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High-Speed Rail

Resignations Further Set Back California High-Speed Rail Project

January 13, 2012

Plans for a high-speed rail to span across the state of California, which has already endured much debate and criticism, is facing another setback.  Both the Chief Executive Officer, Roelof van Ark, as well as the board chairman of the project, Tom Umberg, stepped down from their positions Thursday.  Dan Richard, Governor Jerry Brown’s adviser [...]

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Former Executive Found Not Guilty Of Negligence In Japan Train Crash

January 11, 2012

Masao Yamazaki, former president of one of Japan’s largest rail operators, was cleared of charges of negligence in the fatal 2005 commuter train crash.  Yamazaki was the rail official in charge of safety for the company in 1996 when it sharpened the curve where the crash occurred 9 years later.  The 2005 accident in the [...]

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USDOT Awards $186 Million for Midwest High-Speed Rail

January 7, 2012

In a recent press release, it has been announced that U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood has awarded $186 million to be used for high-speed rail in the Midwest.  The money will be given to the Illinois Department of Transportation, in hopes of reducing travel times and creating jobs.  According to Lahood, “the Department of Transportation’s investment [...]

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Illinois Receives $186 Million High-Speed Rail Grant

January 4, 2012

The Illinois Department of Transportation, or IDOT, was awarded over $186 million Wednesday in order to fund its high-speed rail project.  Amtrak ridership has increased by 137% in the past five years between St. Louis and Chicago.  With the Great Lakes and Midwest economic region ranking as the world’s fifth largest economy by GDP, according [...]

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First Phase of California High-Speed Rail Project in Question

January 3, 2012

According to the Los Angeles Times, the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group does not recommend that the Legislature issues $2.7 billion in bonds to begin construction on California’s high-speed rail project.  Although California voters approved $9 million in bonds in 2008, it was required that the peer review board approves the high-speed rail plan [...]

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The “Cabbage,”Amtrak’s Recycled F40

December 30, 2011

The EMD F40PH was Amtrak’s primary locomotive for more than two decades. These husky locomotives hauled millions of passengers from coast to coast, racking up millions of miles which ultimately caught up with them. In 1996, the time was clearly up, and Amtrak placed an order for their first order of P42′s that would displace [...]

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