Northern New England Rail

• Pan Am Southern spans 414 miles of owned, leased, and operating rights track.
• Extensive interchanges link to New England Central, Vermont Railway,...

The FRA's proposed English proficiency mandate for engineer and conductor certification applies nationwide but explicitly spares Canadian crews from...

Railfans can ride vintage Alco diesels on the Granite State Scenic Railway's 7-mile Lincoln excursions over 1840s Boston & Maine trackage along the...

Revolution Rail Co. has repurposed the historic Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad corridor and City Point Station into its newest rail bike...

• July 28: Governor Mills commits $136M to close shortfall, advancing rail and other projects
• Over 8 years, $1.4B secured for transportation...

The $5.6 million East Deerfield Rail Yard project adds a transload facility for intermodal containers, upgrading eight tracks and creating truck...

Bringing essential railcar cleaning, inspection, and repair closer to Northern New England corridors reduces empty moves that erode fleet productivity...

The 470 Railroad Club has purchased Maine Central business car No. 333, a 1924 Pullman-built car with original mahogany woodwork that served as...

Vermont Rail System and GATX unveiled their America 250 locomotive on July 17, with the unit now heading up the Champlain Valley Dinner Train on...

• Reported incident: Delayed Downeaster pulled out of Boston's North Station just as boarding began, stranding roughly 200 passengers
• Reliability...

MaineDOT earned NASTO's Best Use of Technology and Innovation award for the Acadia Gateway Center, a multimodal hub in Trenton that improves access to...

Railmark's purchase of Katahdin Railcar Services adds AAR-certified tank car repair and a robotic cleaning system to its network, creating a stronger...

• Barriers removed via interim agreement granting landowner limited heavy equipment access on trail
• State authority to manage the corridor and...

Kenny Uong's five proposed New England rail lines, including Downeaster extension from Brunswick to Rockland, overlook critical dependencies on prior...

Vermont Rail System's Champlain Valley Dinner Train delivers a 3-hour scenic roundtrip from Burlington to Middlebury on former Rutland Railroad...

Vermont Clean Energy Funding

• Diesel Replacement Grants: Vermont DEC is accepting applications for $5.9 million through the Volkswagen...

Vermont's $5.9 million Volkswagen settlement program now accepts monthly applications through December 2026 to replace or repower diesel...

Harman Junction marked the meeting point of the Norfolk & Western Buchanan Branch and a spur serving Bull Creek coal operations in Buchanan County,...

A freight derailment in Bensalem, PA knocked at least 10 cars off the tracks, including hazardous materials, triggering a shelter-in-place order and...

Northern New England shows clear progress with both long-term Downeaster planning and a new station milestone.

• Downeaster forum on June 9 gathers...