NJ Transit preps for winter weather

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 5, 2017 New Jersey Transit announced yesterday that it has finished winterizing hundreds of rail…

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Orient Express-style luxury train plan unveiled in New Zealand

By Todd Niall, Auckland Correspondent and Laura Dooney, Journalist, Radio New Zealand; December 4, 2017 An ambitious plan has been…

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UK: New rail destinations for commuters to begin next spring from Cambridgeshire to London

From ITV News; December 4, 2017 For decades rail users travelling south from Cambridge and Peterborough have found Kings Cross…

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USDOT repeals ECP brake rule

Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; December 5, 2017 The U.S. Department of Transportation on Dec. 4…

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New York Can Save Billions on Rail Tunnels If Long Island Rail Road Agrees to Share Track

By Alon Levy, Streetsblog New York City; December 4, 2017 German transit planners have a saying: organization before electronics before concrete.…

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More projects in the works for Amtrak’s New York State Empire Service

By Eric Anderson, Albany Times-Union; December 4, 2017 Rensselaer – Projects intended to improve Amtrak’s Empire Service are in the…

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Canadian feds announce funding for Churchill, Manitoba, as rail dispute continues

By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press, National Post; December 1, 2017 CHURCHILL, Man. — The federal government has announced millions…

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AAR to USDOT: Base regulations on ‘safety successes’

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 4, 2017 The Association of American Railroads (AAR) late last week filed comments with the…

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Governor Cuomo names Paul Karas to head New York State Department Of Transportation

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 4, 2017 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed infrastructure consultant Paul Karas to be…

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The Daily CSX: Hunter Harrison says ‘No red carpet’ when I arrived at CSX Corp. and it hurt his feelings a little bit

By Mark Basch, The Financial News & Daily Record; December 4, 2017 A month after CSX Corp. announced a shakeup…

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UK: ‘People felt cut off’: talk of reopening railway line sparks hope in Devon

By Steven Morris, The Guardian; December 1, 2017 Romantically minded railway enthusiasts in the West Country town of Okehampton dream…

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Nova Scotia: Halifax Explosion commemoration to recognize growing legend of railroad telegraph operator hero Vince Coleman

By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press, National Post; December 4, 2017 HALIFAX — Exactly one century after he died, mustachioed…

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Pennsylvania: Erie’s Union Station marks 90th year Most Popular Our Picks

By Jim Martin, GoErie.com; December 4, 2017 Jim Berlin, founder and CEO of Erie-based Logistics Plus, doesn’t claim to be…

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Iowa Pacific In Oregon: Train To Christmas Town derails; passengers put on buses

A bumpy ride: Hood River’s Christmas Town Train derails By KOIN 6 News Staff; December 1, 2017 PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN)…

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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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Two Major Unions Join In Ratifying Agreements With The Freight Railroads

A press release from National Railway Labor Conference: Accords now cover more than 81,000 employees in national bargaining ARLINGTON, Va.,…

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New York State: At 50, Empire Service has covered a lot of ground

By Eric Anderson, the Albany Times-Union; December 2, 2017 Rensselaer – Fifty years ago this weekend, the famous “name” trains…

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The Berkshire Eagle Opinion: Anticipate last mile for Berkshire County-New York City train

From The Berkshire Eagle; December 1, 2017 Connecting Berkshire County to New York City by train is not all about…

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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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The World’s Greatest Travel System has many children in today’s travel world

The Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in the early days, was the privately owned railroad company in Canada which built Canada’s…

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Odors, long lines, closures plague Los Angeles Union Station bathrooms, so Metro will spend millions to fix them

By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News; November 30, 2017 William Meyers was recovering from a bladder operation…

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FRA extends deadline for passenger railroads to create safety programs

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 1, 2017 The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has once again delayed a requirement for commuter…

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Maine: Passenger rail service plans December ‘test runs’ to Rockland

By Lauren Abbate, Staff, Bangor Daily News; December 1, 2017 ROCKLAND, Maine ― Amtrak’s passenger rail service might extend as…

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