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Amtrak

Amtrak officially launches 'Mardi Gras' passenger-rail service »

KEYWORDS: Amtrak, Mardi Gras route, Gulf Coast service, New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, Hurricane Katrina, Flix North America, Greyhound, Baton Rouge

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CSX Transportation

CSX begins re-laying track in hurricane-damaged Blue Ridge Subdivision »

KEYWORDS: CSX, Blue Ridge Subdivision, CSX, Hurricane Helene, RailWorks, B&P Enterprises, railroad recovery services, flooding

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Federal Legislation & Regulation

NTSB releases initial report on July 18 train derailment in Illinois »

KEYWORDS: National Transportation Safety Board, derailment investigation, preliminary report, hazardous materials release

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People

People news from MARTA, CSX and Ports of Indiana »

KEYWORDS: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, MARTA Chief Legal Counsel Jonathan Hunt, interim general manager and CEO; CSX Board Member Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gold de Fleury Medal, Ports of Indiana, Dexter Salenda, foreign trade and economic development director

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Security

Alameda rail corridor conducts security exercise with TSA, FBI »

KEYWORDS: Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, ACTA, TSA, FBI, rail infrastructure security exercise

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Passenger Rail

Toronto transit agency seeks Alstom contract to build new subway trains »

KEYWORDS: Alstom, Toronto Transit Commission, Line 2, Alstom Transport Canada Inc., subway trainsets

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INDOT advances long-awaited Trax Rail Overpass projects 

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Rail-served grain facilities create more capacity for farmers in U.S., Mexico 


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