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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2011

Oregon receives $13.6M for rail upgrades

Funds will modernize the Portland Union Station, upgrade passenger rail service along Amtrak’s Cascades route and continue further development of an integrated, statewide rail network.

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Newsby StaffAugust 11, 2011

BART shutdown reveals system flaws

Two data devices failed to work together, causing all 28 trains to be halted for more than two hours. Officials have said that the system needs $15 billion in upgrades over the next 25 years, but only about half of the funding is lined up.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 12, 2010

Amtrak to make major upgrades in 2010

Plans include replacing and expanding fleet of locomotives and passenger railcars with the purchase of several hundred single-level and bi-level long distance passenger railcars and more than a hundred locomotives.

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