Editorial regarding Iowa Pacific Holdings: Don’t let up on Adirondack rail storage

By The Editorial Board, The Daily Gazette; December 28, 2017 It’s great that the Cuomo Administration and environmental groups were…

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Iowa Pacific still plans to bring train cars to Adirondacks for storage

By DON LEHMAN, The Post Star; December 27, 2017 The removal of dozens of tanker cars from tracks north of…

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Ontario Northland: Through timber to tidewater

Written by John Thompson, Canadian Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; December 28, 2017 Some Railway Age readers will be surprised…

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Florida East Coast Railway Provides Safety Training for Emergency Responders

A press release from Florida East Coast Railway: JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Florida East Coast (FEC)…

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Canada: Garneau makes push for voice, video recorders in locomotives after Amtrak crash

By The Canadian Press, The Chronicle Herald; December 26, 2017 OTTAWA — A deadly derailment on the west coast of…

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The Daily CSX: Foote firmly planted at CSX

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; December 26, 2017 CSX Corp. on Dec. 22 named James Foote as…

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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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Iowa Pacific Holdings in New York State: Warren Buffet agrees with conservationists over tank cars; Governor Cuomo wants to take the railroad away from Iowa Pacific because he says they have abandoned the original purpose

By Brian Nearing, The Albany Times-Union; December 26, 2017 Albany – After an appeal from the state, a company controlled…

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California: Could Amtrak catastrophe happen here in Sacramento? It almost did, leaving some riders scared and angry

By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee; December 26, 2017 Could last Monday’s Amtrak train crash in Washington happen here? It…

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The Daily CSX: CSX Corp. stock gains far exceeded $84 million paid Hunter Harrison

By Mark Basch, Contributing Writer, Financial News & Daily Record; December 26, 2017 As financial news outlets last week examined…

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Mississippi village says it’s owed almost a half century of back taxes from Canadian National Railway

By Justin Vicory, Clarion Ledger; December 24, 2017 The Canadian National railway snakes through cities, towns and villages in Mississippi as…

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North Carolina: Faster train between Raleigh and Charlotte causes excitement, concern

By Tina Terry, WSOCTV.com; December 22, 2017 LANDIS, N.C. – The Piedmont Improvement Project added 27 miles of parallel track,…

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New York State opinion: Amtrak still sets holiday records

By Don Glynn, Niagara Gazette; December 23, 2017 Don’t let anyone tell you that, for whatever reasons, people no longer…

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Omnitrax not solely to blame for Churchill, Manitoba debacle

By Ian Robson, Winnipeg Sun; December 20, 2017 For more than 100 years, the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay…

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Virginia: Louisa Railroad celebrates 180th anniversary

By Desiree Montilla, CBS19 News; December 21, 2017 LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) — The Louisa County Historical Society is…

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Tries Halting Berkshire Hathaway in its Tracks

By Jerry Silverman, Bloomberg Law; December 20, 2017 New York state is urging legendary investor Warren Buffett and his company,…

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When Train Travel was Chic: A Visit to Barstow’s Harvey House

By David and Kay Scott, CNHI News Service, The Effingham Daily News; December 20, 2017 During an early December journey…

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Canadian National to Purchase 200 New Locomotives from GE Transportation over the Next Three Years

A press release from Canadian National Railway; December 22, 2017: MONTREAL & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today announced…

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Railroad investigator says its wrong to point a finger at train engineer

By Amy Clancy, KIRO 7; December 23, 2017 Since Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501 careened off the tracks south of…

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The Daily CSX – Rensselaer, New York sighs with relief: None harmed in 16-car train crash

  By Nick Fiala, Reporter, Rensselaer Republican; December 23, 2017 Thursday night’s shocking train derailment undoubtedly made more than a…

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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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CSX Board of Directors Names Industry Veteran James M. Foote President and CEO

A press release from CSX Corporation: JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Board of Directors of CSX…

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Plan to remove sharp curve where Amtrak train derailed scrapped for cost reasons

By Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News; December 22, 2017 The original plans for the Point Defiance railroad bypass called…

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Short line railroad Tacoma Rail engineers trained their Amtrak counterparts before Monday’s derailment

Training took place months before, in February By Sean Robinson,The News Tribune, KIRO-TV 7; December 21, 2017 Engineers from Tacoma…

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