Notable rail news for your day-after-the-Super-Bowl Monday:
— The Federal Railroad Administration will hold a hearing for rural landowners to comment on the Texas Central high speed rail project. The Dallas Business journal reports that U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), who opposes the project, announced the hearing last week. No date or location has been set.
— NJ.com’s Larry Higgs writes about NJ Transit GP-40PH-2 No. 4100, a 50-year-old EMD product built for the Central of New Jersey that’s older than the commuter agency it serves.
— DePaul University’s student news site reports on proposed legislation to give college students a 50% discount on Metra commuter rail tickets.
— New Zealanders have raised a long-submerged steam locomotive and tender from the Oreti River in Southland. The locomotive and another still underwater were built in England in the 1870s.
