From the RailPAC team, we present to you some of the best rail-related stories we’ve read over this past month.

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Despite critics’ bullets, train keeps on rolling
San Francisco Chronicle

The Human Cost of Losing Amtrak
CityLab

House and Senate Decline Trump’s Request to Gut Transit Funding, For Now
Streetsblog USA

Students ditch the car and hop on the train to get to their proms
Los Angeles Times

New Kinkisharyo rail cars roll on to the Blue Line
The Source

Nippon Sharyo announces layoffs in Rochelle
SaukValley.com

Metro Blue Line to (Finally) Receive Light Synchronization Along Long Beach Stretch
Streetsblog L.A.

The World’s First Floating Light Rail
CityLab

RailPAC President Paul Dyson’s letter to Amtrak CEO Wick Moorman

SMART train, soon to launch in North Bay, releases its schedule
San Francisco Chronicle

Caltrain electrification project back on track with federal funding
SFGate

Someone killed a congressional inquiry into America’s sky-high transit construction costs
Vox

Union Station’s Fred Harvey Room is officially restored
Curbed Los Angeles

In Trump’s America, Infrastructure Is Not for the People
CityLab