New SEPTA cars from CRRC to be delayed

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PHILADELPHIA — The delivery of 45 new Regional Rail cars for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will be delayed into 2020. The agency’s board learned of the delay at its meeting last week. At the same meeting, it approved $34.2 million in contracts to build a new station in Ardmore, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The […]

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NTSB to meet on 2018 fatal Amtrak-CSX collision NEWSWIRE

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WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it will hold a board meeting on July 23 to determine probable cause of the Feb. 4, 2018, collision of Amtrak and CSX Transportation trains near Cayce, S.C. The engineer and conductor on the Amtrak train were killed, and more than 90 others on board required […]

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Pikes Peak cog steam locomotive lands … in Arizona?!? NEWSWIRE

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Manitou & Pikes Peak Railroad steam locomotive No. 4 is staged on a short stretch of railroad track outside the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams, Ariz., after delivery on June 28, 2019. The smokestack, removed for transport, has yet to be reinstalled. GCRY: Eric Hadder WILLIAMS, Ariz. — In another symbiotic tie between members […]

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Santana succeeds Betler as Wabtec chief executive NEWSWIRE

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Rafael Santana, Wabtec President and CEO Wabtec/GE Transportation WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. today announced Rafael Santana will become president and CEO of the company, effective July 1. Santana, who will also become a Wabtec board member, will succeed Ray Betler, who will retire as a Wabtec executive and board member. Santana, 47, joined Wabtec […]

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Cleanup continues after derailment in U.S.-Canada rail tunnel

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PORT HURON, Mich. — Cleanup continues after a Friday derailment in the St. Clair River tunnel connecting the U.S. and Canada, which resulted in a spill of more than 13,000 gallons of sulfuric acid. The Port Huron Times Herald reported Saturday afternoon crews were preparing to pump out the spilled acid after removing other cars […]

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Indiana town says goodbye to ‘Hoosier State’ — and to trains as a daily travel option NEWSWIRE

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Shelbi Hoover, Paul Utterback, and Dr. Helen Hudson help prepare the Crawfordsville, Ind., station on Saturday, June 29, the day before the final run of the Hoosier State. Bob Johnston Passengers and volunteers greet the final northbound Hoosier State as it arrives in Crawfordsville, Ind., on Sunday. Bob Johnston CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Seven passengers boarded the […]

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America’s Transit Challenge: Part V NEWSWIRE

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Construction underway on an Alstom-powered fully automated transit system in Montreal. REM, Montreal This article is the last of five on transit in the U.S. and North America. Read parts One, Two, Three, and Four online. Early one morning, sometime late in 2020, more than a dozen light rail trains will come to life at […]

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CN experiences derailment in St. Clair River tunnel NEWSWIRE

My office is actively monitoring the train derailment within the international train tunnel. There were no injuries. At this time there is no threat to public safety in the surrounding area. Please avoid the area as we work with our bi-national partners at the scene. pic.twitter.com/OhfBd5OQCC — James Freed (@JamesFreed) June 28, 2019 PORT HURON, […]

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