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  1. Norfolk Southern celebrates colorful heritage with historic paint schemes: NORFOLK, VA. - Norfolk Southern is ho... bit.ly/AdsV1a 10:45 AM Mar 1st via twitterfeed
  2. Speed record will be just start of Amtrak upgrades: Amtrak plans to break its own top speed when it spruces up a... bit.ly/xbNHMJ 4:02 PM Jan 29th via twitterfeed
  3. Buckhorn senior building ramp for handicapped at railroad museum: HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Blake Jacobs is making a... bit.ly/zlwkOL 4:18 AM Jan 29th via twitterfeed
  4. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: The Eilat railway is of strategic, national, and international importance: "T... bit.ly/wIaCbC 4:10 AM Jan 29th via twitterfeed
  5. Deadly New Market train wreck still echoes through area: NEW MARKET, Tenn. - John Coker stares at a thick, black... bit.ly/yOZ9cr 4:02 AM Jan 29th via twitterfeed
  6. Train derails in Washington County: A Norfolk Southern train derailed in Washington County near Tennille, Ga., s... bit.ly/y9OMzX 6:12 PM Jan 28th via twitterfeed
  7. The Potential for a Train Wreck: ... This can't possibly be a good thing. I contacted somebody in Oswego to let ... bit.ly/xlPYMl 3:45 PM Jan 28th via twitterfeed
  8. San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad teaches practicality: ALAMOSA — Railroaders learning to operate locomotives used ... bit.ly/zXHrbU 3:42 PM Jan 28th via twitterfeed
  9. Pittsylvania County outings proving popular: Very simply, the Pittsylvania County Parks and Recreation Departmen... bit.ly/xMs0L5 3:39 PM Jan 28th via twitterfeed
  10. Tourism board hears report from rail passenger group: La Junta, Colo. — ... Two senators from North Dakota recen... bit.ly/yH9OiC 3:36 PM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  11. Amtrak's Hiawatha line breaks ridership record: Annual ridership on Amtrak's Milwaukee-to-Chicago Hiawatha line ... bit.ly/yYPW5i 3:33 PM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  12. BNSF Opens $30 Million Expansion in Minot: BNSF railway has just completed construction of a new car shop and in... bit.ly/zFdR0b 3:31 PM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  13. "Bullet train will keep U.S. out of Third World": Gov. Jerry Brown is on a mission to prevent the United States ... bit.ly/zhvhRK 3:29 PM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  14. Discovering the Civil War by Train: Railroads have undoubtedly shaped the course of American history -- but have... bit.ly/zRZTix 3:25 PM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  15. Windsor approves plan for future growth around downtown train station: Windsor’s train station doesn’t have pass... bit.ly/zmiVAP 3:42 AM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  16. Hundreds turn out to launch Bellingham anti-coal train initiative: BELLINGHAM - With a musical kickoff from band... bit.ly/x75UOP 3:40 AM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  17. Railroad club says KCS locomotive headed to good home at Carona: PITTSBURG, Kan. - A plan under way to relocate ... bit.ly/y7Ni5E 3:36 AM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  18. Waves damage 1 Wash. railroad line; 2nd line OK: EVERETT, Wash. - A BNSF Railway spokesman says waves crashing o... bit.ly/y3uLN5 3:33 AM Jan 27th via twitterfeed
  19. Yet another 10-car train in service on DC's Metrorail: Are 10-car trains the wave of the future on Metro?Never m... bit.ly/wosXEP 8:20 PM Jan 26th via twitterfeed
  20. City Officials to Discuss Yorkville Train Derailment Response: Freight trains are running along the track that s... bit.ly/zWhIQQ 8:17 PM Jan 26th via twitterfeed