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Volume 13 -Issue 001
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Date: June 13, 2020 02:18PM

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Scheduled News


Year of the train? Advocates look to restore passenger rail along Montana’s southern route
[www.kpax.com]

Japan bullet train to carry seafood for faster tunnel speed
[asia.nikkei.com]

W.Va. Finds Money to Preserve MARC Train Service
[www.marylandmatters.org]

Idaho Train Derailment May Have Been Caused by Landslide
[weather.com]
and
Railroad should reopen on Saturday after rock slide; 1 locomotive still in Kootenai River
[www.spokesman.com]

Light-rail riders can expect more crowded, less frequent trains as downtown track construction begins
[www.seattletimes.com]

What to expect as construction begins for Virgin’s high-speed train in Orlando
[www.clickorlando.com]

Isle of Wight’s rattling, rolling, charming ex-tube trains face end of the line
[www.theguardian.com]

Your train is on time thanks to big data
[thenextweb.com]

French Strikes May Be Starting to Fade as Train Crews Return
[www.bloomberg.com]

Germany cuts train fares in response to climate crisis
[www.irishtimes.com]

Brightline adding late-night Saturday train, hourly departures in 2020
[www.local10.com]

SMART Launches New Train Schedule, Expanded Service For 2020
[patch.com]

Train crews getting instruction in manual switching
[www.gloucestertimes.com]

Daily passenger train service ended
[www.journalreview.com]

Virgin Trains OKs 3 new stations in South Florida, so when will it build stations here?
[www.palmbeachpost.com]

Railroads cut workers as industry automates, implements cost-cutting strategies
[www.axios.com]

Representative reflects on 2019 Norfolk Southern layoffs, wants company to 'step up'
[wjactv.com]

Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad posts record carloads in 2019
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Judge recommends suit against Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad over 2018 wildfire should proceed
[www.vaildaily.com]

Foreign investors take Darien railroad operator private in $8.4B deal
[www.ctinsider.com]
and
Acquisition of short line railroad Genesee & Wyoming completed
[www.freightwaves.com]

Class I railroads embrace PSR to mixed results
[www.supplychaindive.com]

MBTA restores Worcester Line following derailment
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Progress Rail sells MOW equipment leasing business
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Denver RTD announces proposed light-rail service changes
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

NTSB to add new members Graham, Chapman
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

FRA launches public portal to analyze blocked train crossings activity
[www.weatherforddemocrat.com]

Will Short-Haul Rail Intermodal Ever Work?
[www.railwayage.com]

CN, CP under maximum grain revenue entitlements for 2018-19, agency rules
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Rail employment hits new low in November
[www.rtands.com]

Railway Association of Canada's annual report highlights record carloads, trips in 2018
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Amtrak set to begin latest renewal work at New York Penn Station
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Columbiana landfill ordered to remove debris from 180 rail cars
[www.wfmj.com]

Faster rail service a priority for new CT transportation chief: Getting There
[www.ctinsider.com]

Afghanistan- Afghan-Iranian Railroad to be Ready in March
[menafn.com]

South Dakota DOT to negotiate sale of Sioux Valley Line
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

As Last Train Rolls Out of Town, a ‘New Era’ Begins in Kalispell
[flatheadbeacon.com]

Norfolk Southern train workers get sick after passing through “mist”
[www.rtands.com]

Running Extra


End of the Track for Trains at Children’s Medical Center
[www.nbcdfw.com]

Effort made to keep Tommy Thompson train in Anacortes
[www.goskagit.com]

Taking high-speed rail away from the Central Valley would be a terrible mistake
[www.latimes.com]



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