Canada: $850 million worth of manufactured goods are ‘sitting idle’ every day that rail lines are blocked

By Sam McGriskin, The Post Millennial.; February 26, 2020 Blockades across the country continue to put a halt on the…

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Canada – ‘The barricades need to come down now’: Trudeau says he can no longer wait for negotiations on rail protests

By Ryan Tumilty, National Post; February 21, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared Friday that crippling rail blockades must end…

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U.S., Georgia, Exclusive: CSX to reactivate Hulsey Yard, frustrating neighbors’ dreams for site

By Sean Keenan, Curbed Atlanta; February 21, 2020 Just days after the Atlanta City Council proposed legislation that would urge…

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U.S., Texas: Loads of locomotives light up Harborside Drive in Galveston

By JOHN WAYNE FERGUSON, Senior Reporter, The Daily News; February 20, 2020 GALVESTON Dozens of orange-and-yellow locomotives have been parked…

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U.S., Virginia: Norfolk Southern to cut operations in Roanoke

By Jeff Sturgeon, The Roanoke Times; February 18, 2020 Norfolk Southern will close its historic locomotive shop on Campbell Avenue…

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U.S., Colorado: Group wants Surface Transportation Board to encourage sale of Tennessee Pass rail line

By Bill Wilson, Editor-in-Chief, RT&S Magazine; February 19, 2020 If you can’t get what you want, ask the Surface Transportation…

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Canada: Majority of CN freight too large for trucking industry

By Derek Baldwin, The Belleville Intelligencer; February 19, 2020 With shipping containers piling up at rail heads and marine ports…

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Europe, Switzerland: Huge tunnel network creates new railway link through the Alps

By CNN, News Channel 3; February 20, 2020 Thousands of feet under the Swiss Alps, a new high-speed, high-capacity railway…

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Canada: CN Rail to shut down Eastern Canadian operations due to protests

From Reuters; February 13, 2020 (Reuters) – Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) will shut operations in Eastern Canada as its…

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Canada: Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters block railway traffic in Ontario

By The Canadian Press, BNN Bloomberg; February 10, 2020 BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Protesters halted train travel along two of VIA Rail’s busiest…

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U.S., Minnesota: NLX project leaders request $40 million in state funding

By Kaitlyn Moffett, KBJR 6 NBC; February 10, 2020 DULUTH, MN — A project years in the making aims to…

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U.S., Utah: Proposal to create a statewide rail plan leaves station

By Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune; February 7, 2020 Lawmakers took a first step Thursday toward creating an integrated…

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U.S., Montana: Missoula County unveils railway resolution in push to restore southern passenger route

By: By Martin Kidston, Missoula Current, KPAX 8; February 7, 2020 MISSOULA — Efforts to establish a regional rail authority…

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U.S., Editorial: Ambitious transportation plan positions Virginia for the future

By The Virginian-Pilot & Daily Press Editorial Board, The Virginian-Pilot, Daily Press; February 06, 2020 Was this supposed to be…

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U.S., Maryland: CSX tunnel project could be completed by 2024, Baltimore port official says

By Holden Wilen, Reporter, Baltimore Business Journal; February 5, 2020 A long-awaited expansion of the Howard Street Tunnel could be…

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U.S., South Carolina: Man dies after fall from moving Amtrak train

From Walterboro Live; January 30, 2020 A Charleston man died after apparently jumping from a moving Amtrak train on Sunday…

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U.S., Kansas, Oklahoma: Passenger rail advocates await BNSF’s study of expansion costs

By Tim Carpenter, The Hutchinson News; January 22, 2020 The challenge of stretching Amtrak passenger service from Oklahoma City to…

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U.S. Commentary: Positive Train Control costs Alaska Railroad… does it add value?

By Darren Prokop, Freight Waves; January 16, 2020 Railroads and pipelines, unlike other modes of transportation, have to finance and…

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U.S. – Union Pacific CEO: Precision Scheduled Railroading is dead. Long live Precision Scheduled Railroading.

By Emma Cosgrove, Supply Chain Drive; January 16, 2020 LOMBARD, Ill. — Precision-scheduled railroading (PSR) is an outdated phrase, Union…

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U.S.: CSX revenue drops, but railroad eyes growth in 2020

By Ellen Schneider, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; January 16, 2020 Despite positives like a record-breaking operating ratio and a 1…

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U.S., South Florida: Train tunnel under New River would cost $3.3 billion, but some say it’s worth it

By Susannah Bryan, South Florida Sun Sentinel; January 13, 2020 When it comes to whisking train passengers through downtown Fort…

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U.S., Washington State: Meet the group trying to electrify America’s railroads

By Aaron Kunkler, Bellevue Reporter; January 13, 2020 Mary Paterson’s involvement in solutionary rail, a vision to electrify rail corridors…

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U.S.: Why Celebrities Flock to This Tiny Town in Idaho

By Sarah Kuta, Fodor’s Travel; January 11, 2020 Sun Valley was the place to be in the 1930s and 40s,…

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U.S., West Virginia: Legislators seek meeting with railroad execs in effort to salvage idled intermodal complex

By PHIL KABLER, HD Media, The Herald-Dispatch; January 8, 2020 CHARLESTON — A legislative interim committee is calling for a…

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U.S., Virginia Opinion/Editorial: Rail initiative would benefit commonwealth

By The Editorial Board, The Daily Progress; January 7, 2020 Major improvements to rail transportation now being finalized will prove…

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