Operation Lifesaver Canada aims to reduce train vs. snowmobile accidents

By Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; February 23, 2018 Virtually, all incidents involving winter recreation vehicles and trains can be avoided…

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D.C. and Maryland: The high-speed ‘maglev’ promises many things, but at what cost?

By Luz Lazo, The Washington Post; February 24, 2018 Now that momentum is building for an ambitious plan to bring…

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New York/New Jersey: The Hudson River rail tunnels were built eons ago. Why can’t we build a new one?

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; February 21, 2018 What is the best way to get the Gateway tunnel project built? If…

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Loft apartments to fill former Norfolk Southern building in downtown Atlanta

By J. Scott Trubey, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; February 21, 2018 The Los Angeles developer behind plans to turn downtown Atlanta’s…

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PTC: Ignore the circus. Here’s what’s really going on

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; February 16, 2018 The railroad industry is making steady progress implementing Positive…

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South Florida: Here’s one way to curtail railroad deaths, but experts say it’s pricey

By Lisa J. Huriash, Reporter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; February 17, 2018 There’s an extra safety tool to stave off the…

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Ottawa to offset higher gas prices after Churchill, Manitoba, lost its rail link

By The Canadian Press, National Post; February 17, 2018 CHURCHILL, Man. — The federal government says it will help residents…

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FTA lowers rating for Gateway tunnels

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 15, 2018 A revision by the Federal Transit Administration lowering the…

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What’s the Longest Train Service in the World?

By Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics; February 16, 2018 Have you ever wondered what the longest train journey is? Many potential…

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New Infrastructure Funding Sources Step Up in Canada

By Scott Van Voorhis, Engineering News Record; February 14, 2018 A shrinking budget deficit is usually good news, but a…

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Railroad officials tell Congress many won’t meet deadline for lifesaving automatic braking systems

By Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post; February 15, 2018 A decade after Congress ordered the nation’s railroads to install…

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Greece: New alignment opens with the longest railway tunnel in the Balkans

From Railway Gazette; February 12, 2018 GREECE: The first train ran on the recently-completed 54 km Tithorea – Lianokladi line…

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Association of American Railroads praises start of Trump infrastructure plan

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 12, 2018 The Association of American Railroads today said it supports…

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UK: Diesel is dying – let steam trains ride to the rescue

By Simon Jenkins, The Guardian; February 12, 2018 New ministers always go a little mad in the early days of…

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Trump signs budget bill with small-railroad tax credit

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 9, 2018 The regional and short line railroad investment tax…

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America’s railroad blues are self-inflicted wounds

By Jon Talton, Columnist, The Seattle Times; February 10, 2018 From the Dec. 18th derailment of Amtrak Cascades 501 to…

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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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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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California: New train bridge over San Diego River part of billion-dollar effort to improve coastal rail service

By Joshua Emerson Smith, The San Diego Union-Tribune; February 5, 2018 A new 900-foot rail bridge over the San Diego…

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Virginia Rail Crash Highlights Media, Government’s Lopsided Approach to Rail Safety

An Opinion From Christian Britschgi, Reason.com; February 1, 2018 An iron law of safety hysteria is that it is drawn…

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Argentina Railway Revives With Upsurge In New Investments

By Denise Chrispim Marin, Global Finance Magazine; February 1, 2018 Some ambitious plans to renew the Argentinian railway system are…

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California rail providers receive $52M in state funding

By Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; January 31, 2018 The California State Transportation Agency awarded $51.9 million in State Rail…

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State DOTs, regulators and railroads collaborate on grade crossing upgrades, closures

By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 2018 Despite a decrease in the number of grade crossing…

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All Aboard Florida: If you dash in front of a train and get killed, how is it the train’s fault?

By Gil Smart, TCPalm.com; January 29, 2018 Here’s a question for you: Last week a dashcam video uploaded to YouTube…

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Forum Media Group acquires Progressive Railroading magazine and its conference business

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 29, 2018 Trade Press Media Group Inc., a 100-plus-year-old Milwaukee-based business media company, has been…

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