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<title>Caltrain electrification welcomed, except for $1.5 billion price tag</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186615907</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 04:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on the same tracks as the steel-clad diesel locomotives, the agency must convince the Federal Railroad Administration and other regulators to change long-standing laws that prohibit mixing the two types of  ...
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<title>Study of high-speed rail service initiated</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186594202</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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...  corridor is economically, technologically and financially feasible, that corridor will be presented to the Federal Railroad Administration for consideration as a high-speed rail corridor. Such a designation would make the RMRA&apos;s  ...
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<title>GO-TO GAL: Train on the brain this week</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186521201</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 15:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Those obnoxious noises are governed quite closely by federal regulations as administered by the Federal Railroad Administration. However, the same rule which went in effect in 2005 and requires locomotive horns  ...
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<title>Railroad crossing signals planned before...</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186499224</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 14:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  an oncoming train without being dangerously close to the tracks on Herring Road. The Federal Railroad Administration has no record of previous train-vehicle collisions at the crossing. Herring Road is one  ...
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<title>Last call for alcohol on Metra&apos;s North Line trains</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186462970</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 10:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and the bars illegally block exits. &quot;If that&apos;s their argument, then why does the Federal Railroad Administration allow dining cars on Amtrak trains to block exits?&quot; asked Giesen. Citing finances, Metra  ...
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<title>Focus falls on gate in train death inquiry</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186460396</link>
<pubDate>4 Sep 2008 10:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... An inspector from the Federal Railroad Administration will investigate whether a malfunctioning gate played a role in Tuesday&apos;s fatal crash involving  ...
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<title>Red tape derails schedule for downtown quiet zone</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186330318</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 16:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  has been held up by red tape, including waiting on final approval from the Federal Railroad Administration. Mayor Bill Ell said the news was disappointing. &quot;I wish it was a little  ...
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<title>City hopes to hush trains</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186327717</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  has crossings at Wilson Pike Circle, Wikle Road and Moores Lane. Congress mandated the Federal Railroad Administration in 1994 to create such a guideline, allowing whistle bans as long as communities  ...
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<title>Brentwood hopes to hush trainsBRENTWOOD Sometimes, late at night, the windows rattle.</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186320905</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 15:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  has crossings at Wilson Pike Circle, Wikle Road and Moores Lane. Congress mandated the Federal Railroad Administration in 1994 to create such a guideline, allowing whistle bans as long as communities  ...
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<title>Brentwood hopes to hush trains</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186317853</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 15:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  has crossings at Wilson Pike Circle, Wikle Road and Moores Lane. Congress mandated the Federal Railroad Administration in 1994 to create such a guideline, allowing whistle bans as long as communities  ...
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<title>Train engineer takes Fifth</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186304140</link>
<pubDate>3 Sep 2008 14:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  or whether he drank alcohol the day of the accident, the reports says. The Federal Railroad Administration continues to investigate. The MBTA police are also investigating. No criminal charges have been  ...
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<title>Federal Railroad Administration awards grant for further work on PTC wireless communication systems</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186085982</link>
<pubDate>2 Sep 2008 11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  now to use them. If not, you can buy credits in our shopping area. Federal Railroad Administration awards grant for further work on PTC wireless communication systems The US Department of  ...
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<title>Train horns may stop soon after Sept. 10</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186034444</link>
<pubDate>2 Sep 2008 03:32 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Federal Railroad Administration is set to hear the town&apos;s waiver request on Sept. 10. In the meantime,  ...
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<title>St. Lawrence &amp; Atlantic Railroad to Install New Rail in Vermont with FRA Grant</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=185944632</link>
<pubDate>1 Sep 2008 10:35 GMT</pubDate>
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