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UP wheels a string of Bradley Fighting Vehicles through Akela, New Mexico. The train is about to duck under NM highway 549.

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Scheduled News

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Engineer who authorities say purposely derailed train near USNS Mercy in Southern California ordered held without bail
[www.mercurynews.com]

RTD’s Long-Sought Boulder Train Could Be A Casualty Of More Immediate Needs
[www.cpr.org]

Washington State Will Require A Minimum Train Crew Size
[finance.yahoo.com]

Auto Train Still Chugging Along in Lorton
[www.connectionnewspapers.com]

KCSR Slated to Increase Train Speed through Bossier City
[bossierpress.com]

Metra Train Conductor Tests Positive For Coronavirus
[chicago.cbslocal.com]

High speed train between Dallas and Houston is derailed by layoffs
[dallas.culturemap.com]
and
Timetable for Dallas-to-Houston bullet train uncertain after company lays off 28 employees amid coronavirus outbreak
[www.dallasnews.com]

NJ Transit continues positive train control testing amid ridership slowdown
[njbiz.com]

Victoria XPT crash: train was doing more than 100km/h in 15km/h zone, report confirms
[www.theguardian.com]

Thales commences trial of driverless train by using Vodafone 5G network
view-source:[www.urbantransportnews.com]

Arkansas tornado rips UP train off the tracks
[www.rtands.com]

Reduced train service begins today with new schedules
[www.ctpost.com]

Freight train accident kills driver in southwest Germany
[www.railjournal.com]
and
Fatal accident on Rhine Valley railway after bridge collapse
[www.railfreight.com]

Amtrak Employee’s COVID-19 Diagnosis Temporarily Limits ‘California Zephyr’ Service
[sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com]

Indian Railways prepares to resume train services including Rajdhani, Shatabdi, but no decision on date; details
[www.financialexpress.com]

Salem Railway Division operates special parcel train to Haryana
[www.thehindu.com]

Bullet-train home delivery ready for service
[asia.nikkei.com]

Wuhan Resumes Train Service Following Lockdown
[www.voanews.com]

Battery-powered electric trains will soon bring cleaner air—especially in Europe
[www.greencarreports.com]

Hull Trains axes all services amid outbreak
[www.bbc.com]

Alaska Railroad pushes back start of summer passenger service to July
[www.adn.com]

Alaska Railroad posts revenue gains in 2019
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

OmniTRAX Launches Rail-Ready Sites Program at Winchester & Western Railroad
[apnews.com]

The CARES Act Impacts Railroad Workers
[www.railwayage.com]

Railroad Administration to measure performance, service quality
[transportationtodaynews.com]

Railway Age names Reading & Northern its Regional Railroad of the Year
[www.readingeagle.com]

Rail unions furious about FRA safety waiver during pandemic, claiming it ‘reaches new depths of arrogance and tyranny’
[www.rtands.com]

FRA awards CRISI grants to four South Dakota rail projects
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

New England Central Railroad inks lease with Connecticut port
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Why Union Pacific Stock Slumped 12% in March
[www.fool.com]

XpressWest advances Las Vegas high-speed rail plan
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

NMB names Brown arbitration services director
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Association of American Railroads traffic report for March and the week ending March 28, 2020
[www.rtands.com]

BNSF Railway Takes Back Track to Kalispell
[flatheadbeacon.com]

Guelph Junction Railway solicits bids for new operator
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Union Pacific Moves Pay Off
[www.fool.com]

CN scales back operations as volume falls, will idle section of former BC Rail
[trn.trains.com]

US rail crude loadings tumble as prices decline
[www.argusmedia.com]
and
Oil glut creating storage problems
[www.rtands.com]

BNSF, union settle dispute over employee medical privacy
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Canada requires passenger health screenings on intercity rail
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Metra to begin Itasca Station platform project
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Full speed ahead: Caltrain moves toward sales tax for steadier funding
[www.bizjournals.com]

OCTA names Bergener deputy CEO
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

WMATA set to approve FY2021 budget
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Running Extra

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Historic Colorado train could run again this summer — if coronavirus doesn’t derail plans
[www.outtherecolorado.com]

Ever Wondered Why There's An X On The Back Of Trains? Well Here's Why!
[www.scoopwhoop.com]

Railroads Post-PSR
[ajot.com]

Tehachapi's Depot's 10th anniversary approaching
[www.tehachapinews.com]