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CN launches website for safety input along key routes
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorCN launched a website on June 3, 2016 to encourage communities to submit input for corridor risk assessments along rail routes carrying significant amounts of...
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Caltrain approves FY 2017 operating and capital budgets
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorCaltrain's Board of Directors has unanimously approved balanced operating and capital budgets for Fiscal Year 2017. The $146.4-million operating budget approved by...
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Final Siemens ACS-64 for Amtrak rolls out of Sacramento
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefOn Thursday, June 2, 2016, Amtrak and Siemens marked completion of the 70th and final Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) electric locomotive at the Siemens...
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New from Rockwell Collins: Shared-network PTC platform
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefRockwell Collins on June 2, 2016 launched ARINC RailwayNet℠, described as “a hosted network and messaging platform for passenger and freight railroads”...
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Texas choo-choo a pain on the range
Written by: Frank N. Wilner, Contributing EditorI wish I may, I wish I might, I wish to be an interstate passenger railroad tonight. Not so fast. Although a proposed Texas Central high-speed passenger...
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UP Bakken crude oil train derails in Oregon
Written by: Bruce E. Kelly, Contributing EditorA Union Pacific train carrying 96 carloads of Bakken crude to a refinery in Tacoma, Wash., derailed in Mosier, Ore., on June 3. Originating in New Town,...
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Amsted Rail idling Bessemer wheel facility
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCiting “reductions in new railcar demand and improved efficiencies of the railroads in North America for the foreseeable future,” Amsted Rail is...
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New from Cubic and Microsoft: NextTraffic™
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCubic Transportation Systems (CTS) on June 6, 2016 announced the launch of NextTraffic™ transportation and traffic management system. The announcement...
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SunRail joins Train Safety Awareness Week
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorSunRail, Florida's commuter rail service launched two years ago, joins the Florida Department of Transportation, local law enforcement and volunteers for Train...
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EXIM Bank finances Railserve LEAF export
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefEXIM Bank (Export-Import Bank of the United States) has financed the sale of Railserve’s LEAF® locomotives to Societe d’Exploitation du Transgabonais...
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Mongeau stepping down at CN
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefCiting health reasons, CN President and Chief Executive Officer Claude Mongeau will step down on June 30, 2016. Executive Vice President and Chief...
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Rail Insights: Rob Knight, CFO UP
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorFrom Chicago, and Railway Age's Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7: William Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age: What has been Union Pacific's...
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Rail Insights: Ed Hamberger, CEO AAR
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorFrom Chicago, and Railway Age's Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7: William Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age: What topic does AAR look ahead to...
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DART Rail turning 20
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorDallas Area Rapid Transit debuted on June 14, 1996 with an 11-mile network of light rail, the Red and Blue lines, that extended from Pearl Station in the north,...
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Rail Insights: UP locomotive orders
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorFrom Chicago, and Railway Age's Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age: What is the outlook for Union...
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Rail Insights: AAR on passenger rail and freight
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorFrom Chicago, and Railway Age's Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 7: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age: Describe AAR policy priorities...
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Rail Insights: Supplier international opportunities
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorFrom Chicago, and Railway Age's Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 8: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age: What opportunities are seen in...
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Rail Insights: Norfolk Southern and CNG
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorFrom Chicago, and Railway Age's Rail Insights Conference and Expo today, June 8: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age: What is the status of Norfolk...
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Cleaner, greener New York railroads
Written by: William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefThe New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have partnered with the...
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Total U.S. weekly rail traffic down 17.3% for week ending June 4
Written by: Ben Vient, Managing EditorFor the week ending June 4, 2016, AAR reports total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 455,346 carloads and intermodal units, down 17.3% compared with the same week last...
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