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Month: January 2018

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Amtrak Kicks Off More Work at Penn Station

January 9, 2018 Railfanning.org News Wire
Amtrak this week kicked off the next phase of its Infrastructure Renewal program at New York Penn Station.

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Dozen Killed in South Africa Train Crash

January 4, 2018 Railfanning.org News Wire
A dozen people were killed and 268 injured after a passenger train collided with a truck in South Africa, the BBC reported.

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