1/23/2017
Rail News: Passenger Rail
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The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $127 million to 49 projects to maintain the state's infrastructure systems.
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1/23/2017
Rail News: People
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1/23/2017
Rail News: Safety
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1/23/2017
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
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1/20/2017
Rail News: Short Lines & Regionals
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1/20/2017
Rail News: People
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is testing two prototypes of portable track vacuum systems to bolster the network’s efforts to keep tracks clean.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017 – The Association of American Railroads and the freight rail industry congratulates Donald J. Trump and his experienced administration on this historic day.
We are ready to work with the President in helping achieve some of his most ambitious goals, including an overhaul of our tax code, improving a sprawling and inefficient regulatory system and helping devise a sustainable and equitable funding source for the Highway Trust Fund as America looks to secure and strengthen its critical infrastructure.
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1/20/2017
Rail News: Rail Industry Trends
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1/20/2017
Rail News: CSX Transportation
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1/20/2017
Rail News: CSX Transportation
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The Metropolitan Council (Met Council), which serves the Twin Cities, received approval from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to begin engineering on the Blue Line extension.
The Blue Line Extension (Bottineau) light-rail extension is scheduled for construction in 2018 and will operate about 13 miles northwest from downtown Minneapolis, Minn., through north Minneapolis, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal and Brooklyn Park, drawing riders northwest of Brooklyn Park.
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BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has announced a $3.4 billion capital expenditure plan for 2017.
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R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC, named Nathan Henderson as president of R. J. Corman Railroad Services, LLC, and of Noel Rush to serve as senior vice president Commercial Development, R.J. Corman Railroad Group effective immediately. Both will continue to report to R.J. Corman Railroad Group President and CEO Ed Quinn.
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1/20/2017
Rail News: BNSF Railway
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1/20/2017
Rail News: BNSF Railway
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BNSF Railway Co. unveiled a $3.4 billion capital expenditure plan for 2017, the Class I announced yesterday.
Similar to last year's $3.9 billion plan, the largest component of this year's program will be to replace and maintain the railroad's core network and related assets. That aspect of this year's work will amount to about $2.4 billion, BNSF officials said in a press release.
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1/20/2017
Rail News: Passenger Rail
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1/20/2017
Rail News: Kansas City Southern
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