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This project is focused on bumping the agency’s operations to include 30 ten-car trains per hour, or more than 300 additional railcars total, alongside other improvements such as a new control system, a new railcar storage yard in Hayward and adding more power substations to improve service.
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Six railcars carrying liquid propane went fully off the track, with four ending up in water, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
Moments later, a railcar a few hundred yards directly behind the Waymo can be briefly seen beginning to pull out from the station.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Jan. 2026
Regional Rail service was impacted when the FRA ordered SEPTA to inspect its railcars following five fires on the model last year.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Six railcars carrying liquid propane went fully off the track, with four ending up in water, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
Moments later, a railcar a few hundred yards directly behind the Waymo can be briefly seen beginning to pull out from the station.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Jan. 2026
Regional Rail service was impacted when the FRA ordered SEPTA to inspect its railcars following five fires on the model last year.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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