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| Train News Archives, February 19 2012 |
Feb 19 2012 - Officials want bullet train money spent in L.A., Bay areas
Transportation officials in Southern California and the Bay area—the bookends of the state’s proposed bullet train—want a large share of the voter-approved money for the project spent quickly improving their rail corridors. The plan, which has received some encouragement from Gov. Jerry Brown’s top bullet train appointee, represents a major shift in thinking about the first phase of the nearly ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Oak Lawn Lego display features fantastic creations
There were Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, medieval knights, pirates and so much more. It was hard to pick a favorite. But the one thing everyone could agree on was that these intricate Lego creations were amazing.“Oh, wow! Look at that!” was the general consensus among young and old as they pointed and gazed excitedly at the Northern Illinois Lego Train Club show at the Oak Lawn Public Library ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Music Review: Foghat - Last Train Home: Limited Edition LP
Music Review: Foghat - Last Train Home: Limited Edition LP Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:15 p.m., Friday, February 17, 2012 Foghat's Last Train Home was originally released in 2010 and caused a bit of a stir with their fans. Blue is a natural ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Pages of History: Railroad didn’t make it out to Crescent City
From the pages of the Del Norte Triplicate, February, 1942. The city of Grants Pass may become the owner of the California & Oregon Coast Railroad line originally started to connect the Rogue River with the coast at Crescent City, but completed only from Grants Pass to Waters Creek, a distance of 15 miles. The railroad is now being operated by the Pacific Portland Cement Company, formerly Beaver ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Transportation agencies seek bullet train funds to upgrade local corridors
New proposals call for spending an additional $4 billion from a $9-billion bond fund to improve existing tracks in Northern and Southern California that would later become part of the bullet-train system. In a major shift in thinking about the state's bullet train, powerful transportation agencies in Northern and Southern California want to quickly obtain up to half the project's bond financing ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Kalamazoo’s Amtrack train makes first voyage at 110 mph
Jake Adams Staff Reporter Originally established in 1887, the Kalamazoo train station was part of history this past Wednesday as it made its first voyage at 110 mph from Chicago to Kalamazoo. A travel speed of 110 mph is the fastest speed allowed on Amtrak trains west of Pennsylvania and New York, according to a [...] |
Feb 19 2012 - Upgraded Agawa Canyon Snow Train takes a round-trip journey to stillness
AGAWA CANYON, Ontario — There are no animals, no birds, not one moving creature, except for a man on a lake who raises his hand as we pass. It is overcast. Sky the color of cotton wool muffles the harsh rocky landscape; the snow and hills blend into a black-and-white panorama dotted with the drab loden of the pines. Snow falls in fits and starts. It is already more than 2 feet deep.... |
Feb 19 2012 - Presentation a nod to Black History Month
STERLING -- In honor of Black History Month the Overland Trail Museum's History Café program this month focused on "Historical African Americans in Colorado and the West. |
Feb 19 2012 - Boudreau wary of Panthers on home ice
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Maybe the locals have been hesitant to jump on the Panthers' train down here in South Florida but Florida is locked in a battle for the Southeast Division title with Washington as it tries to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs. |
Feb 19 2012 - Bulldogs take ice as nation's number one team
In February 2010, Jeffrey Malmberg killed two-year-old Jozlynn Martinez in the ... An Amtrak train heading from Chicago to Port Huron struck a car west of Lansing ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Mize goes low for ACE Group Classic lead
In February 2010, Jeffrey Malmberg killed two-year-old Jozlynn Martinez in the ... An Amtrak train heading from Chicago to Port Huron struck a car west of Lansing ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Boy, 15, struck and killed in Spring Lake by NJ Transit train
SPRING LAKE — A 15-year-old boy has been struck and killed just north of NJ Transit's Spring Lake station in Monmouth County. Transit spokesman John Durso Jr. says the boy was hit by an eastbound New Jersey Coast Line train at about 10 p.m. Wednesday. |
Feb 19 2012 - Train derails near Livingston
BILLINGS - Montana Rail Link officials are investigating how a car derailed near Livingston and rolled down the tracks. No one was hurt in the incident. |
Feb 19 2012 - Amtrak claims CN is delaying trains
Canadian National Railway is facing complaints again that its trains block traffic. This time the complaint is from Amtrak, not drivers.Amtrak wants federal rail regulators to investigate CN’s role in slowing down passenger trains on their way to Joliet and other destinations out of Chicago. Amtrak trains running from Chicago to Joliet are late more than 20 percent of the time. That’s better ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Blazers Down Kings 101-89
Jamal Crawford scored a season-high 26 points and the Portland Trail Blazers returned home from a six-game road trip with a 101-89 win over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night. |
Feb 19 2012 - Tanglefoot construction begins
NEW ALBANY - Construction began last week on Tanglefoot Trail, a 44-mile stretch of former railroad which will be converted to a 10-foot-wide paved path for bicyclists and pedestrians. |
Feb 19 2012 - Stories shared
EAST LIVERPOOL - "The Underground Railroad was mostly all above ground and had little to do with the railroad," John L. Ford told guests Saturday during the local Black History Month celebration. |
Feb 19 2012 - Fans Mourn 'Soul Train' Host, Don Cornelius Was 75
Don Cornelius dismissed the description that Soul Train was the "black" American Bandstand. He said the show was for everybody, and he showcased white acts as well as black — as long as they were funky. The show was an important cultural barometer and a touch-point for young African Americans who saw few reflections of their lives on TV or in the movies in the 1970s and eighties. |
Feb 19 2012 - 18-wheeler rollover snarls traffic
Two people were injured in a three vehicle crash on East Bert Kouns Wednesday morning. An 18-wheeler carrying liquid nitrogen overturned on the railroad tracks. |
Feb 19 2012 - Work under way to shore up railroad trestle
Odell Collins slowly drove a Norfolk/Southern hi-rail truck across the railroad trestle spanning the Trent River Tuesday while he explained the busy activity of crews on barges and boats below him. |
Feb 19 2012 - Brockovich expert rules out train spill in illness
An environmental investigator working with Erin Brockovich has come to a similar conclusion reached by federal investigators, that the chemical spill from a 1970 train derailment doesn’t appear to be the smoking gun in the strange illness affecting teenage Le Roy girls. |
Feb 19 2012 - Missing woman, 68, in Newport died of exposure
Rhode Island authorities say hypothermia and drowning are to blame for the death of a 68-year-old woman with dementia whose body was found in a ditch near railroad tracks in Newport. |
Feb 19 2012 - Missing Newport woman died of exposure
Rhode Island authorities say hypothermia and drowning are to blame for the death of a 68-year-old woman with dementia whose body was found in a ditch near railroad tracks in Newport. |
Feb 19 2012 - Bessemer Museum Home to Hitler History
BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT)- A surprising connection between the Nazi regime is in the Birmingham Metro area. The instrument that could've been used to make some of Adolph Hitler's death orders calls Bessemer home. The Bessemer Hall of History is a historical item itself. The train depot was a common departure point for many Bessemer soldiers going off to war. It's jam packed with items that tell ... |
Feb 19 2012 - 2/12/2012
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY (New) Monday-Wednesday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; motorists should be alert to crews installing guardrail on I-95 southbound between Exit 130 (State Route 3/Fredericksburg) and Exit 126 (U.S. 1/Spotsylvania). All travel lanes will be open.... |
Feb 19 2012 - Over 1,500 Expected to Attend Model Railroad Show
The 15th Annual Arctic Run Model Railroad Show in Stevens Point will continue on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Organizers expect over 1,500 people to attend the show over the course of the weekend. |
Feb 19 2012 - Upshur Commissioners Raise More Questions About Land
Posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012 4:00 am | Updated: 7:29 am, Thu Feb 16, 2012. GILMER--Upshur County Commissioners Court voted Jan. 31 to inform the Texas Railroad Commission about new and open wells on the county-owned "school land" in Baylor and Throckmorton Counties. |
Feb 19 2012 - Culture: ‘Almost, Maine’
AUDITIONSIndian Valley Theatre: Open auditions will be held for the production of “Two by Two” at 1 p.m. Feb. 19 and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Sandwich Opera House . At 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Call (815) 786-2555 or visit indianvalleytheatre.com. Music by the Lake: George Williams College will hold auditions for the Music by the Lake production of the musical “Music in the Air” in Wisconsin ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Culture: ‘The Lion in Winter’
AUDITIONSIndian Valley Theatre: Open auditions will be held for the production of “Two by Two” at 1 p.m. Feb. 19 and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Sandwich Opera House . At 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Call (815) 786-2555 or visit indianvalleytheatre.com. Music by the Lake: George Williams College will hold auditions for the Music by the Lake production of the musical “Music in the Air” in Wisconsin ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Haywood: 50 years later 'the village' still stands strong
It was in 1955, I was a sophomore at Newton High School when I heard the rumors that the Mass Turnpike would be extended through Newton. I lived in West Newton on Simms Court in a small alcove of streets bordered by Washington Street and the Boston and Albany Railroad that was lovingly called “the village.” The village was made up of five streets: Hicks (formerly Virginia Road), Prospect, Curve ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Quick, Jackson, Steed set for Senior Bowl
An Amtrak train heading from Chicago to Port Huron struck a car west of Lansing ... A one-month old infant died Thursday in Greenville, even after efforts of CPR ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Gingrich Rides the Cain Train in Georgia
SUWANEE, Ga. -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich got a lift on Saturday from another Georgian in his home state -- former rival Herman Cain. |
Feb 19 2012 - Atrion apprenticeship program approved by state
ON THE JOB: Atrion Networking Corp. managed services specialist Raffaele Laurenza, left, trained support-services associate Derek Milewski in the company's inhouse apprenticeship program. |
Feb 19 2012 - Smithsonian’s National African American Museum plans exhibits
Walking into the National Museum of African American History and Culture in November 2015, the visitor will see a segregated railroad car, the hard and fast practice in the South until the 1960s. The museum could use the car to tell the story of the legal battle to desegregate interstate travel and the bravery of the Freedom Riders. Or it might step further back and show how the train, no matter ... |
Feb 19 2012 - MBTA cuts, hikes decried as major setback
MBTA officials felt no love in Framingham last night as local residents, state legislators, and advocacy groups tore apart both proposed scenarios raising fares and cutting services to save the organization from a projected $161 million deficit next fiscal year. Approximately 100 people filled Framingham Town Hall on Valentine’s Day to rail against the proposals, both of which eliminate weekend ... |
Feb 19 2012 - See if you have the 'right stuff' at Science North
Back by popular demand, Science North has just installed a permanent GyroGym human gyroscope. Astronauts have used a similar device to train for tumbling re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. "Do you have the right stuff?" Science North said in a release.[...] |
Feb 19 2012 - Lady Bulldogs in first, Bulldogs tied for third after day two of SEC Championships
The Lady Bulldogs jumped into first place at the SEC Championships on Thursday while the No. 10 Bulldogs held their ground, remaining tied for third place with Tennessee and trailing only Auburn and Florida. “I thought our kids competed really well today,” Georgia head coach Jack Bauerle said. “This was the kind of second day [...] |
Feb 19 2012 - Historical Society plans banquet
ELMORE -- Learn more about the Underground Railroad in Ohio at the Elmore Historical Society's annual membership banquet March 10. Featured speaker is Cathy Nelson from the Humanies Council Speakers Bureau in Columbus. |
Feb 19 2012 - Trials on the trails
Lively District's Victor Hopper fought through pain to make a significant gain. In the last 2.5 kilometres of his senior boys' 8-kilometre race at the NOSAA Nordic Skiing Championship on Tuesd ay at Naughton Trails, Hopper's back stiffened up.[...] |
Feb 19 2012 - Trains hauled coal through Mahanoy Tunnel since 1862
When anthracite coal was king in Northeastern Pennsylvania, a major factor was how to get the coal to its destinations. In northern Schuylkill County, one way was through the Mahanoy Tunnel, which is celebrating its 150th year in operation in 2012.In so |
Feb 19 2012 - Will China’s Year of the Dragon See an Economic Soft Landing?
Warren Buffett may love his railroad investment enough to grab a ukulele and sing about it, but the reality is the prospects for the stocks of planes, trains, autos, and toys are largely a function of forces outside even the Oracle of Omaha's control. First among these is China. China's GDP surprised to the upside [...] |
Feb 19 2012 - Brown pins legacy on high-speed rail project
SACRAMENTO -- Critics have called it the train to nowhere and a $98 billion boondoggle. As concerns mount over the practicality and affordability of California's plan to build a high-speed rail system, even many former supporters are beginning to |
Feb 19 2012 - Gov. Jerry Brown pins legacy to high-speed rail plans
SACRAMENTO - Critics have called it the train to nowhere and a $98 billion boondoggle. As concerns mount over the practicality and affordability of California's plan to build a high-speed rail system, even many former supporters are beginning to sound skeptical. Not so Gov. Jerry Brown. He has emerged as the most vocal cheerleader of a project that is as risky as it is ambitious. |
Feb 19 2012 - Rough Draught: Sam Adams Rauch Bock and Baltic IPA
If there was any question if Samuel Adams is on the weird beer train, you can consider it answered: Dark Depths Baltic IPA and Cinder Bock Rauch Bock — both parts of the Single Batch series — are, most certainly, weird. |
Feb 19 2012 - A push to train more primary-care doctors
The pay is relatively low, the hours are long, the need is great and, students are finding, the rewards can be immense. First-year medical student Hannah Segal sees the same patients and finds herself managing the same ailments during her frequent visits to a community health clinic on downtown Los Angeles' skid row. |
Feb 19 2012 - Dorchester man injured in brush with train
MANCHESTER — A Dorchester man was being treated for what police called "non-life-threatening injuries" at Beverly Hospital Thursday after a brush with an MBTA commuter train Wednesday night at Manchester Station. |
Feb 19 2012 - Yellow train inaugurates 'Valley Road,' 1952
It may well be that living in the San Joaquin Valley are middle-aged men and women who will stop and think, on Sunday, that it was 56 years ago that their fathers lifted them shoulder-high to catch a glimpse of the... |
Feb 19 2012 - Symbol of Underground Railroad
LEICESTER - Family and historians say they eagerly await Becker College's efforts to restore the iconic house that once belonged to the abolitionist Rev. Samuel May. |
Feb 19 2012 - Train station bridges past to future
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. - Stopping by the Branchville train station is like taking a step back in time to when steam engines ruled the rails. |
Feb 19 2012 - Butters Row bridge work
WILMINGTON -Many residents may have already noticed that the Butters Row bridge over the MBTA Railroad corridor in Wilmington is closed for construction. The construction will continue through Monday, |
Feb 19 2012 - Hernandez earns surprise trip to state
Edward Hernandez III decided to come out of his boxing retirement mostly so he and former teammate Gabriel Surita could help train promising Lubbock Warriors lightweight Adam Castillo. |
Feb 19 2012 - Reader photos: Southern California Moments, Day 49
Red line: Passengers stand on the Wilshire/Vermont subway platform as a train passes in this photo by Diogo Bessam taken on Aug. 16, 2011. RELATED: Best of Southern California Moments for January Southern California Moments 2011 editors' picks -- Armand... |
Feb 19 2012 - Officials stand by high-speed rail estimate
State rail officials are defending as reasonable their estimates that passengers will take at least 29 million trips a year on high-speed trains between San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2040. |
Feb 19 2012 - Fake Id's February 17th, 2012
In 2007 a fake ID was the jumping off point for Columbia Picture’s comedy Superbad. However, it's not a humorous matter in the real world. Alcohol retailers and servers complete a course called TIP’s that train them how to spot fakes from real ones. |
Feb 19 2012 - CP Railway asks for conciliator in labour negotiations
Canadian Pacific Railway said on Friday it has asked the federal government to appoint a conciliator to assist its negotiations with the union representing 4,800 train crew employees and rail traffic controllers |
Feb 19 2012 - CP Railway asks for conciliator in labor talks
Canadian Pacific Railway said Friday it has asked the federal government to appoint a conciliator to help it address pension reform in its labor talks with the union representing 4,800 train crew employees ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Law enforcers brush up on rail accident safety
There are about 3,000 train collisions in the U.S. every year that result in about 1,000 deaths. Here in Mississippi, Operation Lifesaver hopes to change that. Thursday Operation Lifesaver joined forces with two other organizations to host a collision investigation course for Coast law enforcers. |
Feb 19 2012 - 4,000 turn out for job fair in Muncie; 2nd event is planned
MUNCIE An estimated 4,000 job seekers lined up Saturday for the Progress Rail Services job fair in Muncie. The overwhelming turnout prompted the Caterpillar subsidiary to close the fair early and schedule a follow-up fair March 3. |
Feb 19 2012 - Canada Scowls, Indiana Cheers Over Caterpillar Moves
Caterpillar has caused an uproar in Canada with a controversial plant closing ? and at the same time, it attracted so many people to an Indiana jobs fair that the event had to be shut down earlier than planned. On Friday, ?s Progress Rail Services said it was closing the 62-year-old Electro-Motive Canada plant in ... |
Feb 19 2012 - Coal train derailed in De Beque Canyon
A 104-car Union Pacific train was parked Saturday night in De Beque Canyon after derailing. The train, loaded down with coal from the West Elk Mine in Arco and bound for Kentucky, was halted around 5:50 p.m. when one of its cars went off the rails, Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis said. |
Feb 19 2012 - Law enforcement officers train to deal with increased violence
Instructors at the Richland County Sheriff's Department's shooting range had to be especially patient with a group of students Friday afternoon. They were members of Midlands news media. Most of them broadcasters, a group with notoriously short attention spans. |
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