Expanding Amtrak service from Milwaukee to Chicago would require $195 million in track upgrades

By Arthur Thomas, Milwaukee Business News; February 8, 2018 Adding three additional daily roundtrips to the Amtrak Hiawatha line between…

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Silver Star conductor’s wife blames Amtrak, CSX negligence in deadly Cayce, South Carolina train crash

By The Associated Press, Tribune-Review; February 8, 2018 COLUMBIA, S.C. — The wife of a conductor killed in a South…

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Amtrak CEO to Testify Before U.S. House in Wake of Accidents

By David Shepardson, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report; February 8, 2018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Richard…

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Black History Month: 100 years before Rosa Parks, Elizabeth Jennings made history in New York City

By Kelly-Jane Cotter, Daily Record; February 8, 2018 As an African-American woman living in New York City before the Civil…

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Inexplicable and Irresponsible’ — Top Transportation Official Goes After Schumer After String Of Amtrak Crashes

By Jack Crowe, Political Reporter, The Daily Caller; February 7, 2018 A senior Department of Transportation official derided Senate Minority…

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Crozet, Virginia Neighbors Offer Support to Time Disposal Crews Following Deadly Amtrak Crash

By Matt Talhelm, WVIR NBC 29; February 7, 2018 ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – Neighbors in Crozet are showing their…

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Southeast Michigan: Patterson takes hard line on regional transit plan

By Mike Martindale, The Detroit News, February 7, 2018 Pontiac — Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson made it clear…

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Canada: Ontario Northland gets new equipment for North Bay shop

By Staff, Northern Ontario Business; February 8, 2018 The Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) said new-line boring equipment at its…

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Amtrak considering Marfa, Texas stop for the Sunset Limited

By JOHN DANIEL GARCIA, bigbendnow.com; February 8, 2018 MARFA – Thanks to a letter writing campaign from San Antonio resident…

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The Daily CSX – Annual report: CSX volumes decline, continues focus on bottomline

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; February 8, 2018 CSX Corp. (Nasdaq: CSX) brought in $11.4 billion in revenue…

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These Carmel, Indiana teens traveled rural America by train for 9 days with limited cell service

By Emma Kate Fittes, Indianapolis Star; February 8, 2018 As the Amtrak train started pulling away from the Chicago station,…

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Opinion: Justice derailed? The prosecution of Brandon Bostian

An editorial from The Intelligencer; February 8, 2018 Should Brandon Bostian go to jail? The 34-year-old engineer was at the…

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The Daily CSX: And, on the third day, to no one’s surprise, the first lawsuit was filed in the Silver Star/CSX collision in Cayce, South Carolina

Train crash lawsuit alleges ‘gross negligence’ by CSX in fatal South Carolina derailment By John Monk, The State; February 8,…

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Ninth Circuit Finds for Union Pacific Railroad in Pipeline Fight

By VICTORIA PRIESKOP, Courthouse News; February 7, 2018 PASADENA, Calif. (CN) — The Ninth Circuit revived counterclaims Tuesday by Union…

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Quebec: Centenarian tunnel choke point for Canadian passenger rail projects

By David Thomas, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 7, 2018 A 100-year-old tunnel through Mont-Royal has become a choke…

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A Regional Rail Revival

By Alex Marshall, Columnist, Senior Fellow at The Regional Plan Association in New York City, Governing Magazine; February 2018 Great…

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The Daily CSX: CSX committed to Harrison’s vision

From Railway Gazette; February 7, 2018 USA ‘I’m excited about the progress we are making and am confident we have…

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A passenger-centric approach to future thinking in rail

By Paul Priestman, Chairman of PriestmanGoode and Global Creative Director of CRRC Sifang, Global Railway Review; February 6, 2018 The…

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Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, employees fined in Lac-Mégantic case

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 6, 2018 Six former employees, including the chief executive of the…

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India sets rail budget at record $US 23.3bn

By Srinand Jha, International Railway Journal; February 2, 2018 INDIA’s finance minister Mr Arun Jaitley has announced a budget of…

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida city commission votes 3-2 to reaffirm support for The Wave streetcar

By Larry Barszewski and Brittany Wallman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; February 7, 2018 The Wave streetcar system won approval at the…

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Testing, Cost Among Reasons For Slow Arrival Of ‘Positive Train Control’ Technology

By Mark Rumsey, WFAE 90.7; Februry 6, 2018 It’s been about a decade since Congress passed a law mandating that…

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Head of New Jersey Transit Rail to Step Down as Shakeup Continues

By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report; February 6, 2018 The head of New Jersey Transit’s rail…

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What’s going on with Amtrak? Few passengers killed on trains, but high-profile crashes spark concerns

By Bart Jansen, USA TODAY; February 6, 2018 A spate of fatal Amtrak accidents in recent months is focusing renewed…

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All Aboard Florida: Who’s in charge of Brightline safety gates? Spat between feds, state concerns local officials

By Colleen Wixon, TCPalm.com; February 6, 2018 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — An argument between two transportation agencies — over whose job it…

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