New Jersey Transit adds PTSI Transportation’s Route Learning System™

Written by Stuart Chirls, Senior Editor, Railway Age Magazine; November 8, 2017 PTSI Transportation has completed work on the application…

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The Daily CSX: Waycross, Georgia Looks for Answers in Childhood Cancer Outbreak

From The Daily Hornet; November 6, 2017 Waycross, Georgia is a town of about 15,000 people that sits on top…

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Northern Manitobans feel the bite as rail company OmniTRAX cuts service, charges new fees

By Sean Kavanagh, CBC News, November 5, 2017 Omnitrax is raising fees, cutting service and moving equipment out of Manitoba, prompting…

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Boston: Boy’s Quick Thinking Saves Commuter Rail Train From Potential Disaster

By Bill Shields, CBS Boston 4 WBZ; November 3, 2017 HAVERHILL (CBS) – An 11-year old boy saw a tree…

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Boston: MBTA highlights $101M invested in winter resiliency efforts

Written by Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; November 3, 2017 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is highlighting the $101…

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TSA Administrator: No need for airport-like security for rail travel

By Leslie Josephs, CNBC; November 2, 2017 Airport-like security screenings are not necessary for Amtrak or other rail travel, the…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: A Legal Case Against Storing Tank Cars In Adirondacks

By Phil Brown, Adirondack Explorer; October 31, 2017 Governor Andrew Cuomo is opposed to storing empty tank-cars on tracks in…

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New York City’s public transit somehow ranked best in the nation

By Danielle Furfaro and Lia Eustachewich, New York Post; October 29, 2017 What the F? City straphangers just endured a…

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Ontario: Imminent closure of Huron Central Rail will put hundreds of Sault, Algoma area jobs at risk

By Content Team, Sault Online; October 31, 2017 New Democrats renew commitment to fund upgrades at Huron Central and save…

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Philadelphia: These are SEPTA’s worst rail lines. Here’s why.

By Justine McDaniel, Jason Laughlin & Dylan Purcell, Staff Writers, Philly.com; October 31, 2017 For commuters heading home to Bucks…

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California just got 125-mph locomotives. Here’s why they still can’t outrace your car

By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee; October 29, 2017 The cleanest and fastest diesel locomotives in the country began rolling…

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Norfolk Southern Railway sues over millions of rail ties it calls defective

By Jeff Martin, Associated Press, The Virginian-Pilot; October 30, 2017 ATLANTA (AP) — One of the nation’s largest railroads must…

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In the Adirondack Mountains: Forest Preserve Oil Cars And Iowa Pacific Intentions

By Tim Rowland, Adirondack Almanack; October 29, 2017 I have a history of missing the big picture. When I see…

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The Daily CSX: Teamsters hold public picket against CSX future health benefits in Jacksonville, Florida

By Drew Dixon, The Florida Times-Union; October 30, 2017 A division of the Teamsters union held what it called an…

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South Africa: Council approves plan to take over Cape Town’s trains

From GroundUp, Daily Maverick: October 27, 2017 Brett Herron, Mayco Member for Transportation and Urban Development, presented a business plan…

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South Florida: When will Brightline trains leave the station?

By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel; October 27, 2017 Florida’s new high-speed train is supposed to hit the tracks in…

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Amtrak Apologizes After Passenger Forced To Remove Anti-Trump Button in Chicago

By Heather Cherone and Linze Rice, dnainfo; October 27, 2017 DOWNTOWN — A Chicago woman traveling by Amtrak to Seattle Friday told DNAinfo…

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New York City: Undercover and underground with NYPD elite anti-crime subway unit

By Tim Fleischer, WABC Eyewitness News 7; October 27, 2017 BRONX, New York (WABC) — Undercover. Underground. Members of an…

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Singapore Must Junk Hong Kong’s Rail Model

By Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Gadfly; October 26, 2017 Singapore works. Or that was the city-state’s reputation until one December day…

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New Jersey Transit, facing shortage, is slow to train locomotive engineers

By Curtis Tate, Staff Writer, NorthJersey.com; October 27, 2017 NJ Transit takes longer to train locomotive engineers than any of…

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New York Governor Cuomo Opposes Tank Cars On Adirondack Line

By Phil Brown, Adirondack Explorer; October 26, 2017 In an appearance in Warren County, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that…

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Passenger describes sudden stop on Amtrak’s California Zephyr in Nebraska before suspect’s arrest

By Sydney Edwards, NTV ABC; October 25, 2017 HOLDREGE, Neb. — An armed man was arrested after police say he pulled…

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