2010 – Page 35 – Railfanning.org

News Wire

[ July 31, 2025 ] Analysis: Amtrak Increasingly Reliant on Aging Fleet Amtrak
[ July 31, 2025 ] Amtrak Names Costin Corneanu Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Amtrak
[ July 31, 2025 ] Quiet Zones Along DART Silver Line to Become Active Before End of August Commuter Rail
[ July 31, 2025 ] Amtrak Virginia Closes State Fiscal Year with Record Ridership Amtrak
[ July 29, 2025 ] Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern to Create America’s First Transcontinental Railroad Norfolk Southern

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FRA Launches A New Train Safety Tool

March 24, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — Efforts to prevent train accidents caused by human error took moved forward with the installation of a technologically advanced train simulator, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Joseph C. Szabo announced.

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Amtrak Requests Funds to Replace Aging Fleet and Support Domestic Rail Manufacturing

March 24, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON – Testifying before a House Appropriations subcommittee , Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman asked Congress to address the railroad’s “most urgent unfunded need”: the replacement, expansion and modernization of an aging fleet of locomotives and passenger rail cars.

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Amtrak Names Patrick Merrill Assistant Vice President, Policy and Development – West

March 24, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

OAKLAND – Amtrak announced the appointment of Patrick Merrill to the position of Assistant Vice President, Policy and Development – West.

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Union Pacific Railroad’s Legendary Steam Locomotive to Visit South Texas On a Heritage Tour

March 23, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad’s historic steam locomotive, No. 844, will travel more than 3,500 miles from its base in Wyoming on a 28-day, eight-state tour to South Texas, to celebrate the railroad’s history and heritage.

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Electro-Motive Diesel Joins in Joint Venture in Saudi Arabia

March 22, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Electro-Motive Diesel has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mohawarean Group to form a joint venture organization.

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Manchester provides railfans optimal location for viewing trains

March 20, 2010 Todd DeFeo

MANCHESTER, Ga. – Many people driving through this part of Georgia are heading to Warm Springs and FDR’s Little White House.

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Retracing Fess Parker’s steps in Georgia

March 18, 2010 Railfanning.org

Fess Parker, a long-time actor known for portraying famous historical figures turned California winemaker, died today. He was 85.

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Wabtec Acquires Xorail

March 16, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WILMERDING, Pa. — Wabtec Corp. has acquired Xorail, a provider of signal engineering and design services, for $40 million in cash, the company announced.

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Institute Asks Federal Railroad Administration to Reconsider Positive Train Control Rule

March 16, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Chlorine Institute is asking the Federal Railroad Administration to re-issue its Positive Train Control rule with a corrected cost-benefit analysis.

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STB to Hold Hearing on Plan to Abandon Main Rail Line

March 14, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire

WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board will hold a public hearing this spring in Maine on the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway’s application to abandon 233 miles of rail line in Aroostook and Penobscot counties.

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