Japan: Storm over stranded train: Did social media overreact?

By Ong Hwee Hwee, Digital Editor, The Straits Times; January 28, 2018 In Japan, trains are known for their punctuality,…

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Montreal: Exporail train museum keeps track of winter

By Sarah Deshaies, Special to Montreal Gazette; January 26, 2018 Snow is both a pleasure and a chore, and two…

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With help of Virginia Tech students, Radford, Virginia eyes train-viewing platform

  By Dominick Mastrangelo, The Roanoke Times; January 22, 2018 RADFORD — The thunderous sound of a locomotive barreling down…

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Railroads Get U.S. Supreme Court Hearing on Stock-Option Taxes

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Quint; January 12, 2018 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether railroads and…

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Future looks ‘bright’ for Ontario Northland, official says

By Gord Young, The Nugget; January 12, 2018 Ontario Northland has hired more than 200 people over the past two…

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How to prevent a real train wreck

By H. Lee Murphy, Crain’s Chicago Business; January 4, 2018 After a train accident, investigators often can figure out the…

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Collision as a Minnesota case study: Are stop signs enough at rural railroad crossings?

By Brady Slater, Duluth News Tribune; December 25, 2017 A close call at a rural railroad crossing in St. Louis…

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UK video: Trains to Nottingham delayed by horses running on the track

By Chris Breese, nottstv.com; December 27, 2017 Train services between Nottingham and London St Pancras were disrupted by a group…

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UK: Find out what happened when we learnt to drive an EMT train – sorry about the cow

By Shannyn Quinn, Senior Reporter, Derby Telegraph; December 26, 2017 For your information, driving a train is complex. Sitting in…

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Manitoba: Town of Churchill says thank you to everyone who helped after rail line lost

By The Canadian Press, Lethbridge Herald; December 22, 2017 CHURCHILL, Man. – The town of Churchill in northern Manitoba is…

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New Jersey Transit, Amtrak testing ways to find terrorist bombers at train stations

By Jonathan D. Salant, NJ.com; December 18, 2017 WASHINGTON — New Jersey Transit and Amtrak are working with the Transportation Security Administration on…

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Long Bridge rail expansion may allow biking, walking between Washington, DC and Arlington, Virginia

By Max Smith, WTOP; December 17, 2017 WASHINGTON — Plans to expand a key rail bottleneck for VRE, Amtrak and…

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California: Rail operator Iowa Pacific plans to pull out of Santa Cruz County

By Mairav Zonszein, Santa Cruz Sentinel; December 13, 2017 SANTA CRUZ >> Iowa Pacific Holdings, the Chicago-based railroad operator contracted…

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$afety culture?

Written by Doug Riddell, Guest Columnist, Railway Age Magazine; December 11, 2017 I read with interest Railway Age’s most recent…

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Wilmington, North Carolina: The little project that could? Rail realignment could transform the region, for a price

By Benjamin Schachtman, Port City Daily; December 11, 2017 WILMINGTON — The rail realignment project is an ambitious plan to…

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Record number of passengers through Switzerland’s Gotthard rail tunnel

By Luigi Jorio, Swissinfo.ch; December 11, 2017 It has been one year since the first trains started using the Gotthard…

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More reindeer meet tragic fate in Norway

By Staff, newsinenglish.no; December 11, 2017 Sami reindeer herders and not least their animals suffered yet another tragedy during the…

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Righting wrong signals: learning from London’s Waterloo Station

By Ross Davies, Railway Technology; December 4, 2017 Hell hath no fury like a stranded commuter. Mark Carne, chairman of…

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Central Railroad of New Jersey warehouse new HQ for candy giant

Written by Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; December 8, 2017 While its creator long ago disappeared into rail…

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Railway Age Women in Rail 2017 – Corina Moore, Ontario Northland Railway

Written by Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; December 5, 2017 A native of the region served by Ontario…

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Buffalo, New York rail historians gain a necessity — tracks and freight cars

By Robert J. McCarthy, The Buffalo News; December 1, 2017 Some day in the not too distant future, the Western…

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Exploding ships, relief trains and journalists in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Journalists key in sparking relief efforts after Halifax Explosion: researchers By Keith Doucette, The Canadian Press, National Post; December 1,…

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On track: 5 of the nation’s most prominent rail projects

By Kim Slowey, Construction Dive; November 28, 2017 In the early 19th century, when the first passenger and cargo trains…

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