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Date: July 11, 2020 11:15AM

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Scheduled News

Crew moving tank cars found at fault in train collision last September
[www.thewhig.com]

Full Steam Ahead for Commuter Train Despite Lack of Funds
[www.governing.com]

Bullet train reveals impacts
[www.smdailyjournal.com]

Train derails east of Winslow Monday morning
[www.wmicentral.com]

Suspension of Eurostar ski train ‘disastrous’ say no-fly campaigners
[www.theguardian.com]

A Red Line train with 32 passengers on board derailed outside the Silver Spring Metro station
[ggwash.org]
and
Red Line train derails after operator overruns red signal, Metro safety commission says
[www.washingtonpost.com]

Danbury Branch line trains return on July 13
[www.wiltonbulletin.com]

Trains could return to Colorado’s Tennessee Pass, rumble through Leadville under pair of proposals
[coloradosun.com]

Amtrak offers buy-one, get-one promotion on its sleeper trains amid COVID-19 — with a catch
[www.usatoday.com]

River Line train service suspended in South Jersey due to flooding
[www.nj.com]

Vande Bharat Express: No Chinese Train 18! Indian Railways likely to scrap CRRC bid in semi-high speed project
[www.financialexpress.com]

Union Pacific is investigating a coal train derailment in Oostburg
[www.sheboyganpress.com]
and
Train derailment spills coal into Wis. river; officials wonder about environmental damage
[www.rtands.com]

Struggling Austrian Airlines swaps planes for trains
[www.cnn.com]

'Human error' likely cause of fatal Czechia train crash
[newseu.cgtn.com]

Japan Has an Incredible New Bullet Train That Can Help Rescue Passengers During an Earthquake
[www.travelandleisure.com]

Via rail: first passenger train returns to McBride
[www.therockymountaingoat.com]

TSB launches formal investigation of LRT train wheel cracks
[www.cbc.ca]

Is Amtrak leveraging the pandemic to permanently cut train service?
[www.rtands.com]
and
Amtrak Cuts Back Passenger Trains To Tampa
[wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu]
and
U.S. House to Amtrak: we may have some extra money for you, but you gotta run trains to get it
[www.rtands.com]

New High-Speed Train to Connect London and Amsterdam
[www.euroweeklynews.com]

NJ Transit deploys new fare collection technology on trains
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Questions remain in Scotland’s railroad spur project
[www.yourdailyjournal.com]

Rail supplier news from Greenbrier, Alstom, HDR, Railroad Consultants and Transdev
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Labor union presses railroads on additional coronavirus measures
[www.freightwaves.com]

Federal Railroad Administration announces more than $500,000 to deter trespassing
[www.rtands.com]

OmniTRAX’s Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad Works with San Joaquin Partnership to Launch Rail-Ready Sites Program
[www.businesswire.com]

Maine's largest railroad is for sale, but implications are unclear
[www.mainebiz.biz]

Railroad helps NASA shoot for the moon
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

CN unveils 2020 infrastructure plans for Saskatchewan
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
and
CN highlights planned infrastructure upgrades in three provinces
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Minnesota freight program, Ohio projects target crossing upgrades
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

NETC Selected As New Operator For NETEX Rail Line
[www.ksstradio.com]

Wainscott joins CSX board
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Potential Funding for Texas Central High Speed Rail in New Federal Infrastructure Bill
[thetexan.news]

CN sets another grain haul record in June
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Merrimac rail bridge receives $6.75 million grant for upgrades
[www.wiscnews.com]

Ontario Northland Railway, Monarch Gold ink MOU
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

2020 State of Logistics: Rail Freight and Intermodal
[www.logisticsmgmt.com]
and
U.S. freight-rail traffic slipped 2.4 percent in Week 27
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Calgary Transit unveils mobile ticketing app
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

EPA studying disinfectants for trains, stations
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
and
MARTA deploys new rail-car disinfectant technology
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Short lines rely on their core aptitude — business development — to attract more customers
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Rail volumes make 'slow recovery' but KCS keeps capacity tight
[www.supplychaindive.com]

RBMN to challenge latest court ruling on SEDA-COG's authority
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Running Extra

South Africa luxury hotel invites guests to sleep on a train permanently parked on a bridge
[www.cnn.com]

This Scenic New Train Ride Will Take You Past Historic Villages and Through the English Countryside
[www.travelandleisure.com]

Views From The Most Scenic Train Rides In The World
[www.thetravel.com]

Annual Alaska Railroad calendar contest kicks off
[www.webcenter11.com]

The little engine that could: Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and Transportation Museum resumes operations, railbus rides with safety measures in place
[www.theunion.com]

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> [hr]
> 
> Crew moving tank cars found at fault in train
> collision last September
> https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/crew-movin
> g-tank-cars-found-at-fault-in-train-collision-last
> -september
> 
> Full Steam Ahead for Commuter Train Despite Lack
> of Funds
> https://www.governing.com/next/Full-Steam-Ahead-fo
> r-Commuter-Train-Despite-Lack-of-Funds.html
> 
> Bullet train reveals impacts 
> https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/bullet-t
> rain-reveals-impacts/article_b68d4e20-c325-11ea-b2
> b0-cb260be415b9.html
> 
> Train derails east of Winslow Monday morning 
> https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/train-
> derails-east-of-winslow-monday-morning/article_2c8
> 6aa0f-cfc2-5d60-a5d8-57c314c55fe9.html
> 
> Suspension of Eurostar ski train ‘disastrous’
> say no-fly campaigners
> https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jul/10/sus
> pension-of-eurostar-ski-train-is-disastrous-say-no
> -fly-campaigners
> 
> A Red Line train with 32 passengers on board
> derailed outside the Silver Spring Metro station
> https://ggwash.org/view/78345/a-redline-train-dera
> ils-outside-silver-spring-metro-station
> and
> Red Line train derails after operator overruns red
> signal, Metro safety commission says
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2020
> /07/07/red-line-service-suspended-after-metro-trai
> n-derails-near-silver-spring-station/
> 
> Danbury Branch line trains return on July 13
> https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Danbur
> y-Branch-line-trains-return-on-July-13-15399440.ph
> p
> 
> Trains could return to Colorado’s Tennessee
> Pass, rumble through Leadville under pair of
> proposals
> https://coloradosun.com/2020/07/06/colorado-tennes
> see-pass-trains-leadville-return/
> 
> Amtrak offers buy-one, get-one promotion on its
> sleeper trains amid COVID-19 — with a catch
> https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/07
> /07/traveling-during-covid-amtrak-offers-sleeper-t
> rain-roomette-discount/5389525002/
> 
> River Line train service suspended in South Jersey
> due to flooding
> https://www.nj.com/camden/2020/07/river-line-train
> -service-suspended-in-south-jersey-due-to-flooding
> .html
> 
> Vande Bharat Express: No Chinese Train 18! Indian
> Railways likely to scrap CRRC bid in semi-high
> speed project
> https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/ra
> ilways/vande-bharat-express-tender-india-china-sta
> ndoff-crrc-train-18-semi-high-speed-project-indian
> -railways/2020565/
> 
> Union Pacific is investigating a coal train
> derailment in Oostburg
> https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/2020/07/
> 06/union-pacific-investigating-derailed-coal-train
> -oostburg/5383475002/
> and
> Train derailment spills coal into Wis. river;
> officials wonder about environmental damage
> https://www.rtands.com/freight/class-1/train-derai
> lment-spills-coal-into-wis-river-officials-wonder-
> about-environmental-damage/
> 
> Struggling Austrian Airlines swaps planes for
> trains
> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/austrian-airlin
> es-flight-train-service-intl/index.html
> 
> 'Human error' likely cause of fatal Czechia train
> crash
> https://newseu.cgtn.com/news/2020-07-08/Two-dead-a
> s-trains-collide-near-Germany-Czechia-border-RXDCj
> MM8sU/index.html
> 
> Japan Has an Incredible New Bullet Train That Can
> Help Rescue Passengers During an Earthquake
> https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/bus-tr
> ain/japan-new-bullet-train-n700s
> 
> Via rail: first passenger train returns to
> McBride
> https://www.therockymountaingoat.com/2020/07/via-r
> ail-first-passenger-train-returns-to-mcbride/
> 
> TSB launches formal investigation of LRT train
> wheel cracks
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tsb-investig
> ation-confederation-line-1.5644434
> 
> Is Amtrak leveraging the pandemic to permanently
> cut train service?
> https://www.rtands.com/passenger/is-amtrak-leverag
> ing-the-pandemic-to-permanently-cut-train-service/
> 
> and
> Amtrak Cuts Back Passenger Trains To Tampa 
> https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/amtrak-cuts-bac
> k-passenger-trains-tampa
> and
> U.S. House to Amtrak: we may have some extra money
> for you, but you gotta run trains to get it
> https://www.rtands.com/passenger/intercity/u-s-hou
> se-to-amtrak-we-may-have-some-extra-money-for-you-
> but-you-gotta-run-trains-to-get-it/
> 
> New High-Speed Train to Connect London and
> Amsterdam
> https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/07/10/new-high
> -speed-train-to-connect-london-and-amsterdam/
> 
> NJ Transit deploys new fare collection technology
> on trains
> https://www.masstransitmag.com/technology/fare-col
> lection/fare-collection-equipment/press-release/21
> 145709/new-jersey-transit-nj-transit-nj-transit-de
> ploys-new-fare-collection-technology-on-trains
> 
> Questions remain in Scotland’s railroad spur
> project
> https://www.yourdailyjournal.com/news/95289/questi
> ons-remain-in-scotlands-railroad-spur-project
> 
> Rail supplier news from Greenbrier, Alstom, HDR,
> Railroad Consultants and Transdev
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /Rail-supplier-news-from-Greenbrier-Alstom-HDR-Rai
> lroad-Consultants-and-Transdev-July-10--60951
> 
> Labor union presses railroads on additional
> coronavirus measures
> https://www.freightwaves.com/news/labor-union-pres
> ses-railroads-on-additional-coronavirus-measures
> 
> Federal Railroad Administration announces more
> than $500,000 to deter trespassing
> https://www.rtands.com/freight/federal-railroad-ad
> ministration-announces-more-than-500000-to-deter-t
> respassing/
> 
> OmniTRAX’s Stockton Terminal and Eastern
> Railroad Works with San Joaquin Partnership to
> Launch Rail-Ready Sites Program
> https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200708005
> 578/en/OmniTRAX%E2%80%99s-Stockton-Terminal-Easter
> n-Railroad-Works-San
> 
> Maine's largest railroad is for sale, but
> implications are unclear
> https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/maines-largest-ra
> ilroad-is-for-sale-but-implications-are-unclear
> 
> Railroad helps NASA shoot for the moon
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_indust
> ry_trends/article/Railroad-helps-NASA-shoot-for-th
> e-moon--60912
> 
> CN unveils 2020 infrastructure plans for
> Saskatchewan 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/mow/news/CN
> -unveils-2020-infrastructure-plans-for-Saskatchewa
> n--60949
> and
> CN highlights planned infrastructure upgrades in
> three provinces 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/mow/news/CN
> -highlights-planned-infrastructure-upgrades-in-thr
> ee-provinces--60920
> 
> Minnesota freight program, Ohio projects target
> crossing upgrades 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/c_s/news/Mi
> nnesota-freight-program-Ohio-projects-target-cross
> ing-upgrades--60918
> 
> NETC Selected As New Operator For NETEX Rail Line
> https://www.ksstradio.com/2020/07/netc-selected-as
> -new-operator-for-netex-rail-line/
> 
> Wainscott joins CSX board 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /Wainscott-joins-CSX-board--60942
> 
> Potential Funding for Texas Central High Speed
> Rail in New Federal Infrastructure Bill
> https://thetexan.news/potential-funding-for-texas-
> central-high-speed-rail-in-new-federal-infrastruct
> ure-bill/
> 
> CN sets another grain haul record in June 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_na
> tional/news/CN-sets-another-grain-haul-record-in-J
> une--60929
> 
> Merrimac rail bridge receives $6.75 million grant
> for upgrades 
> https://www.wiscnews.com/saukprairieeagle/news/loc
> al/merrimac-rail-bridge-receives-6-75-million-gran
> t-for-upgrades/article_6a06a2ab-4777-544e-a7f7-fa4
> b5d9e2e4f.html
> 
> Ontario Northland Railway, Monarch Gold ink MOU 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/short_lines
> _regionals/news/Ontario-Northland-Railway-Monarch-
> Gold-ink-MOU--60955
> 
> 2020 State of Logistics: Rail Freight and
> Intermodal
> https://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/2020_state_o
> f_logistics_rail_freight_and_intermodal
> and
> U.S. freight-rail traffic slipped 2.4 percent in
> Week 27 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_indust
> ry_trends/news/US-freight-rail-traffic-slipped-24-
> percent-in-Week-27--60946
> 
> Calgary Transit unveils mobile ticketing app 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/Calgary-Transit-unveils-mobile-ticketing-
> app--60933
> 
> EPA studying disinfectants for trains, stations 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/security/ne
> ws/EPA-studying-disinfectants-for-trains-stations-
> -60940
> and
> MARTA deploys new rail-car disinfectant technology
> 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/security/ne
> ws/MARTA-deploys-new-rail-car-disinfectant-technol
> ogy--60908
> 
> Short lines rely on their core aptitude —
> business development — to attract more
> customers
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/short_lines
> _regionals/article/Short-lines-rely-on-their-core-
> aptitude-business-development-to-attract-more-cust
> omers--60911
> 
> Rail volumes make 'slow recovery' but KCS keeps
> capacity tight 
> https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/cross-border-
> auto-volume-intermodal-growth-june/581120/
> 
> RBMN to challenge latest court ruling on
> SEDA-COG's authority 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/short_lines
> _regionals/news/RBMN-to-challenge-latest-court-rul
> ing-on-SEDA-COGs-authority--60953
> 
> [b][i][u]Running Extra[/u][/i][/b]
> [hr]
> 
> South Africa luxury hotel invites guests to sleep
> on a train permanently parked on a bridge 
> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/south-africa-kr
> uger-shalati-train-on-the-bridge/index.html
> 
> This Scenic New Train Ride Will Take You Past
> Historic Villages and Through the English
> Countryside
> https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/bus-tr
> ain/rail-charter-services-england-countryside-trai
> n-tour
> 
> Views From The Most Scenic Train Rides In The
> World
> https://www.thetravel.com/most-scenic-trains-in-th
> e-world/
> 
> Annual Alaska Railroad calendar contest kicks off
> https://www.webcenter11.com/content/news/Annual-Al
> aska-Railroad-calendar-contest-kicks-off-571698151
> .html
> 
> The little engine that could: Nevada County Narrow
> Gauge Railroad and Transportation Museum resumes
> operations, railbus rides with safety measures in
> place
> https://www.theunion.com/entertainment/activities-
> and-events/the-little-engine-that-could-nevada-cou
> nty-narrow-gauge-railroad-and-transportation-museu
> m-resumes-operations-railbus-rides-with-safety-mea
> sures-in-place/

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