Unique New Orleans moments: Union Passenger Terminal opens in 1954

Staff Report, The New Orleans Advocate; December 27, 2017 The New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal replaced five railroad stations that…

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Washington State: Sound Transit applies for $1 billion grant for Lynnwood light-rail extension

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; December 27, 2017 Sound Transit‘s board late last week approved its application for a $1.17 billion…

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Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina train station to be demolished, but future of property unknown

By Ben Graham, Staff Writer, Triangle Business Journal; December 27, 2017 The Amtrak station on West Cabarrus Street in downtown…

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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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New York: Metro-North tries listening to its workforce in effort to prevent future accidents

By Thomas C. Zambito, lohud.com; December 27, 2017 Written in blood. Metro-North veterans invoke the crude phrase to refer to…

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New York: Four years after Spuyten Duyvil, Metro-North struggles to find its way

By Thomas C. Zambito, lohud.com; December 27, 2017 In this two-part special report, The Journal News/lohud looks at how things went wrong…

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Transit is a top priority for Tampa, Florida residents, Mayor Buckhorn survey shows

By Janelle Irwin, Reporter, Tampa Bay Business Journal; December 26, 2017 Fixing traffic congestion in the Tampa Bay region is…

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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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Boston: MBTA rips Keolis investigation of train car detachment

By Matt Stout, Boston Herald; December 26, 2017 The MBTA’s private commuter rail operator fumbled the early stages of a…

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Bob Withers in Huntington, West Virginia: Amtrak going off rails in serving customers

By Bob Withers, The Herald-Dispatch; December 26, 2017 Now it’s official. Printed railroad passenger timetables have followed steam locomotives, cabooses,…

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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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The Canadian on Christmas Day: Residents of Spy Hill, Saskatchewan lauded for helping passengers on frozen train

By The Canadian Press, CTV News; December 26, 2017 SPY HILL, Sask. — Tributes are pouring in from across Canada…

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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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California: Driving Metrolink trains is a family affair for these four Inland residents

By Imran Ghori, The Press-Enterprise, Daily Bulletin; December 22, 2017 If you’re on a Metrolink train in the Inland area,…

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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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Washington State: Sound Transit a ‘little nervous’ about $1.2B light rail grant

  By Noah Haglund, HeraldNet.com; December 24, 2017 LYNNWOOD — The timeline for getting light rail to Snohomish County slipped…

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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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World’s first solar-powered train mixes the old and the new along Australian coast

By Nick Lavars, New Atlas; December 18, 2017 Those visiting the northern New South Wales coastline in Australia will have…

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Central Florida commentary: Today’s SunRail is just the start

By Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel; December 19, 2017 I’m sitting on the top deck of a SunRail car, cruising through…

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