it began operations and I ask...

https://www.rtands.com/freight/soon-to-be-abandon-track-in-va-might-be-turned-over-to-rails-to-trails-program/ Soon-to-be abandoned track in Va. might be turned over to rails-to-trails program The railroad company that owns a line around the eastern shore of Virginia is petitioning to abandon the ro...

The word I got from someone in the area was that the MDDE's previous management was not being responsive to the timely shipping requirements of Tyson. It escalated into a pissing contest between the railroad and the shipper that ended in the shipper switching to trucks. MDDE President Cathrin Banks ...

Here are some pictures of the first train to return to Snow Hill. MDDE 2628 led the way, and it appears that most, if not all, of the cars are hoppers.

https://www.delmarvanow.com/picture-gal ... 489539001/

Good news!!!! I guess we'll see boxcars, covered hoppers and reefers in consists at that end of the line? Probably covered hoppers. please keep posting day and time when trains runs. A friend dropped by Snow Hill yesterday afternoon and reported that clearly there had been railway traffic through t...

I went over there today and it appears the report of track being lifted is a false alarm. I looked at the spur track, starting at the junction with Amtrak's NEC on the north side of the Odenton MARC station, past all of the public crossings, to where the track crosses Route 175 and I saw absolutely ...

This just in: The first train to Snow Hill will run on Tuesday, June 18.

From the Facebook page of the Baltimore Chapter NRHS: We've received a tip that the extremely short branch off the Northeast Corridor just north of the Odenton MARC depot, which crossed both Telegraph Road and Rt. 175, is in the process of being torn up. This short industrial spur operated in part o...

How this might affect the proposed tourist train is uncertain, but this Delmarva line, used for years for tank car storage, will soon see rail service again. https://mdcoastdispatch.com/2019/05/30/freight-trains-to-run-through-berlin-once-again/ Excerpt: May 30, 2019 Freight Trains To Run Through Be...

The three former Virginia Railway Express GP40Hs 4670-4672 are a mystery as far as the reason they were purchased and their intended purpose. The VRE locomotives were purchased by the Army when it had a plan to ship Army trainees between Fort Lee (now the combined home of Quartermaster, Transportat...

There's more here: http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/01/29-minnesota-short-line-revives-burlington-northerns-cascade-green" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Minnesota short line revives Burlington Northern's Cascade green By Steve Glischinski | January 29, 2019 ST. CLO...

The little interurban car ended up in Trego, WI, where I hope it does better than it did with the Bay Creek Railway in Cape Charles. See:

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