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Short Lines & Regionals

OmniTRAX tapped to serve Arm & Hammer plant in Wyoming »

KEYWORDS: OmniTRAX Inc., switching service, Church and Dwight Co. Inc., sodium bicarbonate production facility in Green River, Wyoming, Arm & Hammer, trona

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Federal Legislation & Regulation

NTSB updates investigation into February collision between Illinois Central, Amtrak trains »

KEYWORDS: National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, Illinois Central Railroad, Amtrak, train collisions, investigations, Union Pacific Railroad derailment, Richmond, Texas

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Short Lines & Regionals

ASLRRA to honor Lake State Railway, TGS Cedar Port Railroad for business development efforts »

KEYWORDS: American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, ASLRRA, TGS Cedar Port Railroad, Trans-Global Solutions, business development, Lake State Railway Co., LSRC

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Rail Industry Trends

U.S. freight-rail traffic rises 1.1% in Week 10 »

KEYWORDS: Association of American Railroads, U.S. freight-rail traffic, carload commodity groups, data, freight rail traffic, rail traffic, Canadian freight-rail traffic, Mexican freight-rail traffic, intermodal volume, AAR

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Passenger Rail

FTA opens inquiry into Illinois DOT's safety oversight of CTA »

KEYWORDS: Federal Transit Administration, FTA, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois Department of Transportation, IDOT, USDOT, Sean Duffy, transit safety, oversight

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Passenger Rail

South Shore Line's Monon Corridor service to open March 31 »

KEYWORDS: South Shore Line, Monon Corridor, March 31 opening, extension, commuter-rail service, Downtown Chicago to South Bend, Indiana,

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