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Month: April 2020

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Feds Make $311.8 Million Available for Capital Rail Projects

April 18, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will fund up to $311.8 million in freight and passenger rail projects under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program.

World

New Zealand Looking at ‘Rapid Rail’ Between Auckland and Hamilton, Report Suggests

April 18, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire
Officials in New Zealand are exploring a raid train service between Auckland and Hamilton, according to a report.

History

Slippery Tracks Led to 1926 Louisville & Nashville Train, Clarksville Street Car Crash

April 17, 2020 Todd DeFeo
On the evening of Oct. 2, 1926, motorman George Hogue threw on the brakes of Citizens’ Railway Co. streetcar No. 5 as it passed the crossing at Commerce and Tenth streets in Clarksville, Tennessee.

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Rail Blog

Did you know? The Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville Railroad

April 2, 2020 Todd DeFeo
The Middle Tennessee community of Clarksville, Tennessee, was once a bustling transportation hub. It wasn’t just the riverboats plying the Cumberland River that made this region important.

FTA

FTA Giving $25 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Public Transportation Systems

April 2, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is heaping out $25 billion in federal funding allocations to help the nation’s public transportation systems respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Organization: ‘Diesel Has Long Been the Technology of Choice for Moving People and Goods by Rail’

April 1, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire
The nation’s railroads are increasing their investments in new technology diesel engines and repowering and replacement of existing locomotives, according to the Diesel Technology Forum.

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