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Brightline on track to begin Las Vegas high-speed rail project

(Source: Progressive Railroading 04/14/2021) Brightline West is on schedule to start construction of a high-speed rail route between Las Vegas and Southern California in the second quarter, the company’s chief executive officer told a Las Vegas newspaper. Brightline West CEO Mike Reininger did not share with the Reno Gazette Journal a definitive date of groundbreaking on the 170-mile…

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U.S. rail traffic grows in Week 14, but pandemic affects comparisons

(Source: Progressive Railroading 04/15/2021) U.S. railroads reported 513, 724 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending April 10, a 24.5% jump from traffic levels in the same week a year ago, according to Association of American Railroads (AAR) data. Total carloads for the week were 233,300, up 17.4% compared with the same week in 2020, while…

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