Notable rail news for your day-after-the-Super-Bowl Monday:
— The Federal Railroad Administration will hold a hearing for rural landowners to comment on the Texas Central high speed rail project. The Dallas Business journal reports that U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who opposes the project, announced the hearing last week. No date or location has been set.
— NJ.com’s Larry Higgs writes about NJ Transit GP-40PH-2 No. 4100, a 50-year-old EMD product built for the Central of New Jersey that’s older than the commuter agency it serves.
— DePaul University’s student news site reports on proposed legislation to give college students a 50% discount on Metra commuter rail tickets.
— New Zealanders have raised a long-submerged steam locomotive and tender from the Oreti River in Southland. The locomotive and another still underwater were built in England in the 1870s.
Would those rural landowners who oppose Texas high speed rail be willing to accept a highway with trucks roaring past almost nonstop?