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	<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:11:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Amtrak to Resume Cascades Service on Point Defiance Bypass (Progressive Railroading)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:16:37 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>Amtrak May Bring Back Pioneer Route (Channel 13, Salt Lake City)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2021 15:42:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Northwest Rail News/Washington Rail News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Northwest Rail News is the All Aboard Washington (AAWA) and Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (AORTA) joint newsletter, published quarterly starting in 2020.  Washington Rail News was published quarterly by AAWA through 2019.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 15:42:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>Fired Amtrak Engineer Opens Up About 2017 DuPont Crash (Seattle Times)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:35:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>High-Speed Rail Can Reduce Congestion Crisis (Eugene Register-Guard)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 20:57:28 -0700</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/high-speed-rail-can-reduce-congestion-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Amtrak Testing Trains at Point Defiance Bypass for First Time Since Deadly 2017 Derailment (KIRO, Seattle)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:17:41 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/amtrak-testing-trains-at-point-defiance-bypass-for-first-time-since-deadly-2017-derailment/</link>
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		<title>Amtrak to Begin Testing Trains on Point Defiance Bypass (Seattlepi.com)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 15:29:53 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>Amtrak Cascades Sets Timeline for Point Defiance Bypass Restart and New Trains (The Urbanist)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:34:18 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/amtrak-cascades-sets-timeline-for-point-defiance-bypass-restart-and-new-trains-new-urbanist-12-2-20/</link>
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		<title>Update on Amtrak Cascades (WSDOT Blog)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:09:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Study on Pacific Northwest East-West Train Service (NW News Network)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:36:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Empire Builder Tops Long-Distance Ridership Again in 2019</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amtrak has published its ridership (by route) for fiscal year 2019.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 09:43:29 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/empire-builder-tops-long-distance-ridership-again-in-2019/</link>
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		<title>Years After Rail Saga, Wisconsin&#x00027;s Talgo Trains Sit Idle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a chance these two trains could be sent to run on the Amtrak Cascades line through Washington and Oregon.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:28:15 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/years-after-rail-saga-wisconsins-talgo-trains-sit-idle/</link>
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		<title>Request for Proposals for Study of East-West Passenger Rail Route in Washington</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Request for Proposals for Study of East-West Passenger Rail Route in Washington]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:28:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>East-West Passenger Rail Study, from Washington Rail News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[East-West Passenger Rail Study, from Washington Rail News (2019)]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:35:10 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>Why Are Trains Late?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rail is the ONLY mode of transportation in the North America that relies primarily on private investment.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:32:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>Oregon receives funds to upgrade junction in N Portland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Funds will help complete north Portland&#x00027;s Peninsula Junction project]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:37:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title>Cascades 501 Derailment—OPB on Amtrak tragedy one year later</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One year after a deadly Amtrak Cascades derailment in Washington, some of the seriously injured are still healing.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:39:37 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/cascades-501-derailment-opb-on-amtrak-tragedy-one-year-later/</link>
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		<title>OR Passenger Rail DEIS released; open houses, public hearings set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary of Public Feedback on Draft Environmental Impact Statement Now Available]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:41:35 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/or-passenger-rail-deis-released-open-houses-public-hearings-set/</link>
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		<title>Stampede Pass Passenger Rail Study Issued</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stampede Pass Passenger Rail Study]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:21:48 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/stampede-pass-passenger-rail-study-issued/</link>
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		<title>Amend state constitution to allow more transportation choice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amend state constitution to allow more transportation choice]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:39:18 -0800</pubDate>
		<link>https://dev.aortarail.org/news/amend-state-constitution-to-allow-more-transportation-choice/</link>
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