Manitoba: Churchill railway may be closed a second winter

By Dylan Robertson, Winnipeg Free Press; October 4, 2018 OTTAWA — The new owners of the railway to Churchill warned…

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Man who stopped Amtrak’s California Zephyr in Nebraska gets federal prison time for terrorism charge

By LORI PILGER, Lincoln Journal Star; October 5, 2018 A judge in Nebraska has sentenced a Missouri man to 14…

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Canada: RCMP say first responders got to fatal train derailment as quickly as they could

From CBC News; October 3, 2018 The RCMP say emergency responders reacted as quickly as they could to a fatal…

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Amtrak finishing renovations to Castleton, Vermont station

By KATE BARCELLOS, Staff Writer, Rutland Herald; October 3, 2018 CASTLETON — Amtrak will finish renovations at its Castleton station…

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Positive Train Control: Most Passenger Railroads Expect to Request an Extension and Substantial Work Remains Beyond 2018 Says Government Accountability Office Report

A press release from the United States Government Accountability Office; October 3, 2018: Forty railroads, including Amtrak, commuter, and freight…

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Amtrak Inspector General: Safety, training, staffing and repairs are challenges

By Max Smith, WTOP; October 2, 2018 WASHINGTON — Recent Amtrak crashes and a push to operate more like a…

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Long Island Rail Road to replace century-old bridge on Oyster Bay Branch

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; October 2, 2018 MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) later this week will replace the Buckram…

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Amtrak reform: Attention must be paid

By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; October 2, 2018 Watching Washington, October 2018: From operating plans to…

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Canada: Union asks Manitoba’s medical examiner for inquest into fatal train derailment

By The Canadian Press, The Globe And Mail; October 2, 2018 A union is calling for an inquest into the…

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Rail, government officials mark 75th Street Corridor project in Chicago

Editor’s Note from F.K. Plous, Corridor Capital’s Director of Communications: The CREATE program has kicked off the single most important…

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Inspector General report: Amtrak makes financial gains but safety issues persist

By Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post; October 1, 2018 Amtrak cut its annual operating losses by nearly half last…

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India: Snake bites passenger on board Sangam Express

By TNN, The Times of India; October 1, 2018 KANPUR: A passenger on board the Meerut-bound Sangam Express .. Click here…

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New England: ConnDOT finishes Hartford Line track project

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; September 26, 2018 HARTFORD — The Connecticut Department of Transportation said Tuesday it has completed four…

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New York/New Jersey: This PATH train was so crowded a man remained standing after fainting

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; September 26, 2018 A PATH train was so crowded Wednesday morning that when a man passed…

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France to modernise remaining overnight trains

By Keith Barrow, International Railway Journal; September 24, 2018 THE French state will provide €30m to modernise rolling stock used…

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$2 Billion ‘Grand Central of the West’ terminal is shut down over safety concerns

By Bradford Betz, Fox News; September 26, 2018 A San Francisco transit terminal which took nearly 10 years to build…

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Canadian National cuts cheque to help cover cost of fighting Winnipeg, Manitoba brush fires

By The Canadian Press, The Province; September 24, 2018 WINNIPEG — Canadian National Railway says it’s sending a cheque to…

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The Daily CSX: North Carolina town sues CSX for Hurricane Florence flooding

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; September 24, 2018 Citizens of Lumberton, North Carolina filed a class-action Monday suit…

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Norfolk Southern wins appeal of Allen County, Indiana citations

By Niki Kelly, The Journal Gazette; September 24, 2018 INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Supreme Court ruled today that Allen County…

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UK: How Virgin Trains is using tech to become a customer-obsessed company

By Taylor Bragg, T_HQ; September 21, 2018 It’s been over 200 years since the first passenger train ran in the…

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It’s New Jersey Transit’s go-to excuse for canceling trains, but it’s not the whole story

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; September 24, 2018 For NJ Transit commuters, the initials PTC might as well stand for Potential…

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The Daily CSX: Rail company blamed for Hurricane Florence flooding in North Carolina town

By Phil McCausland, NBC News; September 21, 2018 LUMBERTON, N.C. — People who live on the south side of town…

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South Florida: Track repairs will slow Tri-Rail trains for the rest of the year

By Wayne K. Roustan, Reporter, South Florida Sun Sentinel; September 21, 2018 Railroad track maintenance and repairs are expected to…

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Sunset Limited: 25th anniversary of deadliest Amtrak crash in history

Editor’s Note: Two permanent plaques commemorate the tragedy and lives lost when the Sunset Limited plunged from the Big Bayou…

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Authorities say no one hurt after Union Pacific train derails into northwest Iowa river

By Austin Cannon, Des Moines Register; September 23, 2018 Authorities responded to another train derailment in a small northwest Iowa…

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