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Amtrak Reorganizing to Advance High-Speed Rail in America

March 24, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire
WASHINGTON – Amtrak announced it is reorganizing and establishing a new department to pursue opportunities to develop new intercity high-speed rail service in select corridors around the country and to plan for major improvements on the Northeast Corridor, including determining the feasibility of increasing top speeds up to 220 mph.

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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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Miscellaneous

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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FRA

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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Short Line/Regional

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.

Miscellaneous

Railroad Retirement Board to Mark 75th Anniversary in 2010

March 13, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will observe its 75th anniversary during 2010.

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