2020 – Page 12 – Railfanning.org

Feds Give $1 Billion to Support Amtrak

April 18, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is making over $1 billion available to Amtrak to support the railroad’s activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the spread of COVID-19.

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.

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.

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.

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 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).

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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Feds Giving N.J. Transit a $1.25 Billion Bailout

March 31, 2020 The Center Square

The $2 trillion stimulus package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday reportedly includes a $1.25 billion bailout for New Jersey Transit (NJT), the full amount the company requested on March 19.

Quick hits: Ohio Rail News in Brief for Monday, March 23

March 23, 2020 Todd DeFeo

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is giving a $1.7 million grant to the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) as part of a $3.4 million project to rehabilitate 30 miles of the Greenfield Rail Line between Greenfield and Midland.

Feds Giving $248.5 Million in Grants Under CRISI Program

March 21, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire

The federal government is giving $248.5 million in grant funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program.