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    • Association of American Railroads reports rail traffic for week ending September 14, 2019

    The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 14, 2019.  For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 526,734 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.8 percent compared with the same week last year.
    USA

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    AAR: U.S. Rail Traffic Still Declining

     USA
    For this week—as has been the case in week’s past—total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 526,734 carloads and intermodal units, down 4.8% compared with the same week last year.

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    Reunion of Steam

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    Study to examine tunnel beneath Frankfurt Main Station

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    The project envisages an east-west line running underneath the current terminus station, which would continue to operate with its existing platforms.

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     USA
    Archinect and the Houston Chronicle are reporting Texas Central has signed a deal with an Italian company to design, build, and put in the Texas Bullet Train, a 240-mile line between Dallas and Houston.

    EnviroServe Opens Denver Location

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