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Volume 15 - issue 029
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Date: July 16, 2022 10:30AM

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A Union Pacific auto rack train passes ancient Saguaro cacti as it heads west on the former Southern Pacific's Sunset Line 18 miles east of Gila Bend, AZ on July 2, 2016. This location is in the Sonoran Desert National Monument along Arizona Route 238 at Mile Marker 18. In the distance is the Maricopa Mountain Range

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Scheduled News


California Bullet Train Gets $4.2 Billion Green Light For First Phase While Bigger Challenges Loom
[www.forbes.com]

Madrid and Barcelona Win From Spain’s Free Train Travel Plan
[www.bloomberg.com]
and
Train Rides in Spain Will Be Free Starting in September
[www.thrillist.com]

Del Mar train tracks may find a more solid footing inland
[www.kpbs.org]

Biden averts freight railroad strike - for now
[www.cnn.com]
and
Biden intervenes in railroad contract fight to block strike
[www.washingtonpost.com]

CTA Leaders Vow To Fix Unreliable Service With More Hiring, Improved Train And Bus Tracking
[blockclubchicago.org]

Second Amtrak Missouri River Runner train resumes on Monday, July 18
[krcgtv.com]

Federal investigators are looking into ‘runaway train’ incidents at the MBTA
[whdh.com]

Railway workers injured in Columbia train derailment
[www.wistv.com]

MTA re-routes Q trains on weekends for track and train signal upgrades
[brooklynreporter.com]

China Worried U.S. Outpacing Them On Poorly Functioning Low-Speed Trains
[www.theonion.com]

UK Strike Threat Returns as Train Drivers Vote on Action
[www.bloomberg.com]

Passenger train between Vancouver and Seattle to resume in September
[www.heraldnet.com]

Additional train service coming between local area, Norfolk
[sungazette.news]

CT: Metro-North increases Waterbury branch train service by 47%, adds express trains to Grand Central
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Funding moves ACE train project quicker along
[www.cerescourier.com]

Ottawa unveils its new Stadler FLIRT O-Train vehicles
[ottawa.ctvnews.ca]

Major railroad union authorizes potential strike over labor contract fight
[www.bizjournals.com]

Will Union Pacific finally expand a railroad line in Mesa area? Signs point to yes
[www.rtands.com]
and
Union Pacific stockpiling land for new railway
[www.eastvalleytribune.com]

Railroad Workers Being ‘Ground to Dust,’ AFL-CIO Head Says
[www.ttnews.com]

The Federal Railroad Administration needs your help
[mynbc15.com]

Amtrak wants to make Atlanta a railroad hub
[www.thecentersquare.com]

SIERRA NORTHERN MOVES TO SANTA PAULA | Railroad company leases former hay and grain building
[vcreporter.com]

Alaska Railroad promotes Brian O'Dowd to director of engineering services
[www.masstransitmag.com]

Developers acquire CMC Railroad, Houston logistics park
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

New $8.8M Maritime Dock, Railroad Facility Going Up in Mississippi
[www.constructionequipmentguide.com]

'This is a huge victory': Gov. Cox celebrates feds' approval of Uinta Basin Railway
[www.ksl.com]
and
Utah crude trains could be rolling through Colorado after Forest Service denies objections to new rail line
[coloradosun.com]

Metro-North Railroad Timetables to Take Effect July 10 Will Add Six Express Trains on the New Haven Line and Increase Waterbury Branch Service by 47%
[thecitylife.org]

IANA to honor Prince, Newsome, Lowenthal at EXPO
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Class I railroads expect intermodal boost after several disruptive supply-chain kinks smooth out
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Lawsuits Galore Filed in Deadly Amtrak Crash as Locals Say They’ve Been Warning About Risk for Years
[www.vice.com]

Brazilian railway company Rumo sells sugar, grain Santos port terminals for $259 mln
[www.agriculture.com]

World's first desert-circling railway brings vitality to Xinjiang
[www.prnewswire.com]

Coastal Commission questions Mendocino Railway reps in Fort Bragg mill site hearing
[mendovoice.com]

Renewable Fuels Testing Under Way at UP
[www.railwayage.com]

BLET Members Vote ‘Yes’ on Nationwide Strike Authorization
[www.railwayage.com]

China 'backed out' of funding three railway projects, says DOTr exec
[www.gmanetwork.com]

Tema-Accra train services to resume on July 18 – Railway Company
[www.ghanaweb.com]

Amtrak to STB: Deny CN’s Responsive Application
[www.railwayage.com]

'Japan could take over the Bicol railway'
[www.manilatimes.net]

Feds investing $4.4M for study of permafrost on Hudson Bay Railway corridor
[www.iheartradio.ca]

VTA’s BART Phase II Extension Community Collaboration
[www.railwayage.com]

California high-speed railway reaches milestone at Wasco
[www.globalconstructionreview.com]

Canada allocates $13.9m for rail projects in Regina and Saskatchewan
[www.railway-technology.com]

$1 bln project to revive French-built railway to Da Lat
[e.vnexpress.net]

Running Extra


Riding Ukraine's last train line out of Donbas with families fleeing for their lives
[www.npr.org]

Letter | Voters will learn they can’t have both train, trail
[www.santacruzsentinel.com]

You’ll Absolutely Love A Ride On Southern California’s Majestic Mountain Train This Summer
[www.onlyinyourstate.com]

“Hell on Earth!”—US railroad workers speak out against intolerable working conditions
[www.wsws.org]



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