India: Soon, you can do on-board shopping in express trains

From The Economic Times; July 17, 2018 Soon you would be able to do shopping in express trains. The Indian…

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More than just a glorified truck driver

By Doug Riddell, Railway Age Magazine; July 16, 2018 The late Louis W. Menk once said that locomotive engineers were…

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Europe: Flixtrain expands Hamburg – Cologne services

By Keith Fender, International Railway Journal; July 13, 2018 FLIXTRAIN will expand the service frequency on the Cologne to Hamburg…

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China Makes it Harder to Get OK to Build Subways, Light Rail

By Sun Lizhao and Denise Jia, Caixin; July 13, 2018 China is raising the financial bar for cities seeking approval…

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British Columbia: Rocky Mountaineer’s economic engine keeps chugging in Kamloops

By Jessica Wallace, Kamloops This Week; July 14, 2018 Rocky Mountaineer expects its economic impact on Kamloops to significantly increase…

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Charlotte, North Carolina breaking ground on a new uptown train station this week

By Ely Portillo, The Charlotte Observer; July 16, 2018 Charlotte officials plan to break ground Friday on the first part…

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How Minnesota is Transforming Itself into a Rail Star

By Jacob Wallace, Summer By Rail; July 14, 2018 Rafael Ortega is not the sort of man you’d expect to…

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Amtrak limiting or closing ticket offices in Colorado and Kansas

By Peter Roper, The Pueblo Chieftain; July 13, 2018 Amtrak is cutting back the hours its ticket agent is available…

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Central Florida: Extending SunRail to Orlando International Airport could cost more than $257M

By: Michael Lopardi, WFTV 9 ABC; July 11, 2018 ORLANDO, Fla. – Extending SunRail service to Orlando International Airport could…

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Amtrak train breaks down in Tucson, Arizona for 5 hours; passengers overheat

Written By Kendra Hall, Multi Media Journalist, KOVA News 4 NBC; July 16, 2018 It gets extremely hot in Southern…

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All Aboard Florida: The Big Bubble Takes a Ride on The Brightline

By Sean McCaughan, The Big Bubble Miami; July 14, 2018 The Big Bubble recently took a ride on the Brightline,…

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Rallying around rail in Connecticut

An Editorial From The Day; July 15, 2018 If anything is holding Connecticut back as badly as having to pay…

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Federal Transit Administration shift on federal loans creates anxiety

By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Brianna Gurciullo, Lauren Gardner, Tanya Snyder and Alex Guillén, Politico Morning Transportation; July 13,…

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Game planning to save a railroad in Ontario

By Ian Ross, Northern Ontario Business; July 12, 2018 Supporters behind preserving northeastern Ontario short-line rail service beyond 2018 are…

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Missouri man accused of disabling Amtrak’s California Zephyr train in Nebraska pleads guilty to terrorism, gun charges

  By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau, Omaha World-Herald; July 12, 2018 LINCOLN — A Missouri man with purported ties…

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Contemporary Dining Menu Evolves on Two Amtrak Routes

A press release from Amtrak; July 12, 2018: Capitol Limited and Lake Shore Limited sleeping car customers now have a hot…

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Two More Elephants Killed by Speeding Trains in India

By Lori Bell, Lady Freethinker; July 12, 2018 Despite efforts to reduce elephants dying in train crashes in India, negligent,…

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The Daily CSX: Five revelations from the fatal Amtrak, CSX crash investigation

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; July 13, 2018 New details about the February collision of Amtrak and CSX…

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Amtrak Cascades train had mechanical failure before deadly crash, whistleblower says

By Chris Daniels, KING 5 NBC; July 12, 2018 An Amtrak electrician says the company sidestepped his safety concerns on…

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All aboard in Texas: Developers are betting millions on new Fort Worth to DFW Airport commuter rail line

By Steve Brown, Real Estate Editor, The Dallas Morning News; July 12, 2018 The first trains won’t start rolling with…

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Banff, Alberta couple say they’ve secured half of $600M needed to build Banff passenger train

By Lucie Edwardson, CBC News; July 12, 2018 If you don’t have the use of a car, chances are Greyhound’s…

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Rail fine dining in Europe: the best and worst in on-board catering

By Eva Grey, Railway Technology; July 11, 2018 For train operators, on-board food catering is often a tough call: do…

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CSX executive joins All Aboard Florida’s Brightline as plans for Tampa/Orlando high-speed rail are put in motion

By Janelle Irwin, Reporter, Tampa Bay Business Journal; July 11, 2018 Bob O’Malley, a top executive for CSX Transportation, is…

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Amtrak says new focus on safety will make rail travel safer for all

By Lori Aratani, The Washington Post; July 11, 2018 Amtrak officials told federal ­investigators Wednesday that two recent fatal crashes…

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