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Amtrak’s Sunset Limited accelerates away from the Del Rio, Texas station as it heads east bound on Union Pacific’s former Southern Pacific’s Sunset Line in June 2003. A pair of General Electric P42 4,200 horsepower engines powers the eight-car train.

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Domestic News (Canada, Mexico and USA)

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Amtrak Starts the Process for New Overnight Trains
[media.amtrak.com]

All MARC trains canceled Friday morning after system outage
[thehill.com]

“Train Ride From Hell”: Senators Demand Answers From Amtrak After Harrowing Passenger Accounts From 37-Hour Delayed Journey
[www.commerce.senate.gov]

Derailment halts train traffic through Tehachapi Pass
[www.bakersfield.com]

Pawtucket-Central Falls train station to open next week
[www.wpri.com]

Dozens of train cars derail in Trinway
[www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com]

Alaska Railroad freight train derails after running into avalanche debris near Girdwood
[alaskapublic.org]

NC By Train reaches record ridership
[transportationtodaynews.com]

Mexico’s Maya Train will need over 6,500 permanent officers to guard tracks
[www.nbcnews.com]

Maya train faces new legal challenge
[www.bnamericas.com]

ACE Train Stalls Along Niles Canyon Due to Landslide
[www.nbcbayarea.com]

MTA set to pay nearly $3 billion for old, overweight LIRR, Metro-North cars
[nypost.com]

Unintended train brake release spurs FRA advisory
[www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com]

NC by Train breaks annual ridership record
[www.witn.com]

Tribute train rolls through town
[www.livingstonenterprise.com]

Railroad's Plan for Cutting Train Crews Put on Hold
[www.manufacturing.net]

7 train service to and from Manhattan will shut down for six weekends
[www.amny.com]

Debris in Sespe Creek may have undermined railroad bridge supports during storms
[www.vcstar.com]

Cascadia bullet train to seek federal infrastructure funds
[www.bondbuyer.com]

Could there finally be a passenger train between Phoenix and Tucson?
[kjzz.org]

Landslide Debris Cancels ACE Trains Through Niles Canyon
[www.nbcbayarea.com]

Will the railroad return through West Bend, as State DOT targets rail line in 2030
[www.washingtoncountyinsider.com]

California Storms Disrupt Rail Service
[railfan.com]

Increased use of embargoes ‘a major concern’ for rail regulators
[www.supplychaindive.com]

Durango railroad receives second chance in Rockwood Station lawsuit
[www.durangoherald.com]

Amtrak’s New Long-Distance Chargers Continue to Struggle
[railfan.com]

Rain Delays San Clemente Railroad Stabilization Project Reopening Until March
[www.rtands.com]

Ondas bags 160MHz radio order from Siemens for a major railroad operator
[seekingalpha.com]

BNSF to serve new biofuels terminal in California
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Enhanced rail location information for first responders added to AskRail by Railinc
[www.ajot.com]

Georgia DOT wraps up first CRISI-funded project
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Feds approve LIRR safety system for East Side Access
[www.newsday.com]

BNSF to spend nearly $4B on capital improvements, maintenance
[www.freightwaves.com]

Amtrak sees improvement in workforce diversity efforts
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

LIRR doesn't have 'rescue locomotive' for East Side Access tunnels if power goes out
[www.newsday.com]

Commissions approve VRE operating, capital budgets for 2024
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

LA Metro to LAX: Crenshaw Extension Opens
[railfan.com]

Georgia ports processed 6 million TEUs in 2022
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

MxV Rail reopens in-person training at SERTC
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

OmniTRAX names Grasso VP of business strategy
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

Amtrak petitions FRA to retire fixed wayside signals in Maryland
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

For Week 2, U.S. Carloads Up, Intermodal Down
[www.railwayage.com]

Canada: Lac-Mégantic Bypass Project Advancing
[www.railwayage.com]

WMATA appeals safety commission directives; granted stay
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

CP, Unifor reach tentative pact for mechanical workers
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

International News

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France, Germany Plan High-Speed Train Between Paris and Berlin
[www.bloomberg.com]

Maramures express: Ukraine launches first train to Romania after 17-year pause
[euromaidanpress.com]

Are train drivers going to prolong the UK rail strikes?
[www.ft.com]

Train station's opening in Bangkok ushers in new travel era
[apnews.com]

Train strikes: Cheaper to settle, minister admits
[www.bbc.com]

Siemens signs 3 bln eur train deal in India
[www.reuters.com]

Bath and Bristol train cancellations due to rail improvement works
[www.bbc.com]

Spain’s Renfe to Launch New Through Train Service to France by Summer
[skift.com]

Transpennine Express: Over 40% of firm's trains cancelled this week
[www.bbc.com]

King Charles takes royal train for the first time as monarch
[www.hellomagazine.com]

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad to be expanded by 2024 – Georgian PM
[www.businesslend.com]

Running Extra

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You can ride a vintage train from 1948 along the Hudson River starting next month
[www.timeout.com]

Japan's beloved slow-motion train
[www.bbc.com]

Why I’ll Always Take A Sleeper Train Over A Plane
[www.traveloffpath.com]

George Russell: Even the SMART train tracks flooded during January storm
[www.marinij.com]

California’s Quincy Railroad
[railfan.com]