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Tracking the infrastructure message; RailTrends to present Tea Leaves 2012 webcast — by Pat Foran

Climbing the Hill at Railroad Day (Part 4)

Climbing the Hill at Railroad Day (Part 3)

Climbing the Hill at Railroad Day (Part 2)

Climbing the Hill at Railroad Day (Part 1)

Positive train control: FRA expects to ramp up PTC regulatory efforts as railroads amp up implementation work

Building the brand that is passenger-rail service; Surface talk about transportation bills — by Pat Foran (Context February 2012)

The railroad renaissance through the prism of gradual growth, short-line tax credit caught in 'extenders' undertow, and on the gender diversity beat — by Pat Foran (Context, January 2012)

Rail Outlook 2012: Passenger rail

Rail Outlook 2012: Freight rail

RailTrends 2011: The Growth Story Retold

Thinking 'growth' after the first debt-ceiling dance — by Pat Foran (Context, August 2011)

Railroad Day on Capitol Hill: Delivering the rail message amid the debt din

Railroad Day on Capitol Hill (preview)

On the Uncertainty Express; American Association of Railroad Superintendents' Frank J. Richter Scholarship — by Pat Foran (Context, May 2011)

Rail and federal funding: Obama's FY2012 budget and the proposed FY2011 cuts

Spending-cut bill would slash funding for Amtrak, transit programs

Railroads and the tax code: Short lines, transit agencies welcome tax benefit extensions

'Certainty is what drives investment' — AAR's Ed Hamberger

Rail regulation: 'Balanced competition' bill back on the front burner

Short-line tax credit — still on hold

Guest Comment: Section 45G tax credit is a prescription worth refilling — by George C. Betke Jr.

Context — by Pat Foran (June 2010)

Amtrak: upgrading the Northeast Corridor, improving long-distance service

STB bill is still on the clock - by Tony Hatch

Rail projects win lion's share of TIGER program's $1.5 billion pot

Context by Pat Foran (March 2010)

The STB Reauthorization Bill: Keeping the collaborative faith

Railroads have until April 16 to submit PTC roll-out plans

Context - by Pat Foran (February 2010)

Rail and shipper interests begin to weigh in on STB reauthorization bill

In wait-and-see mode (more on the STB bill) - by Tony Hatch

Context - by Pat Foran (January 2010)

Preface: Inching toward a new normal

Public-private partners behind Chicago's CREATE program seek TIGER grant, another transportation bill appropriation to help fill federal funding needs

Context: October 2009

Transit Execs' Take on the 'Authorization' Act

Tony Hatch: Byzantium-On-The-Potomac or a Town Called Hope?

House T&I committee unveils six-year authorization bill, Administration calls for interim transportation plan

Feds, states and transit agencies continue to post progress on 'stimulus' projects, guidelines

The Stimulus Express: Stimulus & Transit

The Stimulus Express: Transit Agencies

The Stimulus Express: Amtrak

The Stimulus Express: Intercity Passenger Rail and High-Speed Rail

NRC’s Baker outlines recovery act’s impact on freight rail during Webcast

ASLRRA convention session sheds light on positive train-control developments

Context: May 2009

Bill to repeal roads’ antitrust exemption passes Senate committee; railroads, shippers might seek compromise on rate/competition dispute

Transit Agencies Prepare Project Lists to Prep for Economic Stimulus Funds

Context: March 2009

What'll it Take for Rail to Gain 'Stimulus' Traction on Capitol Hill — Now and Over the Longer Haul?

Metrolink/UP collision places spotlight on PTC, engineers’ on-duty cell phone use and rail safety procedures

Railroads, Chemical Shippers Home in on Haz-Mat Safety and Security Concerns, Hash Out Liability Differences

Bush Administration proposes new national transportation policy

Guest Comment: "Freight rail can be a potent reliever for the nation’s highway headaches," by Wendell Cox

Freight rail’s evolutionary era

Congress spurs short lines’ rebirth

Online readers sound off

Transit rail’s transition

Pat Foran: Context (from the May 2008 issue of Progressive Railroading)

Federal rule fixates on hazardous-material routing

STB computes railroads’ cost of capital in ’06, makes other procedural moves

Pat Foran: Context (from the April 2008 issue of Progressive Railroading)

Lobbying in D.C. for a 'Day'

EPA regulation — Airing it out

‘Sweeping’ change in haz-mat regulation

Commodities: CN, six shippers disagree on grain car program’s merits

FRA sets passenger-car safety requirements

FRA: Making a federal case out of top safety concern

The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission's 'action' plan

Politicians put out call for free-flowing freight

Short-line tax credits on temporary hold

STB rejects NS/Watco short-line plan

'Sweeping' bill enters House, elicits support from rail labor unions, shippers

Renaissance Angst: Shippers, railroads and policy-shapers are grappling to address the what-to-do-about-capacity? question, but they are hardly grappling collectively

Railroads seek congressional backing for two tax-credit bills

Study proposes three haz-mat train rerouting options

Context by Pat Foran (April 2007)

CREATE: Lobbying in the Land of Lincoln

Industry News (March 2007)

A taxing situation: The short-line tax credit