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Railroad Relocation on the Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program

How a once-in-a-generation Interstate reconstruction provided an opportunity to improve the railway network.

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“Fund the 15!” Building Out a True National Network

The American passenger rail renaissance is well-under way! Sold out trains, highly successful new services, and (justifiable) frustration about high ticket prices because of it: This is only the beginning. FY2024 was

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NS’s Coastal Conservation Makes History

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) shoreline restoration at Lamberts Point is protecting the land from further erosion, while producing environmental benefits so large the work just set a record in the state of Virginia. What’s the

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45G Modernization: We Need a Hat Trick

ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2025 ISSUE: In sports, there are many terms that reference multiple things happening simultaneously or in quick succession. A “hat trick” refers to scoring three goals in

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Railroad Retirement: ‘Don’t Tread on Me!’

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE JUNE 2025 ISSUE: Students of freight railroading are conversant with how Congress and the Surface Transportation Board’s predecessor Interstate Commerce Commission imposed on the industry such rigid economic

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Watch: De Soto Car Shop Sets the Standard, Wins UP’s Top Mechanical Honor

Union Pacific’s (UP) De Soto Car Shop is used to tackling big projects, but it recently faced its most challenging rebuild to date—its culture. Today, the shop is home to one of the railroad’s most admired turnarounds and the recipient of the Steel Wheel Award.

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On the Long and Arduous Quest to Build a Rail Line to LAX

We’re opening the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station (LAX/MTC) this Friday, June 6 at 5 p.m., adding a long-awaited connection that Southern Californians have been wanting for decades.

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TrinityRail: Leading the Way in Railcar Innovation and Technology

On May 21, TrinityRail put on a hands-on event at the Indiana Rail Road yard in Indianapolis, Ind., in conjunction with Railway Interchange 2025.

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30th Annual AAR Research Review Celebrates Collaboration

The 30th Annual AAR Research Review, hosted by MxV Rail from April 29 to May 1, 2025, brought together more than 300 attendees from around the world, including Class I and short

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Temporary Western Intermodal Slump Continues; CSX Update

We’ve now seen three weeks of suppressed intermodal volumes at Union Pacific and BNSF due to the China air pocket effect, which is a lagging consequence of the 145% U.S. tariffs on

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