From press releases and news reports Reflecting the strength of the company’s business and its ability to execute in dynamic markets, Wabtec Corp. delivered a strong fourth quarter and full 2025 year results, president and CEO Rafael Santana said after earnings were announced earlier this …
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By TIM BLACKWELL/Cowcatcher Magazine WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA — Mike Wolf had a fascination with O-gauge tinplate trains in elementary school, spending hours in his bedroom examining them inside and out. As his passion and a flaming entrepreneurial spirit developed as he grew older, he picked …
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The Surface Transportation Board (STB) unanimously rejected last week the major merger application filed by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern in December for a combined transcontinental railroad, saying the bid is incomplete because it does not contain certain information required by regulations. STB rejected …
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By TIM BLACKWELL/Cowcatcher Magazine Micro-Trains Line Co., Inc. announced today that it has been acquired by Atlas Model Railroad Co. The deal includes “substantially all assets” of Micro-Trains Line Co., the Talent, OR-based manufacturer renowned for its precision N- and Z-scale model trains and couplers. …
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Union Pacific’s legendary Big Boy completed a brief run to Colorado recently in what could be a tune-up for a much longer run in 2026. Big Boy No. 4014 left its home in Cheyenne, WY, on Sept. 30 and went south to Greeley and Eaton, …
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The Surface Transportation Board received a notice of intent regarding the proposed merger between Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co., announced by both Class I railroads in July. In a merger plan UP, through a wholly owned subsidiary, would acquire all outstanding …
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