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Date: June 13, 2020 03:05PM

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Bicyclist watches Amtrak locomotive 3 head the westbound Capitol Limited through the MARC station at Washington Grove, Maryland June 1, 2020.

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Scheduled News

U.S. to Issue 96 Million Face Masks to Plane, Train Passengers
[www.bloomberg.com]

A Rainforest, Maya Ruins and the Fight Over a Tourist Train
[www.wsj.com]

1st Train Rolls Through BART’s New Berryessa Station; Regular Service Begins Saturday
[sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com]

JR Central lifts covers on N700S bullet train to rekindle ridership
[www.japantimes.co.jp]

MTA Metro-North begins construction to replace two New Haven Line train bridge spans in Port Chester
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Phoenixville Seeking $3M Grant For Passenger Train Station Land
[patch.com]

CTA Yellow Line Train Derails When Tree Falls During Storms, Service Suspended
[chicago.cbslocal.com]

Amtrak train with 39 guests stuck in Spanish Fork Canyon for at least 17 hours
[kutv.com]

Europe Keeps Powering Up Hydrogen Trains. Is America Next?
[www.popularmechanics.com]

DHL Global Forwarding Expands Train Service Between Europe and China
[esellercafe.com]

2 contracts awarded for supervising Maya Train construction
[mexiconewsdaily.com]

2 million train tickets of under 10 euros promote the attractiveness of France
[www.themayor.eu]

Downeaster train service will get back on track with reduced run schedule
[bangordailynews.com]

You can now avoid crowds for train departures with the Amtrak app
[thepointsguy.com]

MTA nears completion on expansion of East Village L train station
[www.nydailynews.com]

Scenic Kyoto train resumes services
[www3.nhk.or.jp]

Block train service brings meat from Europe to China
[news.cgtn.com]
and
Container train with timber departs from Belarus to China
[www.xinhuanet.com]

The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Returns to the Rails
[www.afar.com]

Long-Dreamed Train To Miami Beach Could Be A Monorail
[www.bisnow.com]

First train arrival at Stockholm Norvik Port
[ajot.com]

UK’s SWR receives first Class 701 train from Bombardier
[www.railway-technology.com]

In crisis, Amtrak works to get new high-speed trains operating in 2021
[www.inquirer.com]

1880 Train back on track with locomotive renovations
[www.newscenter1.tv]

MA: MassDOT: East-West rail ridership could be 4 times greater than expected, but project out of reach without federal help
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Watch: Railways Creates World Record; Successfully Runs First Double Stack Container Train In Electrified Territory
[swarajyamag.com]

Train route opens to Prince Rupert
[www.thenorthernview.com]

Maya Train chooses diesel over electric but source of fuel in doubt
[mexiconewsdaily.com]

Metro-North train ridership increases at snail’s pace
[midhudsonnews.com]

Freight train derails in east Georgia
[www.fox5atlanta.com]

ACE resorts to using taxis after fire leaves train stranded in Altamont area
[www.pleasantonweekly.com]

Private Train Operations: Indian Railways Enters Crucial Stage Of Ambitious Project
[swarajyamag.com]

Creating history, the longest train service is from Kerala to Dimapur covering 4,322 km ......
[english.mathrubhumi.com]

Railroad safety a priority this week as grants, campaigns announced
[www.thedailynewsonline.com]

Metro-North conductors sue railroad as dispute over crowded trains, pay escalates
[www.lohud.com]

Railroad Mega-mergers: To Be Feared, or a Path to Business Growth?
[www.railwayage.com]

CRANDIC railroad lines become storage for 800-plus coal, ethanol cars
[www.press-citizen.com]

FRA issues NOFO for Railroad Trespassing Suicide Prevention Program grants
[www.masstransitmag.com]

U.S. Railroads Resurgent With Digitization at Just the Right Time
[www.railwayage.com]

USDOT FRA announces availability of $291 million to repair railroad assets
[www.globalrailwayreview.com]

Railroad rumblings in Central America
[www.bnamericas.com]

RCR Rail marks groundbreaking for Taylor Logistics Park
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

CN propane supply chain sets record
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Warren Buffett’s Fort Worth-based BNSF cuts jobs as railroads feel COVID-19 pain
[www.dallasnews.com]

Tech Evolution Vehicle: FRA RD&T
[www.railwayage.com]

There May Be No New “Normal”
[www.railwayage.com]

North American intermodal volume recovery lags trucking rebound
[www.joc.com]

U.S. freight-rail traffic down 15.6 percent in Week 23
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

ASLRRA taps Lynch as VP of congressional affairs
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

OCTA approves 2021 budget
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Virginia Railway Express extends contract with Keolis
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

OmniTRAX names Diaz Page to industrial development team
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Final push to PTC deadline
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Dallas-Houston High-Speed Rail May Seek Federal Funds
[thetexan.news]

MTA launches 13-point reopening plan
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Judge rules $25M lawsuit can roll on
[www.durangotelegraph.com]

FRA grants unions' request for another extension to file certification petitions
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

TransLink logs gradual ridership recovery
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Caltrain approves FY2021 interim budgets
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

BART tests new swing style fare gate
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Put Aside Narrow Interests. Think About What’s Best
[www.railwayage.com]

Running Extra

Sugar Pine Train welcomes back visitors
[abc30.com]

Editorial: Legislature may finally pull plug on bullet train debacle. Good.
[www.sandiegouniontribune.com]

Iconic railroad announces plans to reopen in Colorado
[www.outtherecolorado.com]

Utah wildfire destroyed nearly 150-year-old pieces of transcontinental railroad history
[www.ksl.com]

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> 
> U.S. to Issue 96 Million Face Masks to Plane,
> Train Passengers
> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-12
> /plane-train-passengers-to-receive-96-million-clot
> h-face-masks
> 
> A Rainforest, Maya Ruins and the Fight Over a
> Tourist Train
> https://www.wsj.com/graphics/rainforest-maya-ruins
> -and-fight-over-tourist-train/
> 
> 1st Train Rolls Through BART’s New Berryessa
> Station; Regular Service Begins Saturday
> https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/12/work-
> crews-make-final-tweaks-to-barts-new-berryessa-sta
> tion-regular-service-begins-saturday/
> 
> JR Central lifts covers on N700S bullet train to
> rekindle ridership
> https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/06/13/busin
> ess/corporate-business/jr-central-lifts-covers-n70
> 0s-bullet-train-rekindle-ridership/#.XuTjPedlCUk
> 
> MTA Metro-North begins construction to replace two
> New Haven Line train bridge spans in Port Chester
> https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/infrastructure
> /press-release/21142037/mta-metronorth-railroad-mt
> a-metronorth-begins-construction-to-replace-two-ne
> w-haven-line-train-bridge-spans-in-port-chester
> 
> Phoenixville Seeking $3M Grant For Passenger Train
> Station Land
> https://patch.com/pennsylvania/phoenixville/phoeni
> xville-seeking-3m-grant-passenger-train-station-la
> nd
> 
> CTA Yellow Line Train Derails When Tree Falls
> During Storms, Service Suspended
> https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/06/09/cta-yellow
> -line-train-derails-in-skokie-service-suspended/
> 
> Amtrak train with 39 guests stuck in Spanish Fork
> Canyon for at least 17 hours 
> https://kutv.com/news/local/amtrak-train-with-39-g
> uests-stuck-in-spanish-fork-canyon-since-last-nigh
> t
> 
> Europe Keeps Powering Up Hydrogen Trains. Is
> America Next?
> https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32792235
> /hydrogen-trains-europe-united-states/
> 
> DHL Global Forwarding Expands Train Service
> Between Europe and China
> https://esellercafe.com/dhl-global-forwarding-expa
> nds-train-service-between-europe-and-china/
> 
> 2 contracts awarded for supervising Maya Train
> construction
> https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/2-contracts-award
> ed-for-supervising-maya-train-construction/
> 
> 2 million train tickets of under 10 euros promote
> the attractiveness of France
> https://www.themayor.eu/ga/2-million-train-tickets
> -of-under-10-euros-promote-the-attractiveness-of-f
> rance
> 
> Downeaster train service will get back on track
> with reduced run schedule
> https://bangordailynews.com/2020/06/10/news/new-en
> gland/downeaster-train-service-will-get-back-on-tr
> ack-with-reduced-run-schedule/
> 
> You can now avoid crowds for train departures with
> the Amtrak app
> https://thepointsguy.com/news/you-can-now-avoid-cr
> owds-for-train-departures-with-the-amtrak-app/
> 
> MTA nears completion on expansion of East Village
> L train station
> https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-coronaviru
> s-mta-l-train-construction-first-avenue-20200609-6
> 5xg5u4jnrbunlippjrngomgqe-story.html
> 
> Scenic Kyoto train resumes services
> https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200613_1
> 3/
> 
> Block train service brings meat from Europe to
> China
> https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-06-13/Block-train-
> service-brings-meat-from-Europe-to-China-RhMw829eS
> s/index.html
> and
> Container train with timber departs from Belarus
> to China 
> http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-06/11/c_1391
> 29790.htm
> 
> The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Returns to the
> Rails
> https://www.afar.com/magazine/the-venice-simplon-o
> rient-express-train-begins-2020-service
> 
> Long-Dreamed Train To Miami Beach Could Be A
> Monorail
> https://www.bisnow.com/south-florida/news/technolo
> gy/monorail-miami-beach-104746?utm_source=CopyShar
> e&utm_medium=Browser
> 
> First train arrival at Stockholm Norvik Port
> https://ajot.com/news/first-train-arrival-at-stock
> holm-norvik-port
> 
> UK’s SWR receives first Class 701 train from
> Bombardier
> https://www.railway-technology.com/news/uks-swr-re
> ceives-first-class-701-train-from-bombardier/
> 
> In crisis, Amtrak works to get new high-speed
> trains operating in 2021
> https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/amtrak-new
> -acela-trains-debut-coronavirus-20200606.html
> 
> 1880 Train back on track with locomotive
> renovations
> https://www.newscenter1.tv/1880-train-back-on-trac
> k-with-locomotive-renovations/
> 
> MA: MassDOT: East-West rail ridership could be 4
> times greater than expected, but project out of
> reach without federal help
> https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/21141767/
> ma-massdot-eastwest-rail-ridership-could-be-4-time
> s-greater-than-expected-but-project-out-of-reach-w
> ithout-federal-help
> 
> Watch: Railways Creates World Record; Successfully
> Runs First Double Stack Container Train In
> Electrified Territory  
> https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/watch-railways-
> creates-world-record-successfully-runs-first-doubl
> e-stack-container-train-in-electrified-territory
> 
> Train route opens to Prince Rupert
> https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/train-route-o
> pens-to-prince-rupert/
> 
> Maya Train chooses diesel over electric but source
> of fuel in doubt
> https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/maya-train-choose
> s-diesel-over-electric/
> 
> Metro-North train ridership increases at snail’s
> pace
> https://midhudsonnews.com/2020/06/11/metro-north-t
> rain-ridership-increases-at-snails-pace/
> 
> Freight train derails in east Georgia
> https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/freight-train-der
> ails-in-east-georgia
> 
> ACE resorts to using taxis after fire leaves train
> stranded in Altamont area
> https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2020/06/06/a
> ce-resorts-to-using-taxis-after-fire-leaves-train-
> stranded-in-altamont-area
> 
> Private Train Operations: Indian Railways Enters
> Crucial Stage Of Ambitious Project
> https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/private-train-o
> perations-indian-railways-enters-crucial-stage-of-
> ambitious-project
> 
> Creating history, the longest train service is
> from Kerala to Dimapur covering 4,322 km ......
> https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/good-news/cre
> ating-history-the-longest-train-service-is-from-ke
> rala-to-dimapur-covering-4-322-km-1.4827182
> 
> Railroad safety a priority this week as grants,
> campaigns announced 
> https://www.thedailynewsonline.com/top_story/railr
> oad-safety-a-priority-this-week-as-grants-campaign
> s-announced/article_fdaf648e-f5e6-5038-8f63-d1d98e
> 36d7eb.html
> 
> Metro-North conductors sue railroad as dispute
> over crowded trains, pay escalates
> https://www.lohud.com/story/news/transit/2020/06/1
> 2/metro-north-conductors-sue-railroad-citing-healt
> h-concerns/3174683001/
> 
> Railroad Mega-mergers: To Be Feared, or a Path to
> Business Growth?
> https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/railroa
> d-mega-mergers-to-be-feared-or-a-path-to-business-
> growth/
> 
> CRANDIC railroad lines become storage for 800-plus
> coal, ethanol cars
> https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2020/06/0
> 8/crandic-railroad-lines-become-storage-800-plus-c
> oal-ethanol-cars/5317869002/
> 
> FRA issues NOFO for Railroad Trespassing Suicide
> Prevention Program grants
> https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/press-release/
> 21141656/federal-railroad-administration-fra-fra-i
> ssues-nofo-for-railroad-trespassing-suicide-preven
> tion-program-grants
> 
> U.S. Railroads Resurgent With Digitization at Just
> the Right Time
> https://www.railwayage.com/analytics/u-s-railroads
> -resurgent-with-digitization-at-just-the-right-tim
> e/
> 
> USDOT FRA announces availability of $291 million
> to repair railroad assets
> https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/101612/us
> dot-fra-funding-repair-railroads/
> 
> Railroad rumblings in Central America 
> https://www.bnamericas.com/en/features/railroad-ru
> mblings-in-central-america
> 
> RCR Rail marks groundbreaking for Taylor Logistics
> Park 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/logistics/n
> ews/RCR-Rail-marks-groundbreaking-for-Taylor-Logis
> tics-Park--60710
> 
> CN propane supply chain sets record 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_na
> tional/news/CN-propane-supply-chain-sets-record--6
> 0728
> 
> Warren Buffett’s Fort Worth-based BNSF cuts jobs
> as railroads feel COVID-19 pain
> https://www.dallasnews.com/business/local-companie
> s/2020/06/10/warren-buffetts-fort-worth-based-bnsf
> -cuts-jobs-as-railroads-feel-covid-19-pain/
> 
> Tech Evolution Vehicle: FRA RD&T
> https://www.railwayage.com/safety/tech-evolution-v
> ehicle-fra-rdt/
> 
> There May Be No New “Normal”
> https://www.railwayage.com/freight-forecasting/the
> re-may-be-no-new-normal/
> 
> North American intermodal volume recovery lags
> trucking rebound 
> https://www.joc.com/rail-intermodal/intermodal-shi
> pping/north-american-intermodal-volume-recovery-la
> gs-trucking-rebound_20200609.html
> 
> U.S. freight-rail traffic down 15.6 percent in
> Week 23 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_indust
> ry_trends/news/US-freight-rail-traffic-down-156-pe
> rcent-in-Week-23--60712
> 
> ASLRRA taps Lynch as VP of congressional affairs 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /ASLRRA-taps-Lynch-as-VP-of-congressional-affairs-
> -60676
> 
> OCTA approves 2021 budget 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/OCTA-approves-2021-budget--60727
> 
> Virginia Railway Express extends contract with
> Keolis 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/Virginia-Railway-Express-extends-contract
> -with-Keolis--60674
> 
> OmniTRAX names Diaz Page to industrial development
> team 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /OmniTRAX-names-Diaz-Page-to-industrial-developmen
> t-team--60677
> 
> Final push to PTC deadline
> https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/railroad-signa
> ls-ptc-control-systems-and-products/article/211403
> 31/final-push-to-ptc-deadline
> 
> Dallas-Houston High-Speed Rail May Seek Federal
> Funds
> https://thetexan.news/dallas-houston-high-speed-ra
> il-may-seek-federal-funds/
> 
> MTA launches 13-point reopening plan 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/MTA-launches-13-point-reopening-plan--606
> 53
> 
> Judge rules $25M lawsuit can roll on 
> https://www.durangotelegraph.com/news/top-stories/
> judge-rules-25m-lawsuit-can-roll-on/
> 
> FRA grants unions' request for another extension
> to file certification petitions 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_leg
> islation_regulation/news/FRA-grants-unions-request
> -for-another-extension-to-file-certification-petit
> ions--60637
> 
> TransLink logs gradual ridership recovery
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/TransLink-logs-gradual-ridership-recovery
> --60709
> 
> Caltrain approves FY2021 interim budgets
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/Caltrain-approves-FY2021-interim-budgets-
> -60638
> 
> BART tests new swing style fare gate 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/BART-tests-new-swing-style-fare-gate--607
> 06
> 
> Put Aside Narrow Interests. Think About What’s
> Best
> https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/put-aside-na
> rrow-interests-think-about-whats-best/
> 
> [b][i][u]Running Extra[/u][/i][/b]
> [hr]
> 
> Sugar Pine Train welcomes back visitors
> https://abc30.com/sugar-pine-train-reopen/6245829/
> 
> 
> Editorial: Legislature may finally pull plug on
> bullet train debacle. Good. 
> https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/edito
> rials/story/2020-06-11/california-bullet-train-ass
> embly-resolution-overbudget-behind-schedule
> 
> Iconic railroad announces plans to reopen in
> Colorado
> https://www.outtherecolorado.com/colorado-railroad
> -seeks-to-resume-operations-by-end-of-june/
> 
> Utah wildfire destroyed nearly 150-year-old pieces
> of transcontinental railroad history
> https://www.ksl.com/article/46761824/utah-wildfire
> -destroyed-nearly-150-year-old-pieces-of-transcont
> inental-railroad-history

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