The Andersons acquiring FreightCar America Danville plant

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; August 1, 2018 The Andersons Inc. on Aug. 1 signed an agreement…

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Tri-Rail logged highest on-time performance in July

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; August 2, 2018 Last month, the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority‘s (SFRTA) Tri-Rail service achieved the…

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Germany: DB records steep drop in first half profit

By David Briginshaw, International Railway Journal; July 27, 2018 GERMAN Rail (DB) recorded a 17.4% drop in Ebit to €974m…

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Senate committee approves one appointee and bill approved relating to assault on passenger train crews

By BRIANNA GURCIULLO, With help from Stephanie Beasley, Politico Morning Transportation; August 2, 2018 ONE AND DONE: The Senate Commerce…

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Government of Canada invests $20.7 million to improve rail safety

A press release from Transport Canada; August 1, 2018: OTTAWA, Aug. 1, 2018 /CNW/ – With over 40,000 kilometres of…

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New York City: Critics blame scaffold law for East Side Access megaproject’s insurance costs ballooning 557%

By Will Bredderman, Crain’s New York Business; July 30, 2018 Documents from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board meeting last week…

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Senate bill will keep Amtrak’s Southwest Chief rail service intact

By Rafael Garcia, The Wichita Eagle; August 1, 2018 Westward passenger train service on the Southwest Chief line should stay…

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Virginia: Is passenger rail service coming to the New River Valley?

By William Paine, The Southwest Times; August 1, 2018 Last week’s meeting of the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors featured…

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Buckingham Branch launches Norfolk Division

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; August 1, 2018 Buckingham Branch Railroad on Aug. 1 launched its new…

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ATK, CEO, OTP, PTC, F&B, BLT, UP, etc. Challenges, challenges.

Note: Russ Jackson is the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review, and a huge fan of BLT…

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Amtrak solicits community’s ideas for redevelopment of Baltimore’s Penn Station

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Reporter, The Baltimore Sun; July 31, 2018 Baltimoreans peppered developers and Amtrak officials with ideas Tuesday for…

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Canadian National Rail CEO Vows Loyalty to Grain Farmers as Oil Shipments Climb

By Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg; July 31, 2018 Crude oil demand may be on the rise again, but Canadian National Railway…

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‘Cardinal rule violation’: Revelstoke, B.C., train engineer speaks out after unbraked explosive freight verdict

By David P. Ball, The Star; July 31, 2018 VANCOUVER—A longtime Canadian Pacific Railway engineer in Revelstoke, B.C., said he’s…

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Cost effective proposal for rail in California and from Boston to Washington

By Brian Wang, Next Big Future; July 31, 2018 Significant improvements to the trip times of the San Diego to…

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Norfolk Southern partners with Heartwood 3D to develop and deploy simulation-based training, starting with Class I brake test inspection

A press release from Norfolk Southern Corporation; July 31, 2018: NORFOLK, Va. and SAN MATEO, Calif., July 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — As…

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Oil-by-rail reaches record levels in May — on track to rise higher still amid pipeline crunch

By Geoffrey Morgan, National Post; The London Free Press; July 30, 2018 CALGARY – Canadian shipments of oil via rail…

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Why Philadelphia’s Suburban Station is in the heart of the city

By Katherine Nails, Staff Writer, Philly.com; July 30, 2018 In late September 1930, Lit Brothers was having a sale. Suburban…

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THEN AND NOW: Photos that show how glamorous traveling on trains used to be

By Zoë Miller, Thisisinsider.com; July 30, 2018 Planes may get you where you’re going more quickly, but there’s something to…

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The journey is the vacation on this 35-hour train trip on the Coast Starlight

By Nicole Evatt, Associated Press, The Register Citizen; July 30, 2018 LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was late Friday night…

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California: Calculations show bullet train can complete route within 2 hours and 40 minutes. Reality may prove slower

By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times; July 29, 2018 When California voters approved construction of a bullet train in 2008,…

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Heatwave could cause further rail closures in Sweden

From The Local Sweden; July 30, 2018 More train lines could close temporarily due to the intense heatwave in Sweden,…

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No easy fix to collisions between trains, people seeking to end lives

By Jeff Ostrowski, Staff Writer, Palm Beach Post; July 27, 2018 In a dark twist for a shiny new attempt…

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Central Florida: SunRail debuts in Osceola County as commuter rail adds 17 miles and four stations

By Kevin Spear, Reporter, Orlando Sentinel; July 30, 2018 SunRail awakened before sunrise Monday with more toot in its Central…

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Ontario woman says her therapy rabbit was barred from train

By CTV News Staff, With a report from CTV Kitchener’s Natalie van Rooy and CTV Ottawa’s Joanne Schnurr, CTV News;…

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Ontario: Missanabie Cree approved for rail operating certificate

By James Hopkin, Northern Ontario Business; July 27, 2018 Missanabie Cree First Nation (MCFN) is now the only First Nation…

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