Alstom rallies as investors hope for new deal after Siemens veto

By Josephine Mason, Thyagaraju Adinarayan, Helen Reid and Julien Ponthus, Reuters; February 6, 2019 LONDON (Reuters) – Alstom shares rallied…

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Port Authority bills Norfolk Southern $3 million and questions safety of double-stacked rail cars

By Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; February 5, 2019 Port Authority has joined North Side residents, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation…

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San Francisco Muni forced to cut funding for accelerated train purchase in favor of solar power, merchant bailout fund

By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, San Francisco Examiner; February 5, 2019 While city leaders play tug-of-war over $181 million in windfall…

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Canadian National Railway infrastructure workers ratify new contract with 14-per-cent wage increase

By The Canadian Press, Montreal Gazette; February 5, 2019 TORONTO — Canadian National Railway and the union representing 3,000 employees…

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West Virginia Editorial: Amtrak should drop opposition to New River Train

By The Editorial Board, The Herald-Dispatch; February 5, 2019 Amtrak has a base of loyal customers that many other businesses…

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California: Man arrested in Mount Shasta for jumping on moving Amtrak, honking horn while drunk, shirtless

By Hannah Darden, The Sacramento Bee; February 4, 2019 Early Monday morning, police in Mount Shasta apprehended a drunk man…

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Ireland: Cork-Dublin Train Passenger Journeys Highest on record in 2018

By Mary Bermingham, TheCork.ie; February 4, 2019 A total of 3.46 million passenger journeys were recorded on the Dublin/Cork rail…

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Czech Republic’s national railway operator reports highest transport output since 1994

From Global Railway Review; February 4, 2019 České dráhy – the main railway operator in the Czech Republic – has reported that…

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3D printed components to be tested on passenger trains

From Railway Gazette; February 3, 2019 3D PRINTING: Rolling stock leasing company Angel Trains, engineering consultancy ESG Rail and 3D…

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Tasty oden hot pot served on trains in Japan a novel winter pleasure

By Tatsuya Watanabe and Yomiuri Shimbun, Staff Writers, The Japan News; February 2, 2019 Events to enjoy oden, a Japanese…

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Tampa transit agency chooses Benjamin Limmer as CEO

By Paul Conley, Editor-in-Chief, RT&S Magazine; February 4, 2019 The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Agency (HART), which operates public transportation…

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Canadian railroads re-write drug policies for workers in light of cannabis legalization

By Erik White, CBC News; February 1, 2019 As of Feb. 1, Go Train drivers in southern Ontario are forbidden…

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Indiana’s South Shore eyes new rail cars, other upgrades in capital plans

By Andrew Steele, The Times; February 4, 2019 The South Shore Line has designated $40 million over five years starting…

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India: Railway clerk put off duty for piloting train

From TNN, The Times of India; February 4, 2019 SURAT: The railway booking clerk facing inquiry after his vi .. Click…

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Amtrak names Winters inspector general

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 4, 2019 Amtrak has appointed Kevin Winters inspector general. He succeeds Tom Howard, who is…

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Utah Governor Herbert officially declares 2019 as the ‘Year of the Train’

By MITCH SHAW Standard-Examiner; February 2, 2019 SALT LAKE CITY — 2019 is officially train time in Utah. With a…

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The centennial of the transcontinental railroad all but excluded the Chinese workers who helped build it. As Utah marks the 150th anniversary, their stories are being told.

By Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune; February 3, 2019 They’re extraordinary pieces of history — three gleaming ceremonial…

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31 Elk dead in rare collision with freight train in Southeast Idaho

By Staff, Idaho State Journal; February 2, 2019 In the early morning hours of Jan. 25, a herd of elk…

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3 Canadian Pacific Railway employees killed in train derailment near Field, British Columbia

By Melissa Gilligan and Karen Bartko, Global News; February 4, 2019 Three Canadian Pacific Railway employees were killed after their…

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VIA Rail Canada train evacuated after striking debris near Trenton, Ontario

From CBC News; February 2, 2019 A Via Rail train travelling between Toronto and Ottawa had to be evacuated after it struck debris…

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Flashback: the ICC & the railroads

By Scott Mall, Freight Waves; February 1, 2019 The Interstate Commerce Act was passed in response to rising public concern…

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Demeaned, overworked and all called George: How Black train porters transformed Canada

By Jennifer Yang, Identity and Inequality Reporter, The Toronto Star; February 1, 2019 During the golden age of North American…

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Local View: Nebraska should rejoin rail compact

By RICHARD SCHMELING, Lincoln Journal Star; February 1, 2019 The failure of the Legislature to pass to restore Nebraska’s membership…

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Pikes Peak Cog Railway orders engines, cars, rail for $100 million rebuilding project

By Wayne Heilman, The Gazette; January 31, 2019 The Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway has ordered three new engines, nine…

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BNSF customers invested $3 billion in industrial developments in 2018

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 1, 2019 BNSF Railway Co. announced yesterday that plant construction and upgrade investments made by…

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