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Sixth Annual National Train Day
May 12, 2013 | KEYT Santa Barbara, CA

XPRESSWEST LVCVA | Mike | TUE | 02/12/2013 Noon
February 12, 2013 | KSNV Las Vegas

Turboliners to be auctioned
December 11, 2012 | WNYT NBC Albany, NY

Rail System Wikipedia Information

Rail tracks are used on railways (or railroads), which, together with railroad switches (or points), guide trains without the need for steering. Tracks consist of two parallel steel rails, which are laid upon sleepers (or cross ties) that are embedded in ballast to form the railroad track. The rail is fastened to the ties with rail spikes, lag screws or clips such as Pandrol clips...

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The Mountain Messenger | All Aboard? A mighty effort to bring trains back
May 10, 2013
NEVADA CITY Calif. May 10, 2013 - Al Bulf is a dreamer. His idea seems, at first, a crazy one. He wants to bring railroad travel back to this area. The right of...

High-Speed Rail goes all-renewable at massive extra energy costs
April 24, 2013
High-Speed Rail goes all-renewable Central Valley Business Times, 4/23/13 • Seeks new renewable energy sources • “To ensure that the high-speed rail system...

Jerry Brown presses for high speed rail while riding Chinese train
April 11, 2013
SHANGHAI - Gov. Jerry Brown, who has made building a high-speed rail system a priority of his administration, arrived in Shanghai on the bullet train from...

Jerry Brown arrives in China, looking for ‘greenbacks’
April 09, 2013
BEIJING - Gov. Jerry Brown arrived in Beijing on Tuesday evening for his week-long trade mission to China, marveling at the pace of construction under China's...

Just the Beginning of the Cost Increases: for the Choo Choo Train—Add $97 Million
April 03, 2013
High-speed rail price tag jumps another $97M for taxpayers A map of the proposed high-speed rail route connecting the Bay Area to Southern California in the...

Support for Water Bond, High-Speed Rail Falls Short of Majority—Unless Costs Are Reduced
March 22, 2013
Support for Water Bond, High-Speed Rail Falls Short of Majority—Unless Costs Are Reduced Economy, State and Federal Budgets Worry Californians PPIC, 3/21/13 SAN...

Other local news reports

High- speed rail jobs may give priority to down- on- luck workers
November 14, 2012 | FresnoBee.com: Local
Job-creation advocates in Fresno said they moved a step closer Wednesday to ensuring that local workers who need a job can compete for one building California's high-speed rail system ...

From around the web

Poll shows support for transit expansion in northern suburbs
April 17, 2013 | indystar.com
'' We had a rail system, and we loved it so much we paved over it.'' Schneider said senators need more time to examine the transit proposal.'' We're not commissioning...

Metra argues for delay of' fail- safe' rail system
April 08, 2013 | chicagotribune.com - Local news
Commuter, freight railroads say they need more time to make complex, costly safety system work In the past 10 years, two Metra trains have derailed, killing two passengers and...

Massachusetts Plan Starts Small for Big Upgrade to Rail System
March 25, 2013 | New York Times
Starting in May, Bostonians can hop a train to the cape for the first time since 1995, part of Gov. Deval Patrick's $13 billion project for infrastructure repairs that faces...

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government
March 21, 2013 | PPIC's Publications RSS Feed
The state water bond and high-speed rail system lack majority backing, but both would gain support if costs were reduced. Californians remain supportive of the citizens'...

Let voters decide on transit
March 19, 2013 | indystar.com
Regardless, all that senators are really being asked to do is to give their permission so that local voters can determine whether they want to pay for a bus and light rail system ...

A week of uncertainty for CTA riders
March 01, 2013 | chicagotribune.com - Local news
The shutdown of the Wells Street Bridge has the impact of a blocked artery, straining the circulation of much of the CTA rail system. ...

Rail System on twitter

	So the Wellington rail system is as resilient as the Auckland motorway system. Twitter: @philwalter
	Got a new Toy to play with SAIGA..... Fully Converted 7.62, red dot, rail system, Reigning FIRE.!… http://t.co/qRGHd6C5pG Twitter: @JasonLocations
	Bush Master with a EOtech optic and free floating rail system this bitch is mean http://t.co/XQlrnqBq3m Twitter: @Debwany86
	RT @PenguinBrain: I'm taking the rail system through Compton on my way home wearing a #Pens jersey. Pretty confident I'm the first one to do this. Ever. Twitter: @Blasko4life
	to bolster a light rail system that has seen a DROP in ridership because they also eliminated the greatest incentive to ride... Twitter: @surlyurbanist
	"Dr Marten is stuck in the rail system, his dad is currently attempting to rescue him." NAWWWWWWWWWW. Twitter: @_rajy