REPORT: Youtuber Mr. Beast purchases shortline conglomerate Watco for a video

The well-known YouTube video maker Mr. Beast is at it again. The internet personality purchased the railroad company Watco for $220 million, Mr Beast (Real name Jimmy) announced on twitter. The purchase was confirmed by Watco on Friday. Mr. Beast has stated that he is planning on using the company to launch his own freight

REPORT: UP sells E9 set to Ferrosur in order to pay off debt to the cartel

This week it was revealed that Union Pacific railroad has sold their set of vintage E9 locomotives to the mexican railroad Ferrosur, in order to pay off debt UPRR owes to the Sinaloa Cartel. Union Pacific, and their parent company Union Pacific Corp, have been dealing with financial struggles for quite some time.As of February

REPORT: CoasterFan2105 debuts controversial new “Pedestrian Strikes Galore” video

Famous internet railfan Coasterfan2105 has posted a short trailer for a new series on his YouTube channel – and it’s a scary show. CF2105 has run a Youtube channel featuring train content for over 10 years. Most of his videos feature cinematic train shots and educational information about the trains, talking about railroad history, or

REPORT: Mt Rainier Scenic Railroad announces conversion of F9 7012A into Weapon of Mass Destruction

Ever since its permanent closure last year, many have mourned the loss of the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad and wondered about the future of the historic line, and its numerous steam locomotives. Thankfully, this year, ownership of MRSR was transferred to the Western Forest Industries Museum, and they established long term plans for the operation

REPORT: UP 4014 west coast tour postponed due to blinker fluid shortage

In a social media post published on friday, Union Pacific stated that their previously announced excursion trip of the 4014 “Big Boy” To various states in the west and pacific northwest, had been postponed.“As I’m sure all of you know, the supply chain problems of the last year have been significantly affecting us all,” UP

Report: RTA/Metra approves construction of Nether Portal in downtown Chicago

Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority has received a $78 billion grant to construct a large Nether Portal in downtown Chicago. What is this? We had the chance to speak with RTA Chief Executive Leanne P. Redden about the groundbreaking new project. What is the Nether Portal and how is it going to work? It’s an enormous

REPORT: CARB to implement checkpoints along California mainlines for drilling locomotives

At a public media event on thursday, the California Air Resources Board, also known as CARB, announced plans to build a series of “checkpoints” along railroad mainlines in the state, to facilitate destruction of older locomotives.“Since 1998, our Carl Moyer program has been effectively reducing vehicle emissions in the state. A large part of our

Report: G&W Announces militarized takeover of RZD

Genesee & Wyoming CEO John C. Hellman stated in a televised address on Friday that the shortline railroad conglomerate had broken their neutrality on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He revealed plans that G&W would be mobilizing their military to Russia and beginning a militarized takeover of RZD, the Russian state railway system.The company, which owns shortline

REPORT: Kalmbach social media intern mistakes Facebook for Ebay

In a shocking, yet totally unsurprising, turn of events, Kalmbach Media’s social media intern, Carl, made a massive error over the weekend. He decided to begin acquiring supplies for his new model railroad and began browsing eBay. However, he failed to realize he was actually typing his search terms into the Model Railroader Facebook page,

REPORT: Mid-America Car applies ATSF Bicentennial paint to GECX Dash 9 instead of SD45-2

KANSAS CITY, MO – Railnews has received preliminary reports from a Southern California Railroad Museum spokesperson that the contractor employed by BNSF and the museum to restore ATSF 5704 into Bicentennial colors has given the treatment to a retired GE road locomotive and scrapped the freshly-overhauled 5704 unit sometime in the past week. The 5704