$51,000 base salary: Norfolk Southern struggling to hire 30 train conductors in Decatur, Illinois

By Tom Lisi, Herald & Review; August 15, 2018 DECATUR — With a starting wage of more than $20 an…

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Opinion/Commentary: Fueling the renaissance: Public policy and intercity passenger rail in Virginia

By Meredith Richards, The Daily Progress; August 12, 2018 Virginia has been a leader in a national revival of intercity…

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Illinois and Indiana: Decatur & Eastern to take over CSX rail service

By Doug Wolfe, WAND NBC 17; August 10, 2018 Decatur, Ill (WAND) – Decatur & Eastern Railroad is a new…

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EDITORIAL: High-speed rail in California has become a slow-motion train wreck

An Editorial From The Las Vegas Review-Journal; August 10, 2018 High-speed rail in California has turned into a slow-motion train…

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Plans underway to connect Salinas, California Train Station to San Francisco Bay Area

By Eduardo Cuevas, The Californian; August 10, 2018 The ceremonial sledgehammer demolition that took place at the Salinas Train Station…

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Task force looks to return rail service to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

By Evan Brandt, The Mercury; August 10, 2018 PHOENIXVILLE >> Five days after Chester County released a transportation study that…

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The Daily CSX Book Review: EHH, a lean, mean street fighter

By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; August 9, 2018 If ever there were a human equivalent to…

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After Iowa Pacific in New York: Shuttered railway’s future uncertain

By Paul Post, The Saratogian; August 9, 2018 QUEENSBURY, N.Y. >> Warren County Supervisors’ Public Works Committee is scheduled to…

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Pennsylvania: Out-of-staters have lawsuits against CSX tossed from Philadelphia court

By Kyla Asbury, PennRecord; August 8, 2018 PHILADELPHIA — The Superior Court of Pennsylvania on July 20 ruled a trial…

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Chicago and railroad police use of ‘bait truck,’ caught on viral video, is criticized by alderman, ACLU

By Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune; August 8, 2018 A joint investigation by Chicago police and the Norfolk Southern Railroad that…

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National Transportation Safety Board: Enough blame to go around for Biloxi, Mississippi CSX freight train and tour bus crash

By TANYA SNYDER, With help from Mary Lee and Stephanie Beasley, Politico Morning Transportation; August 8, 2018 ENOUGH BLAME TO…

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One less Iowa Pacific railroad: Christmas Town train railroad sold

By Jason Bolton, Data Editor, Memphis Business Journal; August 8, 2018 A regional railroad that serves the Memphis market has…

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Here’s what happens when a train car’s shipping container loses its lunch

By Anthony Conroy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; August 7, 2018 While crews moved around shipping containers left over from Sunday’s train derailment,…

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Passenger rail service still needs backing

Commentary By Evan Stair, Santa Fe New Mexican; August 7, 2018 Many hopes rest on the Udall-Moran Southwest Chief Route…

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The Daily CSX: CSX revamps management structure in latest operational change

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; August 7, 2018 CSX Corp. is reorganizing its management structure in its latest…

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Union Pacific slowing California high speed rail: Report

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; August 6, 2018 A dispute between Union Pacific and contractors threatens to…

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BNSF to spend $750K on road repairs in Western Montana derailment settlement

By PATRICK REILLY, Montana Standard; August 3, 2018 BNSF Railway has agreed to pay the U.S. government $200,000 and spend…

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Norfolk Southern begins derailment cleanup in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; August 6, 2018 A Norfolk Southern Railway freight train derailed yesterday near Station Square in Pittsburgh,…

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Texas: Sinkhole opens on Union Pacific tracks in Van Zandt Co, Amtrak’s Texas Eagle train delayed 6 hours

By Staff, KYTX; August 6, 2018 VAN ZANDT — A sinkhole opened up along the railroad tracks in Van Zandt…

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Senate OKs $16.1 billion for transit, passenger rail

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; August 2, 2018 The U.S. Senate yesterday approved a fiscal-year 2019 appropriations bill that provides $16.1…

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After Iowa Pacific in New York State: Warren County warns rail tracks still active

By Zachary Matson, The Daily Gazette; August 2, 2018 Warren County officials warned people this week that the railroad it…

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The Andersons acquiring FreightCar America Danville plant

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; August 1, 2018 The Andersons Inc. on Aug. 1 signed an agreement…

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Germany: DB records steep drop in first half profit

By David Briginshaw, International Railway Journal; July 27, 2018 GERMAN Rail (DB) recorded a 17.4% drop in Ebit to €974m…

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Senate committee approves one appointee and bill approved relating to assault on passenger train crews

By BRIANNA GURCIULLO, With help from Stephanie Beasley, Politico Morning Transportation; August 2, 2018 ONE AND DONE: The Senate Commerce…

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