NTSB Launches Go-Team to Investigate Today’s Amtrak Accident

A press release from the National Transportation Safety Board: WASHINGTON (Jan. 31, 2018) — The National Transportation Safety Board has…

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Alex Jones said the GOP Amtrak crash was a “kamikaze” attack, because of course he did

By Rachel, Leah, Salon; January 31, 2018 On Wednesday, Alex Jones claimed that an incident in which a train carrying GOP lawmakers crashed into a…

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Facebook Pushes ‘False Flag’ Amtrak Conspiracies in Trending Section

By Ben Collins, Daily Beast; January 31, 2018 The “People Are Saying” section of Facebook’s curated Trending News feature prominently…

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Trump calls for $1.5 trillion infrastructure package

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 31, 2018 President Donald Trump called on Congress last night to produce legislation that will…

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State-Amtrak Intercity Passenger Rail Committee asks Congress for dedicated rail funding

By Chris Galford, Transportation Today News; January 31, 2018 A panel made up of state officials and Amtrak representatives has,…

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One person killed when Amtrak train in Crozet, Virginia carrying GOP lawmakers to retreat collides with truck

By Hawes Spencer, Martine Powers, Faiz Siddiqui and Ed O’Keefe, The Washington Post; January 31, 2018 CROZET, Va. — One…

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Rail crossing at Virginia crash site of GOP chartered train has warning signals

By The Associated Press, The Virginian-Pilot; January 31, 2018 WASHINGTON (AP) — The railroad crossing where a train carrying Republican…

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State DOTs, regulators and railroads collaborate on grade crossing upgrades, closures

By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 2018 Despite a decrease in the number of grade crossing…

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Train carrying GOP lawmakers hits truck in Virginia

By Melanie Zanona, The Hill; January 31, 2018 A train carrying Republican lawmakers to their GOP retreat in West Virginia…

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Report: FRA chief counsel Reyes serving as acting administrator

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 30, 2018 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Chief Counsel Juan Reyes has become the agency’s acting…

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Former train conductor says safety is virtually non-existent at Amtrak

By Tatevik Aprikyan and Q13 News Staff, Q13 Fox; January 28, 2018 SEATTLE – Just over a month after Amtrak Train…

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The Daily CSX: CSX, STB and “confusion to the enemy”

By Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; January 25, 2018 At CSX over the past 12 months, there…

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NTSB: Amtrak engineer missed signs before deadly Washington State derailment

By Stephen Cohen, SeattlePI.com; January 25, 2018 Federal investigators say the engineer at the controls of the Amtrak passenger train…

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Freight-rail groups: Don’t scrap NAFTA

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 23, 2018 Freight-rail industry representatives from the United States, Canada and Mexico are calling for…

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Oregon: Subsidized passenger train ridership declines after derailment

By Paris Achen, Capital Bureau, Portland Tribune; January 19, 2018 State-subsidized ridership of Amtrak passenger trains has plummeted in the…

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Washington, D.C.: Broken rail likely cause of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority derailment, agency says

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 16, 2018 A Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Red Line train yesterday derailed outside…

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Virginia: High speed rail group wants 11 trains from Norfolk daily. Here’s how they’d do it.

By Katherine Hafner, The Virginian-Pilot; January 15, 2018 Nine round-trip trains to Washington, a rail line linking colleges in the…

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Railroads Get U.S. Supreme Court Hearing on Stock-Option Taxes

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Quint; January 12, 2018 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether railroads and…

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Free Ron Batory!!!

By Fred Frailey, TRAINS Magazine; January 10, 2018 Foolishness by the senators from New York and New Jersey continues. Six…

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Staggers what? Time for a name change

Written by Frank N. Wilner, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; January 9, 2018 Have others noticed that aside from those…

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The Daily CSX: Supreme Court Turns Down Appeal In Clay County, Florida CSX Railroad Death

By News Service of Florida, WJCT; January 8, 2018 Editor’s Note: Clay County, Florida is in Northeast Florida, immediately adjacent…

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The Daily CSX: CSX’s Foote updates STB on railroad’s restructuring plan

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 5, 2018 CSX has completed the first phase of its new operating plan, which has…

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Fixing Curve at Site of Train Derailment in DuPont, Washington Had Not Been State Priority

By Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times; January 2, 2018 The curve where Amtrak Cascades 501 derailed Dec. 18, killing three…

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Four factors that led to the deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington State

By Jeff Davis, Opinion Contributor, The Hill; January 4, 2018 The fatal Amtrak Cascades derailment in Washington State between Tacoma…

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Conductor, Passenger From Derailed Amtrak Washington State Train Allege Inadequate Training In Lawsuits

By Tom Banse, Spokane Public Radio; January 3, 2018 A conductor who was at the front of the Amtrak train…

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