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Economic Reality May Force Sound Transit to Revise its Financial Plan

May 7, 2025 The Center Square

Much of the funding for Sound Transit’s projects, including ST3, has come from federal grants. In the past seven years, it has secured a total of $3.8 billion, with $9 billion expected in future grants for ST3.

AAR: Eliminate Federal Two-Man Crew Mandate

May 7, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Association of American Railroads wants the U.S. Department of Transportation to repeal a 2024 crew staffing rule requiring each train to be operated by a minimum of two crew members.

A NJ Transit train in Newark, New Jersey.

NJ Transit, Amalgamated Transit Union Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

May 7, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

NJ Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union have reached a tentative contract agreement.

UK RAIB Issues Safety Bulletin After Person Struck by Train on the Gartell Light Railway

May 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The United Kingdom Rail Accident Investigation Branch has undertaken a preliminary examination into the circumstances surrounding a person struck by a train on the Gartell Light Railway in Somerset, England.

NJ Transit CEO Rails Against Union as Strike Looms

May 6, 2025 New Jersey Monitor

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri railed against the agency’s locomotive engineers union before Assembly lawmakers Monday ahead of a looming strike, saying their request for larger pay increases puts them at odds with economic realities.

MARTA Announces Hearings for Proposed Fiscal 2026 Operating and Capital Budgets

May 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Board of Directors will hold public hearings to deliberate on the proposed fiscal 2026 operating and capital budgets.

A MARTA bus operates in Atlanta, Georgia.

MARTA Holding Public Hearings to Finalize NextGen Bus Network

May 2, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is hosting a series of public hearings May 12-17, to finalize the NextGen Bus Network, a strategic redesign of more than 100 bus routes.

Sierra Northern Railway Files to Convert California Line to Mainline Track

May 1, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Class III rail carrier Sierra Northern Railway has filed a verified notice of exemption to acquire and operate roughly 0.58 miles of double-track rail line.

A view of the Union Pacific Railroad’s new commemorative No. 1616 Locomotive honoring Abraham Lincoln.

Union Pacific Unveils Commemorative Lincoln Locomotive No. 1616 with First Trip Planned in May

May 1, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Union Pacific Railroad unveiled the Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 in North Little Rock, Arkansas.