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Date: August 01, 2020 12:34PM

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It’s just a little past 8:00 PM in La Coste Texas. LORAM Rail Grider RG 410 has backed onto the main line and is ready to head west. They will work all night before sunrise.

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Scheduled News

San Jose to create a ‘quiet zone’ to stop trains from blaring horns at night
[www.mercurynews.com]

BNSF train cars derail near Yakima River bridge in Richland, causes traffic backups
[www.tri-cityherald.com]

Las Vegas Xpress train project plans for 2021 launch date
[www.reviewjournal.com]

NTSB, Union Pacific among agencies investigating Tempe train crash
[www.azcentral.com]
and
Arizona train derailment and fire described as 'a scene from hell'
[www.cnn.com]
and
Train derails, bridge partially collapses near Tempe Town Lake
[www.fox10phoenix.com]
and
Train derails on Arizona bridge that collapses, catches fire
[omaha.com]

SFMTA votes down Caltrain sales tax proposal, bringing train system closer to a shutdown
[www.sfchronicle.com]
and
Caltrain tax measure remains in limbo, railroad ‘in great peril’
[climaterwc.com]

San Francisco approves Caltrain ballot measure others call illegal, unwinnable
[www.smdailyjournal.com]

Timeline: How the Mexico-Toluca train survived despite soaring costs
[www.bnamericas.com]

EGEB: Germany builds the world’s first hydrogen train filling station
[electrek.co]

Wednesday: Caltrain holding public meeting on closure of Atherton train station
[www.almanacnews.com]

High-speed rail coming down the track: America's newest, fastest trains, from Acela to Brightline
[www.usatoday.com]

EU approves Alstom-Bombardier deal to create train-making giant
[www.ft.com]

Law puts train back on JT track
[www.tnonline.com]
and
Reading & Northern’s Lehigh Gorge train trips returning to Jim Thorpe
[www.timesleader.com]

NV: Nevada approves private activity bonds for Virgin Trains' high-speed rail project
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Metra adds express trains to BNSF and Rock Island lines
[chi.streetsblog.org]

Brand-new Merseyrail train covered in graffiti before delivery
[www.bbc.com]

PATCO worker dies in accident at speedline train yard and repair facility in Lindenwold
[www.courierpostonline.com]

Repairs to Sandy-Damaged F Train Tunnel Coming Next Month
[www.boweryboogie.com]

Train switching change will clear blocked crossings
[www.journalreview.com]

Japan has a new bullet train that is completely earthquake-proof. Here’s what that means
[www.deseret.com]

Trains and toilet paper: Railroads step up during the COVID pandemic
[www.nevadaappeal.com]

GCC Railway: a train across a fractured Gulf?
[www.al-monitor.com]

Chinese supplier of Australian train parts accused of using Uighur labour vows to fight US blacklisting
[www.theguardian.com]

Homeless Encampments Cleared Near Railroad Tracks In Beaumont
[patch.com]

KDOT proposes new rule regulating railroad crew size
[www.wibw.com]

City completes $7 million Rochelle Railroad expansion project
[rochellenews-leader.com]

Freight-rail traffic slump continues
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Buckingham Branch Railroad acquires railcar repair facility
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Norfolk Southern nabs former CSX, Union Pacific exec as railroad pushes forward on PSR
[www.supplychaindive.com]

From dream to reality: Proposed railway would connect Alaska to the rest of the continent by rail
[www.ktuu.com]

Canadian Pacific issues climate change statement
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Pandemic's impact hammers Q2 intermodal traffic
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

AAR recognizes CSX's Davis with Chaffee environmental award
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Amtrak tightens mask requirement
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

City finishes first of three phases in Rail Corridor Project
[www.tehachapinews.com]

Iran, Azerbaijan Discuss Railroad Connection
[www.tasnimnews.com]

Georgia Ports Authority sets tonnage record in FY2020
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

CN outlines cap-ex plans for three Midwest states, Tennessee
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
and
CN rolls out infrastructure plans for Louisiana, Mississippi
[www.progressiverailroading.com]
and
CN Railroad announces $100M investment in Wisconsin
[journaltimes.com]

PUCO approves Ohio grade crossing upgrades
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Union Pacific Has Long-Term Growth Prospects
[www.fool.com]

High Speed Rail Project May Proceed With Application to Federal Agency, No Exemption Granted
[thetexan.news]

Report: Caltrain reduces GHG emissions by 44 percent
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Locomotive gift from Norfolk Southern to support Altoona program
[news.psu.edu]

APTA: Latest pandemic-relief bills ignore transit
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Running Extra

Engineers work out why fallen leaves on train tracks are so slippery
[phys.org]

Vintage Streamliner Train To Be Restored In Wisconsin
[wbbm780.radio.com]

Russian train enthusiast builds his own mini-railway
[www.timesfreepress.com]

Is that the Japanese bullet train in your underwear, or are you just happy to see me?
[soranews24.com]

Odd Old News: Building the Northwestern Pacific Tracks South to Ft. Seward
[kymkemp.com]

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> It’s just a little past 8:00 PM in La Coste
> Texas.  LORAM Rail Grider RG 410 has backed onto
> the main line and is ready to head west.   They
> will work all night before sunrise.  
> 
> Norm Schultze Photo
> 
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> 
> [size=small][color=#3333FF]Photos shared are the
> property of the photographer, if you wish to share
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> [hr]
> [b][i][u]Scheduled News[/u][/i][/b]
> [hr]
> 
> San Jose to create a ‘quiet zone’ to stop
> trains from blaring horns at night
> https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/01/san-jose-wi
> ll-institute-quiet-zones-to-stop-trains-from-blari
> ng-horns-at-night/
> 
> BNSF train cars derail near Yakima River bridge in
> Richland, causes traffic backups 
> https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article2
> 44649987.html
> 
> Las Vegas Xpress train project plans for 2021
> launch date
> https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/tourism/las
> -vegas-xpress-train-project-plans-for-2021-launch-
> date-2086091/
> 
> NTSB, Union Pacific among agencies investigating
> Tempe train crash
> https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2
> 020/07/31/tempe-train-crash-investigation-ntsb-uni
> on-pacific-involved/5552207002/
> and
> Arizona train derailment and fire described as 'a
> scene from hell'
> https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/us/tempe-arizona-tr
> ain-derailment/index.html
> and
> Train derails, bridge partially collapses near
> Tempe Town Lake
> https://www.fox10phoenix.com/video/834861
> and
> Train derails on Arizona bridge that collapses,
> catches fire 
> https://omaha.com/news/national/train-derails-on-a
> rizona-bridge-that-collapses-catches-fire/article_
> 332fa6c2-efd9-504f-8d82-e8c2471f4ac6.html
> 
> SFMTA votes down Caltrain sales tax proposal,
> bringing train system closer to a shutdown
> https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SFMTA-
> votes-down-Caltrain-sales-tax-proposal-15450733.ph
> p
> and
> Caltrain tax measure remains in limbo, railroad
> ‘in great peril’
> https://climaterwc.com/2020/07/29/caltrains-lifeli
> ne-tax-measure-remains-in-limbo-railroad-in-great-
> peril-2/
> 
> San Francisco approves Caltrain ballot measure
> others call illegal, unwinnable 
> https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/san-fran
> cisco-approves-caltrain-ballot-measure-others-call
> -illegal-unwinnable/article_6f022950-d152-11ea-b52
> 5-d7f4abdb12b5.html
> 
> Timeline: How the Mexico-Toluca train survived
> despite soaring costs 
> https://www.bnamericas.com/en/features/timeline-ho
> w-the-mexico-toluca-train-survived-despite-soaring
> -costs
> 
> EGEB: Germany builds the world’s first hydrogen
> train filling station
> https://electrek.co/2020/07/30/egeb-germany-hydrog
> en-train-filling-station-north-dakota-oil-plug/
> 
> Wednesday: Caltrain holding public meeting on
> closure of Atherton train station
> https://www.almanacnews.com/square/2020/07/28/wedn
> esday-caltrain-holding-public-meeting-on-closure-o
> f-atherton-train-station
> 
> High-speed rail coming down the track: America's
> newest, fastest trains, from Acela to Brightline
> https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/07/30/a
> cela-brightline-us-fastest-trains-high-speed-rail-
> coming/5535529002/
> 
> EU approves Alstom-Bombardier deal to create
> train-making giant
> https://www.ft.com/content/e1ef9d6f-a0cd-4c9b-a13e
> -525a728758ca
> 
> Law puts train back on JT track 
> https://www.tnonline.com/20200728/law-puts-train-b
> ack-on-jt-track/
> and
> Reading & Northern’s Lehigh Gorge train trips
> returning to Jim Thorpe
> https://www.timesleader.com/news/793961/reading-s-
> lehigh-gorge-train-trips-returning-to-jim-thorpe
> 
> NV: Nevada approves private activity bonds for
> Virgin Trains' high-speed rail project
> https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/21148379/
> nv-nevada-approves-private-activity-bonds-for-virg
> in-trains-highspeed-rail-project
> 
> Metra adds express trains to BNSF and Rock Island
> lines
> https://chi.streetsblog.org/2020/07/29/as-ridershi
> p-recovers-metra-adds-express-trains-to-bnsf-and-r
> ock-island-lines/
> 
> Brand-new Merseyrail train covered in graffiti
> before delivery
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-535
> 73970
> 
> PATCO worker dies in accident at speedline train
> yard and repair facility in Lindenwold
> https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local
> /south-jersey/2020/07/27/patco-worker-dies-lindenw
> old-train-yard-accident/5521006002/
> 
> Repairs to Sandy-Damaged F Train Tunnel Coming
> Next Month
> https://www.boweryboogie.com/2020/07/repairs-to-sa
> ndy-damaged-f-train-tunnel-coming-next-month/
> 
> Train switching change will clear blocked
> crossings
> https://www.journalreview.com/stories/train-switch
> ing-change-will-clear-blocked-crossings,126619
> 
> Japan has a new bullet train that is completely
> earthquake-proof. Here’s what that means
> https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/7/27/213357
> 37/japan-bullet-train-n700s-earthquake
> 
> Trains and toilet paper: Railroads step up during
> the COVID pandemic
> https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/lahontan-valley/
> trains-and-toilet-paper-railroads-step-up-during-t
> he-covid-pandemic/
> 
> GCC Railway: a train across a fractured Gulf?
> https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/07
> /gcc-railway-train-fractured-gulf-qatar-saudi-arab
> ia-uae.html
> 
> Chinese supplier of Australian train parts accused
> of using Uighur labour vows to fight US
> blacklisting 
> https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/28/chin
> ese-supplier-of-australian-train-parts-accused-of-
> using-uighur-labour-vows-to-fight-us-blacklisting
> 
> Homeless Encampments Cleared Near Railroad Tracks
> In Beaumont 
> https://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/home
> less-encampments-cleared-near-railroad-tracks-beau
> mont
> 
> KDOT proposes new rule regulating railroad crew
> size
> https://www.wibw.com/2020/07/29/kdot-proposes-new-
> rule-regulating-railroad-crew-size/
> 
> City completes $7 million Rochelle Railroad
> expansion project
> https://rochellenews-leader.com/article/end-of-the
> -line
> 
> Freight-rail traffic slump continues
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_indust
> ry_trends/news/Freight-rail-traffic-slump-continue
> s--61165
> 
> Buckingham Branch Railroad acquires railcar repair
> facility
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/short_lines
> _regionals/news/Buckingham-Branch-Railroad-acquire
> s-railcar-repair-facility--61164
> 
> Norfolk Southern nabs former CSX, Union Pacific
> exec as railroad pushes forward on PSR 
> https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/norfolk-south
> ern-csx-union-pacific-coo-rail-psr/582489/
> 
> From dream to reality: Proposed railway would
> connect Alaska to the rest of the continent by
> rail
> https://www.ktuu.com/2020/07/31/from-dream-to-real
> ity-proposed-railway-would-connect-alaska-to-the-r
> est-of-the-continent-by-rail/
> 
> Canadian Pacific issues climate change statement 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_pa
> cific/news/Canadian-Pacific-issues-climate-change-
> statement--61156
> 
> Pandemic's impact hammers Q2 intermodal traffic 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_indust
> ry_trends/news/Pandemics-impact-hammers-Q2-intermo
> dal-traffic--61172
> 
> AAR recognizes CSX's Davis with Chaffee
> environmental award 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /AAR-recognizes-CSXs-Davis-with-Chaffee-environmen
> tal-award--61128
> 
> Amtrak tightens mask requirement 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/amtrak/news
> /Amtrak-tightens-mask-requirement--61116
> 
> City finishes first of three phases in Rail
> Corridor Project 
> https://www.tehachapinews.com/news/city-finishes-f
> irst-of-three-phases-in-rail-corridor-project/arti
> cle_72884838-d360-11ea-bb93-f3091b8dd1d3.html
> 
> Iran, Azerbaijan Discuss Railroad Connection 
> https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/08/01/2318
> 377/iran-azerbaijan-discuss-railroad-connection
> 
> Georgia Ports Authority sets tonnage record in
> FY2020
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/intermodal/
> news/Georgia-Ports-Authority-sets-tonnage-record-i
> n-FY2020--61132
> 
> CN outlines cap-ex plans for three Midwest states,
> Tennessee
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_na
> tional/news/CN-outlines-cap-ex-plans-for-three-Mid
> west-states-Tennessee--61143
> and
> CN rolls out infrastructure plans for Louisiana,
> Mississippi
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_na
> tional/news/CN-rolls-out-infrastructure-plans-for-
> Louisiana-Mississippi--61115
> and
> CN Railroad announces $100M investment in
> Wisconsin 
> https://journaltimes.com/news/local/cn-railroad-an
> nounces-100m-investment-in-wisconsin/article_853e1
> 291-8763-5d58-9624-d4d1c7447b80.html
> 
> PUCO approves Ohio grade crossing upgrades 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/c_s/news/PU
> CO-approves-Ohio-grade-crossing-upgrades--61171
> 
> Union Pacific Has Long-Term Growth Prospects
> https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/07/30/union-pa
> cific-has-long-term-growth-prospects.aspx
> 
> High Speed Rail Project May Proceed With
> Application to Federal Agency, No Exemption
> Granted
> https://thetexan.news/high-speed-rail-project-may-
> proceed-with-application-to-federal-agency-no-exem
> ption-granted/
> 
> Report: Caltrain reduces GHG emissions by 44
> percent 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/sustainabil
> ity/news/Report-Caltrain-reduces-GHG-emissions-by-
> 44-percent--61120
> 
> Locomotive gift from Norfolk Southern to support
> Altoona program
> https://news.psu.edu/story/626919/2020/07/28/acade
> mics/locomotive-gift-norfolk-southern-support-alto
> ona-program
> 
> APTA: Latest pandemic-relief bills ignore transit
> 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_leg
> islation_regulation/news/APTA-Latest-pandemic-reli
> ef-bills-ignore-transit--61141
> 
> [b][i][u]Running Extra[/u][/i][/b]
> [hr]
> 
> Engineers work out why fallen leaves on train
> tracks are so slippery
> https://phys.org/news/2020-07-fallen-tracks-slippe
> ry.html
> 
> Vintage Streamliner Train To Be Restored In
> Wisconsin
> https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/vintage-streaml
> iner-train-to-be-restored-in-wisconsin
> 
> Russian train enthusiast builds his own
> mini-railway
> https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/national/inter
> national/story/2020/jul/29/russian-enthusiast-buil
> ds-his-own-mini-railway/528522/
> 
> Is that the Japanese bullet train in your
> underwear, or are you just happy to see me?
> https://soranews24.com/2020/07/30/is-that-the-japa
> nese-bullet-train-in-your-underwear-or-are-you-jus
> t-happy-to-see-me/
> 
> Odd Old News: Building the Northwestern Pacific
> Tracks South to Ft. Seward
> http://kymkemp.com/2020/07/31/odd-old-news-buildin
> g-the-northwestern-pacific-tracks-south-to-ft-sewa
> rd/

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