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Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

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VRE may bring on legal heat to Amtrak
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milepost abbreviations
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MARC's High Speed...studies
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No Amtrak crews have joined Keolis
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Recent WMATA riding experiences
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metrorail lines passing a school
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Another near miss?
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Brentwood is scrapping out a car
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Questions regarding Alstom
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VRE to celebrate National Train Day May 8
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David Gunn called in to assess agency
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CSX Tie Replacment in VRE service area
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Morning VRE on time record?
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Another CAF derailment
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SmartTrip card
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Video of VRE's Woodbridge Station improvements
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New law cracks down on VRE ticket fraud
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CSX plans for Virginia Avenue Tunnel replacement
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VRE refusing snow refunds?
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WashPost on the decline of Metro
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GW Hatchet: Metro trains run without delays
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MARC Fan Page On Facebook
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34 Years Ago Today Saturday 03 27 1976
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Leads for Extension at NCR?
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Harpers Ferry Bridge Fire
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MARC should (and must) allow bikes
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Amount of Metro system ridden
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NTSB Hearing on 06 22 2009 Red line wreck
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FTA report damns WMATA
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Catoe Resigns
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MP36's top speed on the NEC
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Shooting at Pentagon station
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renumbered cars
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MARC EMU's
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Welded Rail is continuous, or is it?
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Possibly moving to the district
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WMATA having trouble getting interim GM
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MARC Brunswick Line Mileage
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MARC 11 on Brunswick Line
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Suspensions
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VRE will operate full schedule Tuesday, Feb 16
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Farragut North train derailment
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Snowmageddon
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VRE's Lease of Sounder Cars
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Web Cam view of tracks in Manassas, VA
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MARC 13 on CSX freight in NYS
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Schedules mailed?
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VRE receives 10 new railcars
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Cycles of equipment consists
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Kawasaki bi-levels or tri-levels?
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Two more workers killed on Red Line.
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First time on the MARC
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The January 2010 railfan trip
by tommyboy6181  - 
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 by realtype
 
MARC Jan 19 Schedule Change
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Metro's Latest Safety Fail
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Vender changes for $1 coins & smartcards
by farecard  - 
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 by jamesinclair
 
Railcar reliability
by tommyboy6181  - 
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 by tommyboy6181
 
MARC's AEM7 back in service?
by train2  - 
1 Replies 
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VRE's New Gallery Cars
by davinp  - 
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 by HokieNav
 
Best Places to railfan on the WMATA
by number1tfan  - 
12 Replies 
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 by Sand Box John
 
MARC new unit delivered/when first runs?
by train2  - 
21 Replies 
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 by gp40marc69
 
Metrorail Construction Phases?
by strench707  - 
1 Replies 
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 by SchuminWeb
 
10 Replies 
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 by farecard
 
1st ride on MARC
by Bobby S  - 
30 Replies 
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 by HokieNav
 
VRE eyes early local express rail run
by davinp  - 
4 Replies 
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 by the-rail-life
 
Rideing hte whole system?
by CSXTfan  - 
6 Replies 
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 by Matt_S
 
West Falls Church train accident
by tommyboy6181  - 
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Random stops inside tunnel
by CSXTfan  - 
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24 Replies 
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MARC delays last Sat during snowstorm
by Bobby S  - 
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The Blue Line extension celebrates 5 years
by tommyboy6181  - 
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16 Replies 
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O&M Contract
by Cactus Jack  - 
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Major shakeup at WMATA
by farecard  - 
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 by farecard
 
Rebuilt MARC IIB Single Levels
by realtype  - 
5 Replies 
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 by HokieNav
 
MARC's small trains/lack of cars?
by train2  - 
33 Replies 
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MARC passengers take matters into own hands
by train2  - 
18 Replies 
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Fire and EMS Metro Crash Documentary
by Sand Box John  - 
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 by CSXTfan
 
MARC buys VRE Kawaski cars
by davinp  - 
123 Replies 
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MTA gets new administrator
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