One person killed when Amtrak train in Crozet, Virginia carrying GOP lawmakers to retreat collides with truck

By Hawes Spencer, Martine Powers, Faiz Siddiqui and Ed O’Keefe, The Washington Post; January 31, 2018 CROZET, Va. — One…

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Rail crossing at Virginia crash site of GOP chartered train has warning signals

By The Associated Press, The Virginian-Pilot; January 31, 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — The railroad crossing where a train carrying Republican…

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OPINION A revised ONTC mandate could allow extended passenger rail service in Northern Ontario

By Lucille Frith, Spokesperson for NEORN, BayToday.ca; January 31, 2018 Corina Moore, ONTC CEO spoke last week about the future…

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State DOTs, regulators and railroads collaborate on grade crossing upgrades, closures

By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 2018 Despite a decrease in the number of grade crossing…

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Report: FRA chief counsel Reyes serving as acting administrator

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 30, 2018 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Chief Counsel Juan Reyes has become the agency’s acting…

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San Antonio, Texas: SunsetStation has been a transportation hub for more than a century

From San Antonio Express News; January 29, 2018 A century-old train station east of downtown was renovated during the late…

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Chicago: Why Canadian Pacific needs every inch of its Bensenville rail yard

By Claire Bushey, Crain’s Chicago Business; January 26, 2018 The freight cars lining the rail yard tracks just south of…

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Canada’s Oil Producers, in Standoff With Railways, Sit Out Oil-Price Rally

By Vipal Monga and David George-Cosh, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Fox Business News; January 28, 2018 TORONTO…

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Canada: CP Rail seeks ‘skin in the game’ from shippers to increase bitumen transport

By The Canadian Press, CBC News Calgary; January 26, 2018 Canadian Pacific Railway is asking crude-by-rail shippers to sign multi-year,…

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Quebec: The night the Swiss Cheese holes lined up

Opinion by Art Miller, Railway Age Magazine; January 26, 2018 After nearly three months of emotional courtroom proceedings and nine…

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Working on the railroad: Montana Rail Link workforce expands as train traffic rises

By KIM BRIGGEMAN, Missoulian; January 26, 2018 Montana Rail Link will hire 90 new track laborers and switchmen in what’s…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: Adirondack Park Agency urged to intervene to end rail-car storage

  By DENISE RAYMO and SUZANNE MOORE, Press-Republican; January 25, 2018 MINERVA — With tons of ice pushed onto the…

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Longest naval gun barrel rolling home by rail to battleship New Jersey museum in Camden, New Jersey

By Carol Comegno, Courier Post; January 26, 2018 CAMDEN – Mighty World War II naval gun barrels that once fired…

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The Daily CSX: Union Pacific Names Cindy Sanborn Regional Vice President

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad: Omaha, Neb., January 26, 2018 Union Pacific today named Cindy Sanborn regional vice…

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Montreal: Exporail train museum keeps track of winter

By Sarah Deshaies, Special to Montreal Gazette; January 26, 2018 Snow is both a pleasure and a chore, and two…

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Union Pacific Begins Brazos Yard Construction in Texas, the Largest Facility Capital Investment in Company History

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad: Spring, Texas, January 25, 2018 Union Pacific Railroad began construction this month on…

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Congestion issues delay but won’t derail CN, analysts say

By Jonathan Ratner, Calgary Herald; January 24, 2018 Investors appear to have largely shrugged off Canadian National Railway Co.’s weak…

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The Daily CSX: CSX, STB and “confusion to the enemy”

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; January 25, 2018 At CSX over the past 12 months, there…

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With help of Virginia Tech students, Radford, Virginia eyes train-viewing platform

  By Dominick Mastrangelo, The Roanoke Times; January 22, 2018 RADFORD — The thunderous sound of a locomotive barreling down…

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The Daily CSX: CSX to retain former B&O main over Sand Patch

By WCBC Radio 1270 AM; January 24, 2018 CSX Transportation is no longer considering the former Baltimore & Ohio main…

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The Daily CSX: CSX considers sale of former Boston & Albany line

By Eric Anderson, The Albany Times-Union; January 24, 2018 CSX Transportation is considering the sale of as much as 8,000…

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