Campaign to reinstate South Australia’s regional rail network to help boost employment and create economic benefits for towns

By Erin Jones, Regional Reporter, Sunday Mail, The Advertiser; November 18, 2017 FIRST came the unmistakeable vibrations, then the rumble,…

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Canada’s CN Rail on hiring spree as shipments surge

By Rod Nickel and Allison Lampert, Reuters; November 17, 2017 WINNIPEG, Manitoba/MONTREAL, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Canadian National Railway Co…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: Rail car video offers lots of views

By Rick Karlin, Capitol Bureau, Albany Times-Union; November 16, 2017 The battle over the Iowa Pacific train company’s use of…

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Canada: Ottawa says Fairfax Financial Holdings interested in broken Churchill rail line

From The Daily Courier; November 17, 2017 OTTAWA – The federal government says a Toronto-based holding company is interested in…

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Ontario: 1979 train derailment became known as the Mississauga Miracle

By Carola Vyhnak, Special to the Star, Toronto Star; November 16, 2017 The city of Mississauga was asleep as disaster…

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Canada moves forward with legal action against OmniTRAX over Hudson Bay Railway

Written by Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; November 15, 2017 What began with a 200-year flood event may now be…

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South Carolina: ‘Trains have more power than God,’ Columbia mayor gripes after trains snarl traffic

By Sarah Ellis, The State; November 15, 2017 Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin was thinking about an old saying among politicians…

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Texas: November 15th marks fifth anniversary of parade float-train crash

By Stewart Doreen, Midland Reporter-Telegram; November 15, 2017 Today, the Reporter-Telegram remembers arguably the most horrific incident in the history…

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Iowa Pacific: Empty Rail Cars Roll Into the Adirondacks, Stirring Controversy

By Paul Post, The New York Times; November 13, 2017 MINERVA, N.Y. — The Hudson River is a small stream…

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Locomotives: An Erie, Pennsylvania without GE? Might happen

By Jim Martin, GoErie.com; November 14, 2017 In historic move, GE announces plan to sell its transportation business. Eleven days…

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Trump administration finalizes opioid testing rule for transportation workers

By Melanie Zanona, The Hill; November 13, 2017 The Trump administration has finalized a rule requiring opioid testing for certain…

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Canadian feds ready to deliver on lawsuit ultimatum over stalled Churchill, Manitoba rail repairs

By Josh K. Elliott, CTVNews.ca; November 13, 2017 The federal government is preparing to sue U.S.-based Omnitrax over the company’s…

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Last leg of Beijing-London link: Gebze-Halkalı railway in Turkey to start operating in December 2018

From DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES; November 13, 2017 Turkey’s Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan has said that…

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Union Pacific Railroad Locomotive Honors, Remembers Those Who Served

A press release from the Union Pacific Railroad;October 27, 2017: The design of Union Pacific’s heritage locomotive goes back to…

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Florida East Coast Railway rolls out LNG for locomotives

Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; November 10, 2017 Florida East Coast Railway has become the first…

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USDOT and FRA: Kan moves ahead, Batory still stalled

Written by  William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; November 10, 2017 The United States Senate has advanced President Trump’s…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: Railroad owner urges state to make deal

By DENISE A. RAYMO Press-Republican; November 9, 2017 MINERVA — Saratoga and North Creek Railway President Ed Ellis fired back…

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Iowa Pacific in New York’s Adirondack Mountains: Coalition Urges Governor Cuomo To Stop Tank-Car Storage

By Phil Brown, Adirondack Explorer; November 9, 2017 Four environmental groups and two Adirondack towns have written Governor Andrew Cuomo…

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Manitoba: OmniTrax raises gas prices 30 per cent in Churchill

From Thompson Citizen; November 9, 2017 Another knock-on effect of the suspension of rail service between Gillam and Churchill revealed…

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Manitoba: As Canadian federal government ultimatum for railway nears, Churchill pays the price

By Eric Atkins, Railway Industry Reporter, The Globe and Mail; November 9, 2017 No roads link Churchill, Man., with places…

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