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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/u-s-oil-train-flux-means-no-retrofit-bonanza-for-tank-car-makers/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2020-12-18T14:58:10+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/fra-approves-texas-high-speed-rail-corridor/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/european-ministers-to-discuss-rail-security/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/railroad-bridge-collapses-near-little-sioux-iowa/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/sen-schumer-use-federal-money-to-fix-amtrak-tunnels-damaged-by-hurricane-sandy/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/christie-feds-vow-to-build-new-hudson-rail-tunnel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-12-18T14:59:01+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/inside-the-hudson-rail-tunnel-decay-water-and-a-power-puzzle/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/aging-tunnels-under-hudson-river-threaten-to-disrupt-transport-commerce/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/two-person-crew-bill-heads-to-california-governors-desk/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-12-18T14:59:07+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/via-rail-sues-city-of-ottawa-for-4-million-in-latest-train-bus-crash-crash-claim/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/feds-agree-to-let-amtrak-police-communicate-with-cops-firefighters-on-emergency-radio-networks/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/reduced-oil-train-volume-in-albany-amid-oil-glut-price-collapse/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/can-transportation-alliance-get-gateway-project-going/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-12-18T14:59:16+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/blumenthal-push-railroads-to-install-positive-train-control/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/transportation-armageddon-is-coming-to-the-northeast-corridor/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/florida-high-speed-rail-project-challenged-by-archaeologist/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/shipping-oil-through-pipelines-safer-than-by-rail-report-says/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/marc-replacing-electric-locomotive-fleet-with-high-speed-diesels/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/hudson-river-tunnel-nonprofit-is-a-good-start-experts-say/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/federal-loan-program-an-option-to-fund-new-hudson-river-rail-tunnel/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/federal-agency-sues-amtrak-claims-disability-discrimination/</loc>
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		<loc>https://blet.org/news/senator-offers-plan-to-pay-for-nj-ny-rail-tunnel/</loc>
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