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Federal Legislation & Regulation

STB approves Watco's acquisition of Great Lakes Central Railroad »

KEYWORDS: Surface Transportation Board, Watco Holdings, Great Lakes Central Railroad, acquisition, short line

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League of Railway Women calls for 'Woman of the Year' nominations »

KEYWORDS: League of Railway Women, LRW, Railway Woman of the Year Award, Progressive Railroading, Eleanor Acheson, Amtrak, 2024 Railway Woman of the Year

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Short Lines & Regionals

Kentucky awards $7.5M in rail infrastructure grants »

KEYWORDS: Kentucky Short Line Infrastructure Preservation program, railroad infrastructure projects, state grants,

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Labor

BLET strike authorization vote underway at LIRR »

KEYWORDS: Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, strike authorization vote, Long Island Rail Road, collective bargaining, National Mediation Board

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Passenger Rail

Caltrain logs ridership gain of over 75% for two consecutive months »

KEYWORDS: Caltrain, California rail, passenger rail, ridership, pandemic recovery, ridership estimates, weekend ridership

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Federal Legislation & Regulation

APTA urges Trump, Congress to support billions in transit funding to drive economic growth »

KEYWORDS: APTA, American Public Transportation Association, public transit funding, $138 billion, passenger rail

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