Trainnews 08/8/24 - 08/14/24

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Capitol Corridor service to the Oakland A's game arrives at Oakland Coliseum station. This train is running one of its last services to Oakland A's games as the team will play in Sacramento next season.

Tim Loftus

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Full G train service resumes after partial shutdown
[ny1.com]

‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train
[www.theguardian.com]

Investigators say dispatching errors led to Union Pacific train crash that killed 2 workers
[apnews.com]

RTD’s wrapped up downtown light rail construction, but train service is still weeks away
[www.cpr.org]

Crews respond to Union Pacific train car on fire in Sutter County
[www.kcra.com]

Sydney's $15 billion new train line is modern, fast and big on TikTok
[www.reuters.com]

High-speed train utility work set near Nevada-California border this week
[www.8newsnow.com]

Norfolk Southern reaches tentative deal with train conductor union
[www.reuters.com]

New LIRR schedules in effect, including direct train from Oyster Bay to Penn Station
[bronx.news12.com]

Weekend strikes by LNER train drivers called off
[www.bbc.com]

Caltrain’s Great New Electric Trains Replace Heavy Polluters
[www.forbes.com]

NCDOT announces special train stops for fall events
[www.mydailyrecord.com]

Amtrak gets $64M in federal funds for high speed rail between Dallas and Houston
[www.chron.com]

Spotted in the wild: MARTA's sleek, more functional new railcars!
[atlanta.urbanize.city]

Railroad BNSF stresses safety but is still held back by longstanding industry issues, report finds
[apnews.com]
and
FRA calls for safety culture improvements at BNSF
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Five rail unions announce sellout deal with CSX, in bid to avoid repeat of 2022 rank-and-file rebellion
[www.wsws.org]

Canadian rail executive named as next leader of Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
[www.beaconjournal.com]

Catskill Mountain Railroad seeks permission to extend service to Ashokan
[midhudsonnews.com]

Railroad unions conspiring with carriers to ram through de facto national agreement
[www.wsws.org]

Wittmann residents oppose plans for BNSF transportation hub near their community
[www.azfamily.com]

Leaders discuss Hanson Spur Railroad project ahead of final vote next week
[www.13wmaz.com]
and
In 11 Minutes, These Black Landowners Lost Their Property to a Railroad
[capitalbnews.org]

Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® Raises Awareness During Rail Safety Month in September
[media.amtrak.com]

Pinsly Railroad to buy Texas short line
[www.railwaygazette.com]

Reading Railroad introduces new seating option for Pittston to Jim Thorpe fall foliage excursions
[www.citizensvoice.com]

Santa Fe 3751 to Headline LA Rail Safety Weekend
[railfan.com]

Norfolk Southern and BNSF reach tentative agreements with additional labor unions
[www.freightwaves.com]

East Broad Top Railroad announces return of locomotive
[www.wtaj.com]

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Rules in Favor of Landowners in Eminent Domain Claim
[www.jdsupra.com]

Anniversaries abound at Genesee & Wyoming in 2024
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

G&W's Angel joins Short Line Safety Institute's board
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

162 Year Old Union Pacific’s CIO Drives An Innovative Digital Playbook
[www.forbes.com]

Feds eye five new long-distance passenger rail routes through Colorado
[www.cpr.org]

CSX reaches tentative agreements with 2 more unions
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

ASLRRA Briefs: Safety Seminar Wrap-Up, Training Template Available
[www.railwayage.com]

Arkansas Midland to assume operations on more UP lines
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Early peak fuels intermodal rail gains
[www.freightwaves.com]

RailPulse launches platform to transform rail-car telematics
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

High winds, possibly from a tornado, derail 43 train cars in North Dakota
[fox59.com]

NS launches new reservation system at intermodal terminals
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Metrolink names Gray chief technology officer
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Rail transit agencies collaborate to promote Rail Safety Month
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Canadian rail carriers’ recovery from work stoppage may take weeks
[www.fashiondive.com]

US freight rail, supply chain, now at the mercy of California’s net-zero emissions rule
[thehill.com]

SacRT launches first low-floor light-rail trains
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

New multimodal air-rail-road hub under development in Liège
[www.railfreight.com]

Charlotte, Norfolk Southern reach ‘understanding’ for passenger rail line to Lake Norman
[ca.news.yahoo.com]

Canadian rail union files lawsuits challenging back-to-work orders
[www.fastcompany.com]

California's first electric train could be what’s coming to your city
[www.foxnews.com]

Weekly US Rail Traffic for the Week Ending 24 August, 2024
[www.drybulkmagazine.com]

British government wants to nationalize the railroads
[www.bluewin.ch]

China to 'revitalise' ageing railway linking Zambia, Tanzania
[www.reuters.com]

Fake engineer: A top South African railway official is sentenced to prison for forged qualifications
[apnews.com]

Alstom sells North American conventional signalling business
[www.globalrailwayreview.com]

InnoTrans: Stadler to Present Electric Train for the Centovalli Railwa
[railway-news.com]