The Daily CSX: CSX giving Howard Street Tunnel project another look, Maryland’s port chief says

By Holden Wilen, Reporter, Baltimore Business Journal; February 15, 2018 The Maryland Port Administration is studying two alternatives for the…

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Amtrak CEO: How we are making Amtrak safer

By Richard Anderson, Opinion Contributor, The Hill; February 14, 2018 Recent high profile accidents have understandably shined a spotlight on…

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New York & Atlantic Railway Workers Sue, Citing Discrimination and Low Pay

By COLIN MOYNIHAN, The New York Times; February 14, 2018 For more than a year, Mario Pesantez said, he was…

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Massachusetts: Berkshire Flyer group awaits Amtrak prices for NYC-to-Pittsfield passenger rail

By Heather Bellow, The Berkshire Eagle, February 15, 2018 LENOX — It has been hailed as a $1 billion-a-year solution…

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Union Pacific facing dozen lawsuits alleging cancer-causing substances in workplace

  By Russell Hubbard, Staff Writer, Omaha World-Herald; February 15, 2018 A dozen former Union Pacific workers have filed identical…

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Railroad officials tell Congress many won’t meet deadline for lifesaving automatic braking systems

By Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post; February 15, 2018 A decade after Congress ordered the nation’s railroads to install…

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Report: ‘Human decision making’ was likely one of the main culprits in the Amtrak Silver Star-CSX train crash

By Jeremy Turnage, Digital Content Manager, WIS 10; February 15, 2018 WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – A preliminary report by…

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The Daily CSX: As CSX workforce shrinks, accidents pile up and morale plummets

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; February 14, 2018 The rate of accidents involving CSX Corp. trains have been…

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The Daily CSX – Tony Hatch on CSX: Looking back on Q4 2017 and forward to March 1

By Tony Hatch, Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 2018 If you listened to CSX Corp.’s Jan. 16 earnings call, it might…

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These people were hit by trains — and lived to talk about it

By Lisa J. Huriash and Erika Pesantes, Reporters, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; February 13, 2018 Pascual Vasquez Morales can’t remember the…

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Senate confirms Batory, others to DOT posts

By LAUREN GARDNER, With help from Stephanie Beasley, Brianna Gurciullo and Tanya Snyder, Politico Morning Transportation; February 14, 2018 SENATE…

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Former Canadian Pacific IT worker sentenced to 1 year in prison for hacking into company network

By Trevor Squire, Star Tribune; February 13, 2018 Christopher V. Grupe, 46, of Minneapolis, was found guilty of willfully damaging…

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FINALLY! Senate confirms top rail safety official

By David Shepardson, Reuters; February 13, 2018 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed late on Tuesday a former…

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Louisville & Indiana Railroad uses logo to honor, recruit veterans

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 13, 2018 Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) has painted a new logo on two diesel…

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Greece: New alignment opens with the longest railway tunnel in the Balkans

From Railway Gazette; February 12, 2018 GREECE: The first train ran on the recently-completed 54 km Tithorea – Lianokladi line…

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Association of American Railroads praises start of Trump infrastructure plan

By Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 12, 2018 The Association of American Railroads today said it supports…

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Powerful LED-based train headlight optimized for energy savings

A press release from The Optical Society; February 13, 2018 WASHINGTON — Researchers have designed a new LED-based train headlight…

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Manitoba: New group pushes Winnipeg rail yard move

By Aldo Santin, Winnipeg Free Press; February 12, 2018 A community activist and a former Manitoba Appeals Court judge have…

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UK: Diesel is dying – let steam trains ride to the rescue

By Simon Jenkins, The Guardian; February 12, 2018 New ministers always go a little mad in the early days of…

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Trump signs budget bill with small-railroad tax credit

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; February 9, 2018 The regional and short line railroad investment tax…

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America’s railroad blues are self-inflicted wounds

By Jon Talton, Columnist, The Seattle Times; February 10, 2018 From the Dec. 18th derailment of Amtrak Cascades 501 to…

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White House releases 55-page, $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan

By Mallory Shelbourne, The Hill; February 12, 2018 The White House on Monday officially released a 55-page proposal for President…

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Most U.S. rail workers show support for UP, BNSF union labor contract that covers 15,000 employees in Nebraska

  By Russell Hubbard, Staff Writer, Omaha World-Herald; February 10, 2018 Railroad labor unions representing the more than 13,000 industry…

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Top U.S. Railroad Official Out After Reports of Moonlighting

By Arit John, Bloomberg Politics; February 10, 2018 Heath Hall has resigned as a top official with the Federal Railroad…

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New York City: Return of Queens commuter rail feasible, but costly

By  Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; February 8, 2018 A study conducted by AECOM on behalf of the New York…

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