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Scheduled News

UK train operators cut hundreds of services owing to staff shortage
[www.theguardian.com]

CrossCountry: Strike action affects Christmas Eve train journeys
[www.bbc.com]

Bus or train? World's first 'dual-mode vehicle' to begin operating in Japan
[www.cnn.com]

2 Canadian Pacific train derailments being cleaned up in Alberta and Saskatchewan
[www.castlegarnews.com]

Senegal's new commuter train makes first journey from capital Dakar
[www.reuters.com]

W train suspended as MTA grapples with worker shortages related to COVID-19 spike
[www.amny.com]

Inside the upcoming Orient Express La Dolce Vita train
[www.cnn.com]

In Texas Supreme Court case, state argues that Dallas-Houston bullet train developer can’t use eminent domain
[www.cleburnetimesreview.com]
and
AG's opposition could be big blow to bullet train project
[www.theleadernews.com]

The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul railway begins freight service
[www.jpost.com]

CTA holiday train spreads cheer through the Loop: ‘It lights up your heart’
[chicago.suntimes.com]

Several People Injured After Train Collision On Tehran Metro
[www.iranintl.com]

Collision between a locomotive and a passenger train at Grosmont, 21 September 2021
[www.gov.uk]

Metro Ordered To Pull 7000-Series Trains … Again
[dcist.com]

Baton Rouge to New Orleans passenger train: When will operations begin, route details, more
[www.wrkf.org]

Dubuque warns train traffic may double if railroad merger is appoved
[www.kcrg.com]

Kansas City Southern Railroad Sale Completed
[www.newsdakota.com]

Indiana Rail Road completes Odon upgrades
[www.wishtv.com]

Next Amtrak CEO — insider Stephen Gardner — will be railroad’s fifth since 2016
[www.marketwatch.com]

Railroads faced service disruptions, congestion as intermodal demand grew
[www.supplychaindive.com]

Train operators on the Columbia Walla Walla Railroad continue to press for critical section of track
[www.union-bulletin.com]

Bellingham woman sentenced for sabotaging BNSF railroad tracks
[kgmi.com]

CN Partnering With Google Cloud to ‘Modernize’ Railroad Services
[www.datamation.com]

Brightline investing millions of dollars in railroad safety and mental health awareness
[www.rtands.com]

Hyundai Glovis Sets Up Railroad Transport Unit in Chengdu
[koreabizwire.com]

Railroads & Solar Power: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
[cleantechnica.com]

Railroads try out new fuels
[www.arkansasonline.com]

Union Railroad Station nominated for National Register of Historic Places
[news.yahoo.com]

Alaska Railroad honors 25 employees for excellence
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Investor-backed CEO candidate out of the running to lead CN
[www.seattletimes.com]

OT cheat says LIRR, union knew about ‘commonplace’ sleeping on the job
[nypost.com]

Public comment taken about proposed railroad acquisition
[www.newspressnow.com]

Dissatisfied customers? LIRR commuters say conditions at Penn 'worse than ever'
[www.newsday.com]

Former Amtrak Employee Charged with Wire Fraud
[www.justice.gov]

STB won't suspend rate-dispute rulemaking schedule
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

NRC announces 2021 special award winners, 2022 Hall of Fame inductions, and Safety Award winners
[www.rtands.com]

Toronto Transit Commission OKs 2022 operating, capital budgets
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Metra to begin major hiring push in January
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Laos opens railroad over mountain of Chinese debt
[marketresearchtelecast.com]

DCTA names new regional leaders
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Winston-Salem plans push to bring back passenger rail
[journalnow.com]

Amtrak BMWED members vote for federation consolidation
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Brazilian private sector submits 64 applications for new railroads with investment of US$31.7 billion
[www.riotimesonline.com]

Rail supplier news from Auxo Investment, RR Mergers and Cad Railway
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

‘Safety Integration Plan’ Proposed for CPKC
[www.railwayage.com]

CP, Canadian Tire ink contract extension
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Iran, Iraq plan to carry out Shalamcheh-Basra railroad
[menafn.com]

TriMet appoints Wilson executive director of safety, security
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

$ 1.8 million New Plymouth Railroad Crossing Improvements Nearly Complete
[www.bollyinside.com]

NS Testing Intermodal Incentive Program
[www.railwayage.com]

BART lists top achievements for 2021
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

CSX Earns Spot on Forbes ‘Green Growth’ List
[www.railwayage.com]

P&L's Reck to step down as CEO, Garrett named successor
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Train derailment in Grand Junction
[www.nbc11news.com]

Trinity Railway Express to mark 25th anniversary
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

U.S. railroads’ intermodal volume dipped slightly in Week 51
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Canadian Regulator Rules on Grain ‘Entitlements’
[www.railwayage.com]

Southampton bids to be home to Great British Railway headquarters
[www.bbc.com]

New high-speed railway line operational in east China
[www.xinhuanet.com]

STB OKs Watco Wisconsin and Michigan Acquisitions
[www.railwayage.com]

UP-Served Savage Gulf Rail Facility Opens
[www.railwayage.com]

Running Extra

Why it’s so infuriatingly hard to get around Europe by train
[www.opendemocracy.net]

The World’s 8 Most Beautiful Train Stations
[www.travelawaits.com]

Holiday Kindness Around the Railroad – Gretna and Omaha, Nebraska; Houston, Texas; North Platte
[www.up.com]

Building the rail system America deserves
[www.nydailynews.com]

What’s in a street name: How PCH almost skipped Malibu
[www.kcrw.com]

The Airport Served By A Narrow Gauge Steam Railway
[simpleflying.com]

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> [b][i][u]Scheduled News[/u][/i][/b]
> [hr]
> 
> UK train operators cut hundreds of services owing
> to staff shortage
> https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/31/uk
> -train-operators-cut-hundreds-of-services-staff-sh
> ortage-reduced-timetables-pandemic-absences
> 
> CrossCountry: Strike action affects Christmas Eve
> train journeys
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-59781684
> 
> Bus or train? World's first 'dual-mode vehicle' to
> begin operating in Japan
> https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/business/dual-mode-
> vehicle-japan/index.html
> 
> 2 Canadian Pacific train derailments being cleaned
> up in Alberta and Saskatchewan
> https://www.castlegarnews.com/news/2-canadian-paci
> fic-train-derailments-being-cleaned-up-in-alberta-
> and-saskatchewan/
> 
> Senegal's new commuter train makes first journey
> from capital Dakar
> https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/senega
> ls-new-commuter-train-makes-first-journey-capital-
> dakar-2021-12-27/
> 
> W train suspended as MTA grapples with worker
> shortages related to COVID-19 spike
> https://www.amny.com/news/w-train-suspended-mta-co
> vid-19-worker-shortages/
> 
> Inside the upcoming Orient Express La Dolce Vita
> train
> https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/luxury-orient-e
> xpress-train-to-debut-in-italy-in-2023/index.html
> 
> In Texas Supreme Court case, state argues that
> Dallas-Houston bullet train developer can’t use
> eminent domain 
> https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/in-texas-
> supreme-court-case-state-argues-that-dallas-housto
> n-bullet-train-developer-can-t/article_a8302aca-62
> 7d-11ec-9a98-a39a83f5fbd8.html
> and
> AG's opposition could be big blow to bullet train
> project 
> https://www.theleadernews.com/business/ags-opposit
> ion-could-be-big-blow-to-bullet-train-project/arti
> cle_36abbc1a-68e1-11ec-bcfc-034c54ec0685.html
> 
> The Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul railway begins
> freight service
> https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-690086
> 
> CTA holiday train spreads cheer through the Loop:
> ‘It lights up your heart’
> https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/20/22846900/c
> ta-holiday-train-loop-santa-claus-christmas-elves
> 
> Several People Injured After Train Collision On
> Tehran Metro
> https://www.iranintl.com/en/202112227190
> 
> Collision between a locomotive and a passenger
> train at Grosmont, 21 September 2021 
> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-
> digest-082021-collision-at-grosmont/collision-betw
> een-a-locomotive-and-a-passenger-train-at-grosmont
> -21-september-2021
> 
> Metro Ordered To Pull 7000-Series Trains …
> Again
> https://dcist.com/story/21/12/29/metro-ordered-to-
> pull-7000-series-trains-again/
> 
> Baton Rouge to New Orleans passenger train: When
> will operations begin, route details, more 
> https://www.wrkf.org/news/2021-12-21/baton-rouge-t
> o-new-orleans-passenger-train-when-will-operations
> -begin-route-details-more
> 
> Dubuque warns train traffic may double if railroad
> merger is appoved
> https://www.kcrg.com/2021/12/31/dubuque-warns-trai
> n-traffic-may-double-if-railroad-merger-is-appoved
> /
> 
> Kansas City Southern Railroad Sale Completed
> https://www.newsdakota.com/2021/12/28/kansas-city-
> southern-railroad-sale-completed/
> 
> Indiana Rail Road completes Odon upgrades 
> https://www.wishtv.com/news/inside-indiana-busines
> s/indiana-rail-road-completes-odon-upgrades/
> 
> Next Amtrak CEO — insider Stephen Gardner —
> will be railroad’s fifth since 2016
> https://www.marketwatch.com/story/next-amtrak-ceo-
> insider-stephen-gardner-will-be-railroads-fifth-si
> nce-2016-11640212126
> 
> Railroads faced service disruptions, congestion as
> intermodal demand grew 
> https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/rail-congesti
> on-2021-as-intermodal-volumes-grew/611820/
> 
> Train operators on the Columbia Walla Walla
> Railroad continue to press for critical section of
> track 
> https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/business/train
> -operators-on-the-columbia-walla-walla-railroad-co
> ntinue-to-press-for-critical-section-of/article_65
> ee263a-5dd2-11ec-ab3e-a3051cd6975d.html
> 
> Bellingham woman sentenced for sabotaging BNSF
> railroad tracks
> https://kgmi.com/news/007700-bellingham-woman-sent
> enced-for-sabotaging-bnsf-railroad-tracks/
> 
> CN Partnering With Google Cloud to ‘Modernize’
> Railroad Services
> https://www.datamation.com/cloud/cn-partnering-goo
> gle-cloud-modernize-railroad-services/
> 
> Brightline investing millions of dollars in
> railroad safety and mental health awareness
> https://www.rtands.com/passenger/brightline-invest
> ing-millions-of-dollars-in-railroad-safety-and-men
> tal-health-awareness/
> 
> Hyundai Glovis Sets Up Railroad Transport Unit in
> Chengdu
> http://koreabizwire.com/hyundai-glovis-sets-up-rai
> lroad-transport-unit-in-chengdu/207882
> 
> Railroads & Solar Power: You Ain’t Seen Nothing
> Yet
> https://cleantechnica.com/2021/12/27/railroads-sol
> ar-power-you-aint-seen-nothing-yet/
> 
> Railroads try out new fuels
> https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/dec/19/ra
> ilroads-try-out-new-fuels/
> 
> Union Railroad Station nominated for National
> Register of Historic Places
> https://news.yahoo.com/union-railroad-station-nomi
> nated-national-105600349.html
> 
> Alaska Railroad honors 25 employees for excellence
> 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /Alaska-Railroad-honors-25-employees-for-excellenc
> e--65545
> 
> Investor-backed CEO candidate out of the running
> to lead CN 
> https://www.seattletimes.com/business/investor-bac
> ked-ceo-candidate-out-of-the-running-to-lead-cn/
> 
> OT cheat says LIRR, union knew about
> ‘commonplace’ sleeping on the job 
> https://nypost.com/2021/12/27/ot-scammer-says-lirr
> -knew-about-sleeping-on-the-job/
> 
> Public comment taken about proposed railroad
> acquisition 
> https://www.newspressnow.com/news/regional_news/no
> rthland/public-comment-taken-about-proposed-railro
> ad-acquisition/article_45134abd-d6eb-5bc4-bfa0-55c
> aa89b997e.html
> 
> Dissatisfied customers? LIRR commuters say
> conditions at Penn 'worse than ever'
> https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation
> /lirr-satisfaction-survey-1.50460007
> 
> Former Amtrak Employee Charged with Wire Fraud
> https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/former-amtrak
> -employee-charged-wire-fraud
> 
> STB won't suspend rate-dispute rulemaking schedule
> 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_leg
> islation_regulation/news/STB-wont-suspend-rate-dis
> pute-rulemaking-schedule--65555
> 
> NRC announces 2021 special award winners, 2022
> Hall of Fame inductions, and Safety Award winners
> https://www.rtands.com/safety-training/nrc-announc
> es-2021-award-winners-2022-hall-of-fame-inductions
> -and-safety-award-winners/
> 
> Toronto Transit Commission OKs 2022 operating,
> capital budgets 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/Toronto-Transit-Commission-OKs-2022-opera
> ting-capital-budgets--65498
> 
> Metra to begin major hiring push in January 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/labor/news/
> Metra-to-begin-major-hiring-push-in-January--65554
> 
> 
> Laos opens railroad over mountain of Chinese debt
> https://marketresearchtelecast.com/laos-opens-rail
> road-over-mountain-of-chinese-debt/229862/
> 
> DCTA names new regional leaders 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /DCTA-names-new-regional-leaders--65558
> 
> Winston-Salem plans push to bring back passenger
> rail 
> https://journalnow.com/news/local/winston-salem-pl
> ans-push-to-bring-back-passenger-rail/article_ccb5
> eb6a-6416-11ec-a776-c3dabbd81819.html
> 
> Amtrak BMWED members vote for federation
> consolidation 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/labor/news/
> Amtrak-BMWED-members-vote-for-federation-consolida
> tion--65553
> 
> Brazilian private sector submits 64 applications
> for new railroads with investment of US$31.7
> billion
> https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/
> brazilian-private-sector-submits-64-applications-f
> or-new-railroads-with-investment-of-us31-7-billion
> /
> 
> Rail supplier news from Auxo Investment, RR
> Mergers and Cad Railway
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/supplier_sp
> otlight/news/Rail-supplier-news-from-Auxo-Investme
> nt-RR-Mergers-and-Cad-Railway-Dec-21--65505
> 
> ‘Safety Integration Plan’ Proposed for CPKC
> https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/safety-integ
> ration-plan-issued-for-cpkc/
> 
> CP, Canadian Tire ink contract extension 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/canadian_pa
> cific/news/CP-Canadian-Tire-ink-contract-extension
> --65538
> 
> Iran, Iraq plan to carry out Shalamcheh-Basra
> railroad 
> https://menafn.com/1103464623/Iran-Iraq-plan-to-ca
> rry-out-Shalamcheh-Basra-railroad&source=28
> 
> TriMet appoints Wilson executive director of
> safety, security 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /TriMet-appoints-Wilson-executive-director-of-safe
> ty-security--65521
> 
> $ 1.8 million New Plymouth Railroad Crossing
> Improvements Nearly Complete
> https://www.bollyinside.com/news/1-8-million-new-p
> lymouth-railroad-crossing-improvements-nearly-comp
> lete
> 
> NS Testing Intermodal Incentive Program
> https://www.railwayage.com/intermodal/ns-testing-i
> ntermodal-incentive-program/
> 
> BART lists top achievements for 2021 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/BART-lists-top-achievements-for-2021--655
> 43
> 
> CSX Earns Spot on Forbes ‘Green Growth’ List
> https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/csx-ear
> ns-spot-on-forbes-green-growth-list/
> 
> P&L's Reck to step down as CEO, Garrett named
> successor
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news
> /PLs-Reck-to-step-down-as-CEO-Garrett-named-succes
> sor--65537
> 
> Train derailment in Grand Junction
> https://www.nbc11news.com/2021/12/29/train-derailm
> ent-grand-junction/
> 
> Trinity Railway Express to mark 25th anniversary 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_r
> ail/news/Trinity-Railway-Express-to-mark-25th-anni
> versary--65527
> 
> U.S. railroads’ intermodal volume dipped
> slightly in Week 51 
> https://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_indust
> ry_trends/news/US-railroads-intermodal-volume-dipp
> ed-slightly-in-Week-51--65556
> 
> Canadian Regulator Rules on Grain
> ‘Entitlements’
> https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/canadian-reg
> ulator-rules-on-grain-entitlements/
> 
> Southampton bids to be home to Great British
> Railway headquarters
> https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-5977
> 9456
> 
> New high-speed railway line operational in east
> China
> http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/20211230/ca790229
> e2a344dbb9dee829fda80ccd/c.html
> 
> STB OKs Watco Wisconsin and Michigan Acquisitions
> https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/stb-oks-watc
> o-wisconsin-and-michiganacquisitions/
> 
> UP-Served Savage Gulf Rail Facility Opens
> https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/up-serv
> ed-savage-gulf-rail-facility-opens/
> 
> [b][i][u]Running Extra[/u][/i][/b]
> [hr]
> 
> Why it’s so infuriatingly hard to get around
> Europe by train
> https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/why-it
> s-so-infuriatingly-hard-to-get-around-europe-by-tr
> ain/
> 
> The World’s 8 Most Beautiful Train Stations
> https://www.travelawaits.com/2717369/worlds-most-b
> eautiful-train-stations/
> 
> Holiday Kindness Around the Railroad – Gretna
> and Omaha, Nebraska; Houston, Texas; North Platte
> https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/
> holiday-kindness-211229.htm
> 
> Building the rail system America deserves
> https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-buildi
> ng-rail-system-america-deserves-20211229-tezlapkuo
> 5a37cwzzigqkpo6ay-story.html
> 
> What’s in a street name: How PCH almost skipped
> Malibu
> https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/new-yea
> rs-eve-streets/whats-in-a-street-name-how-pch-almo
> st-skipped-malibu
> 
> The Airport Served By A Narrow Gauge Steam
> Railway
> https://simpleflying.com/narrow-gauge-steam-railwa
> y-airport/

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