U.S. – New York Cross Harbor Rail Tunnel? Not in our lifetime: The Federal Transit Man Opinion

By Larry Penner, RT&S Magazine; June 16, 2020 There is only $70 million for advancing an environmental study for the…

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U.S., Florida: Virgin Trains USA, Wabtec Sign $120 Million PTC Deal

By Andrew Corselli, Managing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; June 16, 2020 Virgin Trains USA (VTUSA), more commonly known under its original name,…

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Canada, Nova Scotia: Cape Bretoners call for repairs to crumbling rail line

By Tom Ayers ,CBC News; June 16, 2020 Some Cape Bretoners are calling for immediate repairs to the crumbling rail…

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U.S., New Mexico: George R.R. Martin buys the historic Santa Fe Southern Railway with two other partners

By Abhijeet Singh, Wiki of Thrones; June 1, 2020 Most of us may not remember when exactly we lost interest…

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U.S.: Surface Transportation Board issues decisions on demurrage and accessorial charges

By Joanna Marsh, Freight Waves; May 1, 2020 The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has made three decisions defining how the…

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U.S., Utah: Why a $600 million herd of iron horses has been put out to pasture in Salt Lake City

By John Hollenhorst, Deseret News; April 26, 2020 SALT LAKE CITY — If a railroad locomotive is an iron horse,…

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Canada, Alberta: Grizzly bears eating grain contaminated with heavy metals and hydrocarbons

By Cathy Ellis, St. Albert Today; April 16, 2020 BANFF – Bears are feeding on contaminated grain and vegetation along the…

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U.S.: Norfolk Southern sheds hundreds of locomotives

By Joanna Marsh, Freight Waves; April 16, 2020 Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) has shed approximately 300 locomotives and intends to…

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U.S.: Honk if you love transit and train workers! Trains salute vital staff

By The Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle; April 15, 2020 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. train horns can deliver an…

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India: Indian Railways delivers camel milk for autistic child

From The Economic Times; April 12, 2020 The Indian Railways, which has deployed its manpower for transporting essential items across…

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U.S., Freight Railroads: U.S. Railroads Push Against Oil Industry Demands for Storage in Rail Cars

By Reuters, The New York Times; April 9, 2020 NEW YORK — Railroads are clamping down on rising demand from…

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U.S.: Alaska Railroad netted solid profit in 2019 but uncertainty lies ahead

By Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News; April 7, 2020 The Alaska Railroad Corp. turned a solid…

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Canada, Ontario: Ontario Northland Transportation Commission has a new boss

By BayToday Staff, Northern Ontario Business; April 7, 2020 It’s been a long time coming and a lot of behind-the-scenes…

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U.S. – Answering the Call: BNSF Keeps Supplies Moving in Times of Crisis

A press release from BNSF Railway; March 27, 2020: We don’t have to wait for the history books to tell…

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U.S., Montana: BNSF Railway Takes Back Track to Kalispell

By Justin Franz, Flathead Beacon; April 3, 2020 One of the largest railroads in America has resumed operations on the…

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Canada, Ontario: Canadian Pacific Railway launching daily tribute to COVID-19 emergency workers

By Bryan Passifume, Toronto Sun; April 3, 2020 As part of the global movement to pay tribute to emergency workers…

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U.S.: Alaska Railroad delays passenger season start

By Beth Verge, KTUU NBC 2; April 2, 2020 ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – The Alaska Railroad will not begin its passenger…

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U.S., California – Eduardo Moreno: California Man Tried to Crash Train Into USNS Mercy, Feds Say

By Tom Cleary, heavy.com; April 2, 2020 Eduardo Moreno is a California man and train engineer at the Port of…

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U.S.: California engineer derails train over suspicion about coronavirus aid ship USNS Mercy, feds say

By Vandana Rambaran, Fox News; April 1, 2020 A train engineer intentionally drove a locomotive full speed ahead off the…

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U.S., New York: New York City Companies Turn to Rail as Truck Congestion and Freight Costs Soar

By Hugo Britt, thomasnet.com; March 24, 2020 New York City traffic is legendary. For decades, Manhattan has been defined by…

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U.S., Colorado: Feds refuse to force Tennessee Pass rail line sale

By Randy Wyrick, Vail Daily; March 22, 2020 A federal agency will not force Union Pacific to sell a railroad…

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Canada: CP Rail employees were told not to self-isolate after vacation until federal officials stepped in

By Joel Dryden, CBC News; March 21, 2020 After a week of asserting its employees should not be subject to…

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U.S., Maine Voices: For sake of our economy, environment, move slowly on converting Maine rail lines to trails

By Richard Rudolph and Jack Sutton, Special to the Press Herald; March 5, 2020 Late last week we learned of…

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U.S.: Regulators issue final rule affecting fines levied by railroads, including CSX

From Jacksonville Business Journal; March 2, 2020 Ten months after a contentious hearing about fees railroads charge their customers, the…

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U.S.: Number of price-fixing lawsuits filed against CSX, other railroads jumps to 266

By Ellen Schneider, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; March 2, 2020 Dozens more suits accusing the nation’s largest railroads of colluding…

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