All Aboard Florida: St. Lucie, Martin County officials drop one Brightline challenge, explore new strategy

By Lisa Broadt, TCPalm.com; December 13, 2017 MARTIN COUNTY —  The County Commission will drop its challenge of an environmental…

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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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Ontario: Does the north need the Northlander?

By Josh Dehaas, TVO.org; December 13, 2017 When Kerry Desilets’s friend died earlier this year, Desilets desperately wanted to attend…

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North Carolina DOT awards $6 million for freight-rail improvements

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 13, 2017 The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced $6 million in funding will be…

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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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Alton, Illinois train depot comes down; FDR and Eleanor, Gerald Ford stopped at station

By Linda N. Weller, The Telegraph; December 11, 2017 ALTON — A trackhoe began tearing away at the old Alton…

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Norfolk Southern begins running trains over new Portageville Bridge, expanding economic opportunities for New York’s Southern Tier and New England

A press release from Norfolk Southern Corporation: CASTILE, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2017 – After two years of construction across a…

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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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United Industries fined for unneeded railcar repairs

Written by Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; December 8, 2017 A unit of Progress Rail Services has agreed…

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The Daily CSX: ‘Hunter Envy’ concerns analyst

Note: The story below is part of a larger “round up” of stories in Jacksonville, Florida’s The Financial News &…

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Connecticut: Hopes for Hartford Line include rail travel to Boston

By Mary Ellen Godin, Staff, The Record-Journal; December 10, 2017 CTrail’s Hartford Line may be ready to take more commuters…

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Florida House bill says train conductors, passengers cannot be auto accident witnesses

By A.G. Gancarski, Florida Politics; December 8, 2017 A new Florida House bill says that train conductors and passengers are not,…

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One of the last great Washington State train rides is coming to an end

By Craig Sailor, The News Tribune; December 8, 2017 For more than a century, train passengers have traveled along Tacoma’s…

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Now a 30-year-old regional, Montana Rail Link continues to mine carloads both solo and with BNSF

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 2017 Montana Rail Link (MRL) launched operations on Halloween in 1987.…

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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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Florida Set To Launch Country’s First Private High-Speed Train Service

By Samantha Raphelson, NPR, WJCT 89.9 FM; December 7, 2017 The country’s first private high-speed rail service is opening this…

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The Daily CSX: ‘Arrangement’ between CSX, 4th judicial circuit lawyers on blocked railroad crossings

By A.G. Gancarski, Florida Politics; December 7, 2017 Railroad company CSX embraced a “precision railroading” model, one that led to…

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Rail Blocked Crossing Statute Upheld, Departing From Overwhelming Precedent

By Jameson B. Rice, Holland & Knight LLP, Lexology; December 6, 2017 Many states and municipalities have (or used to…

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The Daily CSX: Massachusetts residents rail against freight operations

By Alexandra Gomes, The Foxboro Reporter; December 7, 2017 Residents from both Foxboro and Mansfield gave state transportation officials an…

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New York picks DeWitt rail yard for ‘inland port’ over sites in Camillus, Jamesville

By Tim Knauss, Syracuse.com; December 6, 2017 SYRACUSE, N.Y. – State transportation officials today said they are working to expand…

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Canadian National-Norfolk Southern interline service is seeing solid early returns

By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, Logistics Management; December 6, 2017 The joint interline service formally rolled out in October…

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$2 million restoration of Lawrence, Kansas Santa Fe depot moves forward

By Rochelle Valverde, Lawrence Journal-World; December 6, 2017 Following delays, the restoration of the Santa Fe train station is once…

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