Trump to Schumer: ‘Drop dead’

Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; December 30, 2017 “Non-existent”: This is the exact term the United…

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New York and New Jersey: Trump administration kills Gateway tunnel deal

By Will Bredderman, Crain’s New York Business; December 29, 2017 President Donald Trump dropped his own New Year’s ball—in the…

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All Aboard Florida: Brightline begins service in two weeks, so is the railroad’s expansion inevitable on Florida’s Treasure Coast?

By Andrew Atterbury, TCPalm.com; December 29, 2017 Brightline trains will begin running scheduled passenger service within about two weeks. It’s…

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All Aboard Florida: Take a virtual tour of Brightline higher-speed passenger trains

By Wayne K. Roustan, Reporter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel; December 29, 2017 What will Brightline passengers see when they pass through…

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Bitter cold disrupts VIA Rail service to northern Manitoba communities

By The Canadian Press; Canadian Business; December 28, 2017 WINNIPEG _ Equipment issues related to extremely cold weather have forced…

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Collision as a Minnesota case study: Are stop signs enough at rural railroad crossings?

By Brady Slater, Duluth News Tribune; December 25, 2017 A close call at a rural railroad crossing in St. Louis…

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Editorial regarding Iowa Pacific Holdings: Don’t let up on Adirondack rail storage

By The Editorial Board, The Daily Gazette; December 28, 2017 It’s great that the Cuomo Administration and environmental groups were…

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Iowa Pacific still plans to bring train cars to Adirondacks for storage

By DON LEHMAN, The Post Star; December 27, 2017 The removal of dozens of tanker cars from tracks north of…

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New York: On-time performance goals blinded Metro-North to troubles ahead

By Thomas C. Zambito, lohud.com; December 28, 2017 This is the second of a two-part Journal News/lohud investigation into what…

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New York City Subway Chief Faces Task of Fixing System Without Choking It

By Henry Goldman, Bloomberg; December 28, 2017 Andy Byford, who becomes president of New York City’s transit system in January,…

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Amtrak proposes boarding platform, ADA improvements at Martinsburg, West Virginia train station

By Matthew Umstead, Herald-Mail; December 27, 2017 MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Construction of a 440-foot boarding platform at the Caperton Train…

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Ontario Northland: Through timber to tidewater

Written by John Thompson, Canadian Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; December 28, 2017 Some Railway Age readers will be surprised…

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All Aboard Florida: Brightline rail still standing in station awaiting feds’ OK to begin opeations

By Staff, Miami Today; December 26, 2017 The startup luxury Brightline rail service to link Miami with West Palm Beach…

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Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina train station to be demolished, but future of property unknown

By Ben Graham, Staff Writer, Triangle Business Journal; December 27, 2017 The Amtrak station on West Cabarrus Street in downtown…

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UK video: Trains to Nottingham delayed by horses running on the track

By Chris Breese, nottstv.com; December 27, 2017 Train services between Nottingham and London St Pancras were disrupted by a group…

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New York: Metro-North tries listening to its workforce in effort to prevent future accidents

By Thomas C. Zambito, lohud.com; December 27, 2017 Written in blood. Metro-North veterans invoke the crude phrase to refer to…

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New York: Four years after Spuyten Duyvil, Metro-North struggles to find its way

By Thomas C. Zambito, lohud.com; December 27, 2017 In this two-part special report, The Journal News/lohud looks at how things went wrong…

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Florida East Coast Railway Provides Safety Training for Emergency Responders

A press release from Florida East Coast Railway: JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Florida East Coast (FEC)…

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Canada: Garneau makes push for voice, video recorders in locomotives after Amtrak crash

By The Canadian Press, The Chronicle Herald; December 26, 2017 OTTAWA — A deadly derailment on the west coast of…

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Boston: MBTA rips Keolis investigation of train car detachment

By Matt Stout, Boston Herald; December 26, 2017 The MBTA’s private commuter rail operator fumbled the early stages of a…

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Bob Withers in Huntington, West Virginia: Amtrak going off rails in serving customers

By Bob Withers, The Herald-Dispatch; December 26, 2017 Now it’s official. Printed railroad passenger timetables have followed steam locomotives, cabooses,…

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UK: Find out what happened when we learnt to drive an EMT train – sorry about the cow

By Shannyn Quinn, Senior Reporter, Derby Telegraph; December 26, 2017 For your information, driving a train is complex. Sitting in…

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Iowa Pacific Holdings in New York State: Warren Buffet agrees with conservationists over tank cars; Governor Cuomo wants to take the railroad away from Iowa Pacific because he says they have abandoned the original purpose

By Brian Nearing, The Albany Times-Union; December 26, 2017 Albany – After an appeal from the state, a company controlled…

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The Canadian on Christmas Day: Residents of Spy Hill, Saskatchewan lauded for helping passengers on frozen train

By The Canadian Press, CTV News; December 26, 2017 SPY HILL, Sask. — Tributes are pouring in from across Canada…

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California: Could Amtrak catastrophe happen here in Sacramento? It almost did, leaving some riders scared and angry

By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee; December 26, 2017 Could last Monday’s Amtrak train crash in Washington happen here? It…

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