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Jun 30 2011 - Teen drowns in jump into Yellow River
KNOX — The lure of the Yellow River near the U.S. 35 bridge has resulted in another swimming-related drowning. Mercan Lyncook, 18, of Parma, Ohio, jumped from the abandoned railroad bridge near the Knox Norfolk and Southern Depot at about midnight Sunday morning.Lyncook’s apparently limited swimming ability could not contend with the swift current, and he never made it back to shore. Lyncock’s ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Flooding hits Fort Leavenworth
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan.— Rising Missouri River waters undercut the Union Pacific Railroad tracks northwest of Sherman Army Airfield at Fort Leavenworth. The airfield is the only area of Fort Leavenworth that is vulnerable to flooding. |
Jun 30 2011 - Local family wins ‘rails to trails’ case
In a potentially precedent-setting decision, a federal judge has ruled that an Aspen-area landowner along the Rio Grande Trail is entitled to compensation because the former railroad tracks running through her property were converted to a trail. read more |
Jun 30 2011 - Railroad trade group spends $1.6M on 1Q lobbying
The Association of American Railroads spent $1.6 million in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on antitrust legislation and other issues, according to a disclosure report. |
Jun 30 2011 - U.S. DOT to loan Amtrak $563M for 70 Siemens trains
On Wednesday, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a $562.9 million loan to Amtrak under the Federal Railroad Administration ’s Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program, which will create hundreds of manufacturing jobs across several states. |
Jun 30 2011 - Underground Railroad Statue Vandalized
It's been a source of pride along the Detroit River at the edge of Hart Plaza. The Gateway to Freedom monument makes people stop and contemplate the past. But sadly, this statue dedicated to Detroit's history with the Underground Railroad has been the target of vandals. |
Jun 30 2011 - Waratah train finally on track
Sydney rail commuters have finally had a chance to board one of the city's new, much-delayed Waratah trains. |
Jun 30 2011 - Newark rail station adds parking
Thanks to an agreement with the University of Delaware, DART, the Delaware transit agency, will open 100 additional parking spaces adjacent to the existing Newark train station lot on Monday, June 26th. UD now owns the Chrysler plant site. A transit hub is also planned for the area. |
Jun 30 2011 - Events: Festivals, concerts highlight holiday
American Celebration at EnterTrainment Junction, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., EnterTrainment Junction, 7379 Squire Court, West Chester Township. Celebrate with patriotic music and decoration plus beat-the-heat savings, like half-off admission to A-maze-N Funhouse. Purchase ticket to Train Journey and receive half-off two outdoor kids' rides, VIP backstage tours and more. Free admission for active military ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Johor Sultan drives the last train out
ON BOARD THE SPECIAL LAST TRAIN OUT OF TANJONG PAGAR STATION: TRAIN enthusiast Char Lee leaned out the doorway in between train carriages and held his camera to capture the last moments of Malayan Railway's (KTM) last train travelling through the heart of Singapore. Along the way, the 30-year-old member of the KTM Railway Fan Club yelled and waved to people who gathered along the route from ... |
Jun 30 2011 - NTSB scrutinizes truck-trailer's wreckage in Fallon
Jennifer Morrison, an investigator from National Transportation safety Board's Vehicle Factors Group, scrutinizes on Monday the wreckage from a 2008 Peterbilt truck-tractor that was involved in a collision with an Amtrak train on Friday. |
Jun 30 2011 - Third power problem in a week halts NJ Transit, Amtrak
NEWARK — NJ Transit trains were halted for a third time this week by problems with Amtrak’s aging electric power sytem on the Northeast corridor Thursday, disrupting both the morning and evening commutes for thousands of riders. |
Jun 30 2011 - TriMet kicks off construction of new transit bridge
The start of construction of the Portland-to-Milwaukie light-rail project was celebrated Thursday morning as TriMet officials began work on the new transit bridge over the Willamette River. Federal, state, county and city official joined construction workers on the plaza behind the Oregon Museum ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Buffett's Berkshire doesn't lobby, but units do
share: digg facebook twitter The Fort Worth, Texas-based freight railroad sought to influence Congress and a number of federal agencies, including the Transportation Department, Surface Transportation Board, Federal Railroad Administration and the Agriculture Department. BNSF lobbied on railroad antitrust rules, requirements for positive train control systems, greenhouse gas regulations and the ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Grant will spur rail development
Funding for a railroad spur at the Webster County Agricultural Industrial Park was secured Tuesday by the Webster County Board of Supervisors. |
Jun 30 2011 - Airline stowaway suspect once arrested for not paying train fare
The Nigerian national arrested after allegedly sneaking aboard a New York-to-Los Angeles flight has a history of not paying for his transportation, court records show. Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, was arrested in Chicago in 2008 after he allegedly refused to... |
Jun 30 2011 - Congressman Mica has been campaigning for project since 1992
ORLANDO -- Here in sun-parched Central Florida, workers are ready to break ground this summer for a 61-mile commuter rail project that the federal government ranks as one of the least cost-effective mass transit efforts in the nation. |
Jun 30 2011 - Caltrain drivers know collisions are certainty, but they still leave mark
When Sean Morgan attended Caltrain’s orientation for new engineers, he was warned that his train would eventually kill someone. “They said, ‘This will occur,’” Morgan said. “It wasn’t a matter of if; it was a matter of when.” Morgan, who has collided with two people in 18 years and only knows one engineer who hasn’t hit someone, said the Peninsula is notorious because of the many places where ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Calif. high-speed rail group to begin rail improvements
On Thursday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) can now begin spending a $16 million grant that will support safety and scheduling improvements on the heavily traveled San Francisco-to-San Jose corridor. |
Jun 30 2011 - Train derails in Bullitt County; Hwy. 1020 shut down
CLICK HERE TO WATCH LIVE VIDEO OF THE NEWS CONFERENCE (WHAS11) - A train derailed in Bullitt County at Highway 1020 and Huber Station Road Thursday around 3 p.m. in the exact same spot as a derailment in 2007. Highway 1020 in Bullitt County is closed between West Blue Lick Road and East Blue Lick Road due to the train derailing. The estimated time of closure is unknown at this time. There ... |
Jun 30 2011 - City to cut grass on property
The city of Covington will mow overgrown grass on the rights of way of the Central of Georgia Railroad (also known as Norfolk Southern) property at street intersections and behind residences and businesses. |
Jun 30 2011 - Frizell Railroad Depot to be featured
Jim Misunas Great Bend Tribune The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Depot was relocated to the Santa Fe Trail Center fom Frizell, Kansas. |
Jun 30 2011 - LINES FROM HIGHWAY 89
In its heyday, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad experienced a brisk business in south-central Utah and it resulted from fulfilling an economic alliance which spanned four counties. |
Jun 30 2011 - Journey ends for Singapore train station at age 79
Train enthusiasts, tourists and officials thronged an iconic 1930s railway station in downtown Singapore on Thursday, hours before it was to be closed, with a sultan from neighbouring Malaysia driving out the last train. |
Jun 30 2011 - R&R with R&R: News of the blues
Once again it's time to rock and roll with Rios and Roberts, the two guys who keep you up to date on the local music scene. • Guess what. You're about to get run over by a train. No, it's good news, silly, because the train just happens to be the Blues Society of Pennsylvania's Mississippi Rail... |
Jun 30 2011 - Town of Hot Springs home base for Appalachian Trail hikers in N.C.
HOT SPRINGS, N.C. — Slack packers — it’s a nickname that is not affectionately bestowed, but it’s one an old friend and I now proudly wear after a long weekend hiking on the Appalachian Trail in western North Carolina. The 22 miles we covered over 2½ days near Asheville hardly seemed scoff-worthy. With long strenuous climbs [...] |
Jun 30 2011 - Man killed in train-van collision
A security guard burnt to death when a freight train hit a cash-in-transit van at a level crossing in Virginia on Thursday, Free State police said. Warrant Officer Malebo Khosana said fire and rescue workers had to use the Jaws-of-Life to remove the guard's body from the van. |
Jun 30 2011 - Guard burnt to death
A security guard has died after a freight train carrying timber smashed into a cash-in-transit van. |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak Sues Nevada Trucking Company
Amtrak is suing a Nevada trucking company for negligence in the hiring of a driver who drove a semi-trailer truck into the side of a passenger train last week in a fiery crash that killed six and injured more than 20. |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak Sues Nevada Truck Firm Over Fatal Crash
Amtrak is suing a Nevada trucking company for negligence in the hiring of a driver who drove a semi-trailer truck into the side of a passenger train last week in a fiery crash that killed six and injured more than 20. |
Jun 30 2011 - Despite Issues, Riders Stand by Metro
(Washington Informer) — Two years after the worst crash in the history of Metrorail, its customers are standing by the transit agency despite ongoing problems with delays and high fares. ”I have a great deal of confidence in Metro,” said George Whitfield, a commuter from Arlington, Va., who takes the train into downtown Washington to [...] |
Jun 30 2011 - New in Maryland: Fieldstone
Lennar is building 258 town homes at Fieldstone in Laurel, where plans call for a swimming pool, walking trails, a tot lot and a picnic area. The development is near the Laurel shopping center, Arundel Mills mall, the Dutch Country Farmers Market and a MARC train station. Each home in ... |
Jun 30 2011 - BonnieMaffei
This picture was taken atop a mountain at Skagway, Alaska. The area was only accessible by helicopter and shows a ... 0 Taking the Alaska Railroad from Fairbanks to Anchorage in September. |
Jun 30 2011 - How To Train Your Celebrity: Five Hollywood Charity Myths
Yes, Hollywood Stars can live up (or down) to their stereotypes. But they can also be invaluable in promoting a good cause. Here's how the best partnerships work. #article-top-wrapper img { border:none; } IN THE INTERSECTING WORLDS of celebrities and public causes, two opposing clichés are locked in competition for custody of our imagination: the celebrity as superhero and the celebrity as ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Smooth operators
A tractor-trailer passes as a crew from IA Construction lays blacktop on the westbound lane of Interstate 68 near the U.S. Route 220 south exit on Wednesday. When completed, a new surface will be laid from the Kelly Road bridge in the city to Vocke Road in LaVale, and will cost about $6.1 million. |
Jun 30 2011 - Kiwanis gets Rail District update
An update on the Rusk County Rural Rail District was presented at Tuesday’s Henderson Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon program. |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak sues trucking company over Nevada crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amtrak has sued the trucking company that owned a tractor-trailer rig involved in a crash last week that killed six people and injured dozens of others. |
Jun 30 2011 - MacGameStore announces Trainz Simulator for Mac
Trainz Simulator for Mac is now available as a digital download from MacGameStore.com, allowing players to build any sort of railroad using steam, diesel or electric trains, along with the accoutrements including landscaping, cars, trams, boats and interactive industries. The Mac version sports several new features over previous platform releases, and includes all three of the most recent Trainz ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak sues truck firm over fatal crash
Amtrak is suing a Nevada trucking company for negligence in the hiring of a driver who drove a semi-trailer truck into the side of a passenger train last week in a fiery crash that killed six and injured more than 20. |
Jun 30 2011 - Flooding routes road, rail traffic this way
Gas pumps are ringing up more sales here and train cars are clipping through Marysville in greater numbers recently as historic flooding along the Missouri River re-routes rail and highway traffic this way. |
Jun 30 2011 - Person struck, killed by train in Topeka
Emergency responders were sent to a fatal train-pedestrian accident early Thursday on the city's northwest side. Crews were called at 5:25 a.m. to railroad tracks near the Kaw River State Park northwest of S.W. 6th and Fairlawn on a report of someone who had been struck by a train. Police found the victim under the eastbound Union Pacific train, about seven cars behind the engine. The victim was ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Today in Nebraska-July
1862 — Congress authorized the Union Pacific Co. to build its portion of the transcontinental railroad that would eventually start in Omaha. 1855 — Adelaide Goodwill opened a school in the territorial capitol in Omaha. |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak sues NV truck firm over fatal crash;
Amtrak is suing a Nevada trucking company for negligence in the hiring of a driver who drove a semi-trailer truck into the side of a passenger train last week in a fiery crash that killed six and injured more than 20. |
Jun 30 2011 - By Alex Byington Killeen Daily Herald
Like a train coming through the station, 19 potential candidates made their case to be the next head football coach/athletic coordinator at Shoemaker High School during a nearly eight-hour screening session Wednesday at the Killeen Independent School District offices. |
Jun 30 2011 - Florida gov warns officials on Orlando commuter train
Orlando — Facing an end-of-the-week deadline to decide the fate of a controversial commuter rail project, Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday sent his top transportation adviser to Central Florida to warn local officials that they'll be on the hook if the project ultimately fails. |
Jun 30 2011 - 3 More Victims ID’d In Amtrak Crash
Authorities on Monday released the names of three more victims in last week's fiery collision between a gravel truck and an Amtrak train in Nevada, and five passengers were still unaccounted for. |
Jun 30 2011 - Local track maintenance begins
Trees and brush along Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad in Emmett are being cleared as a maintenance project, INPR assistant general manager Linda Iverson said. She did not make any further comment about the scope of the work or cleanup of the slash and stumps. |
Jun 30 2011 - More needed to revive train service, says Courtenay mayor
E&N passenger rail service is back on track because the province is providing $7.5 million, Premier Christy Clark announced Tuesday in Nanaimo, in response to a $15-million request for essential repairs from the Island Corridor Foundation. |
Jun 30 2011 - CANCELLED: Railroad crossing closing at US77
UPDATE: Officials have cancelled Wednesday's closing of the track crossing at U.S. Highway 77 (North Elm Street) in downtown Waxahachie. The closure will be rescheduled at a later date. |
Jun 30 2011 - Fix for railroad crossings planned
CSX will be working on the railroad in Ashland this summer, and as part of that work, the rubberized crossings at England Street and Ashcake Road will be replaced with precast concrete panels. |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak train crash: Near miss nine months earlier missed scrutiny
Nine months before Friday’s deadly crash between a truck and an Amtrak passenger train on U.S. 95, another truck, with brakes smoking, stopped just short of slamming into an Amtrak train at that same site, but the federal agency that regulates highway-rail crossings did not know about that near miss. |
Jun 30 2011 - Crossing proposal poses problems
Broadway Street could soon close to motorists, as the Illinois Commerce Commission proposed construction of a pedestrian walkway over the Amtrak rails, allowing ISU students and community members a safer way to cross the tracks. |
Jun 30 2011 - Public notices for the day of June 24, 2011
Public notices for the day of June 24, 2011 NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING A public meeting of the Wallowa Union Railroad Authority will be held on June 30, 2011 at 6:00 PM at the Elgin City Hall, Elgin, Oregon. |
Jun 30 2011 - Pedestrian killed by train in Wood County
LUCKEY, Ohio — A pedestrian apparently was struck and killed by a train late Wednesday on the CSX Transportation tracks near State Rt. 582 in Wood County’s Troy Township, east of Luckey, Wood County sheriff’s deputies confirmed Thursday. |
Jun 30 2011 - Town Creek trail hit by vandals
The Weatherford Police Department and Parker County Crime Stoppers is seeking information on recent vandalism to the new Town Creek Hike and Bike Trail and area railroad property. |
Jun 30 2011 - Obama Administration Invests $1.58 Billion in Rapid Transit
, June 29, 2011 (ENS) - An elevated, electric rail line connecting communities on Oahu's south shore with the Honolulu International Airport, downtown Honolulu and Waikiki, is one of more than two dozen transit projects that will receive federal funding this year, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Monday. |
Jun 30 2011 - Train Strikes, Kills Pedestrian
SEFFNER, Fla. -- A train has struck and killed a pedestrian in the Tampa Bay area. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Detective Larry McKinnon says a CSX Railroad train struck an individual near a crossing in Seffner late Wednesday. |
Jun 30 2011 - Sol Driven Train delivers sweet summertime tunes
The last two years have been a nonstop journey for local rock band Sol Driven Train. This summer, they're ready to hit the road behind a well-polished, locally recorded EP with a delectably fruity theme. |
Jun 30 2011 - Healthy minds, healthy communities
WORCESTER - If you have a heart attack - or even sprain an ankle at work - there are many people across Massachusetts and the United States trained in first aid to help until a doctor can intervene. |
Jun 30 2011 - Good News From The MBTA
The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Co. extended its well-received “ quiet car ’’ program to all 13 commuter rail lines. The MBTA is adding cameras on buses and train platforms in a effort to increase security. [ more › ] |
Jun 30 2011 - Four injured in Lyon County railroad crash
LARCHWOOD, Iowa --- Four people were taken to the hospital with injuries Tuesday night after a piece of railroad maintenance equipment struck the car they were riding in near Larchwood. |
Jun 30 2011 - Won't back down
For the last 20 years, Bob Oaks has pushed for and funded projects that have improved Northside and Westside neighborhoods. Hes helped salvage historic sites such as the Randolph-Moon Homestead in the North Hills. Hes worked on connecting trail systems from his neighborhoods to other parts of town. Hes created parks and playgrounds. Hes written grants to build affordable homes for young ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Judge Orders Amtrak Crash Evidence Protected
A judge handling the first lawsuit in a deadly Amtrak crash in Nevada issued a protective order Wednesday prohibiting the destruction or disposal of any evidence tied to last week's fiery collision between a truck and a passenger train that left six dead at a rail crossing in the high desert. |
Jun 30 2011 - $8M Bridge to Nowhere in Weehawken
From crowded trains to rising fares, commuters have plenty to complain about. And now add this: an $8 million bridge to nowhere in Weehawken. After nearly four years, it is still unfinished. |
Jun 30 2011 - New York Jets Could Be Hurt Most by Shotgun Wedding Style 2011 NFL Free Agency
The labor negotiations between the NFL , the owners and the NFLPA are on track and finally building steam and headed in the right direction. The 2011 free agency period is nearly upon us. And when it comes, the New York Jets could be derailed by several key departures. None of this would be a big deal in any ordinary offseason, but as we all know, the 2011 lockout has provided anything but an ... |
Jun 30 2011 - RBA’s McKibbin Sees Greece as First Car in ‘Train Wreck’
Greece is one of several nations that will need to cut spending and boost taxes, slowing global growth even as low interest rates raise the risk of inflation, Australian central bank board member Warwick McKibbin said. |
Jun 30 2011 - UAF proposing improvements to ski trails
FAIRBANKS — Skiers on the University of Alaska Fairbanks cross country ski trails may have another hill to climb in the next winter or two. UAF is proposing revisions to the West Ridge trail system... |
Jun 30 2011 - Amusement rides to get second look
South Carolina's labor department is changing the way it inspects the state's amusement rides in the aftermath of a children's train ride accident that killed a 6-year-old boy, the agency announced Wednesday. Starting Sept. 1, the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation will use specially licensed outside contractors to review dozens of amusement rides and thousands of elevators around the ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak may pick up passengers at home
Amtrak passenger have to leave their cars unattended if they get on the train in Fulton, Kentucky. Now there's a proposal by the Fulton Transit Authority to pick up passengers from their homes and take them to the train station. |
Jun 30 2011 - Sullivan’s Gulch Trail waits to get on track
Imagine you’re stuck on the Banfield Freeway during rush hour, gazing to the north as bicycle commuters whiz past. Might you consider biking to work next time? That’s what city officials and neighborhood activists hope, as they begin work on a $224,000 project to plan a five-mile ... |
Jun 30 2011 - SunRail costs worry governor
ORLANDO -- Facing an end-of-the-week deadline to decide the fate of a controversial commuter rail project, Gov. Rick Scott this week sent his top transportation adviser to Central Florida to warn local officials that they’ll be on the hook if the project ultimately fails. |
Jun 30 2011 - Light-rail study info to be shared
Findings of a consultant’s study of a possible Sound Transit light-rail route east side of Mercer Slough will be presented at a public meeting at Bellevue City Hall on Wednesday. |
Jun 30 2011 - Spinning Disk Helps Train Athletes' Weak Points
Athleticism doesn’t just come from the weight room. And it’s not always enhanced by cardio class, as Donna Snow learned one day while struggling to play a recreational football game with the agility and speed she expected of herself. |
Jun 30 2011 - Building could save rail hub
The old Dillon Supply steel fabrication building, once used to assemble boilers, smokestacks and exteriors for North Carolina's early skyscrapers, could find new life as a rail hub for Raleigh after all. |
Jun 30 2011 - Update: First Lawsuit Filed In AMTRAK Crash
Five days after a tractor trailer rig slammed into the side of a passenger train north of Fallon, an AMTRAK employee has filed the first lawsuit related to the crash. |
Jun 30 2011 - MMA prospect Jimmy Quinlan trains in Acton
Jimmy Quinlan won his debut against Josh Mellen by submission in the first round of the co-main event in a Cage Titans promotion at the Local 103 Union Hall in Boston. >>> Watch The Slideshow |
Jun 30 2011 - Hatboro train show helps beautify town
Al Wipplinger, owner of Village Hardware and Hobbies in Hatboro, formally presented a check to the Main Street Hatboro Board of Directors June 16, collected through the Main Street Hatboro Annual Train Show. The $3,000 check, which was actually given to the board earlier in the year, has been used toward the Beautify Hatboro program. |
Jun 30 2011 - Amtrak pact won by East Pittsburgh company
An East Pittsburgh company has secured a piece of a multimillion-dollar project to manufacture 70 locomotives for Amtrak. PHW Inc. will supply positive train control systems for the locomotives, which are being manufactured by Siemens Industry USA and scheduled to begin service on the Northeast and Keystone corridors in 2013. |
Jun 30 2011 - Connecticut Union Members Vote Down a $1.6 Billion Concessions Plan
It's been interesting, in a sort of train-wreck-aftermath sort of way, to watch the two PR guys for Connecticut state employee unions trying to find some explanation for the death of the state concessions deal that doesn't involve the arrogance and ineptitude of union leaders. |
Jun 30 2011 - Terrelle Pryor: Will Work Outs with George Whitfield Really Help Former Buckeye?
Terrelle Pryor Set to Train With QB Coach George Whitfield Terrelle Pryor has made the decision to train with quarterback coach George Whitfield. It's the right choice for the former Ohio State Buckeye. Whitfield trained Cam Newton prior to the 2011 NFL Draft, and now he will help Pryor before the NFL supplemental draft according to the Canton Repository . Whitfield told reporters he's ... |
Jun 30 2011 - Wagon Train Fundraiser for Special Needs Camp
(ABC 6 NEWS) - Hundreds of people saddled up their horses today for a good old-fashioned wagon train. Now in its 23rd year, this event has become the biggest fundraiser for one local non-profit, which is especially handy in this recession. |
Jun 30 2011 - Passenger Train Burst into Flames in Bulgaria
A fire broke out aboard a passenger train, traveling to the town of Montana, northwestern Bulgaria. No casualties have been reported. The fire was triggered by the grease on the wheels and was first seen by a man in one of the neighborhoods in the town of Vratsa as it passed by.... |
Jun 30 2011 - ACLU study: Officer use Tasers too often
The American Civil Liberties Union wants police agencies in Arizona to train their officers to use their Tasers and similar devices less frequently. |
Jun 30 2011 - Suspects sought in thefts
The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to identify two men allegedly involved in the theft of copper wire along CSX railroad tracks. According to Deputy Larry Bennett, the suspects are cutting the wire off lines that feed train switching signals. |
Jun 29 2011 - Elias: Who's clean among potential train bidders?
With China's high speed rail system and the companies that supply it in financial and technological trouble, it now appears the bids for major components of California's projected high speed rail system will come from big companies based in three countries: France (Alstom Group), Germany (Siemens AG) and Japan (East Japan Railway Co., better known as JR East). |
Jun 29 2011 - Troopers ticket 50 drivers for illegally crossing railroad tracks
MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- In nearly three hours on Wednesday, 50 drivers were caught illegally crossing railroad tracks at one Marysville intersection. Wednesday, a group of troopers, Snohomish County Sheriffs Deputies and Marysville Police Officers stood watch at a railroad crossing in Marysville. |
Jun 29 2011 - FEMA trailers headed to Joplin
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency says temporary housing units for Joplin will be ready soon. FEMA said in a press release Tuesday that 10 temporary housing units have arrived at a nearby staging area and that 50 more are expected to be in the Joplin area later this week. |
Jun 29 2011 - Survivors recount horrific Amtrak crash
About 200 passengers fled from the train — some by jumping through windows — to avoid a tower of fire sparked when a big rig plowed into a double-decker car at a rural highway crossing about 70 miles east of Reno. |
Jun 29 2011 - Survivors describe horrific Amtrak crash
Firefighters look at the wreckage of an Amtrak passenger car Friday June 24, 2011, near US 95 north of Fallon, Nev. The west-bound train was struck by a semi-truck and burst into flames. The driver and a passenger of the truck were killed. |
Jun 29 2011 - Survivors Describe Emeryville-Bound Amtrak Crash
Robert Hill's mind keeps returning to one image from the smoke-filled Amtrak passenger car: the elderly woman he tried, again and again, to coax down from the upper deck after he escaped the burning train. |
Jun 29 2011 - Outdoors Calendar, Week beginning June 28
TUESDAY Evening trail-care hike, led by Lancaster Hiking Club to celebrate Pennsylvania Hiking Week. Doug Kutz (367-1808) or Doug Rupp (898-2328) will lead the work hike. Club has some tools or you may bring your own. If you prefer to use club tools, please ask Kutz to bring what you want to use. Me... |
Jun 29 2011 - An Oviedo family takes a bike trip from Penn. to D.C.
It's heralded as the ride of a lifetime with lush green landscapes, winding rivers, picturesque valleys and historic towns. Together, the Great Allegheny Passage rail-trail and C&O Canal Towpath create a continuous and exhilarating bike-riding ... |
Jun 29 2011 - RAW VIDEO: Why Is Water Shooting In Air?
Crews are drilling 125 geothermal wells at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County. News 8's Katelyn Smith shot this video on her cellphone. Watch News 8 on Thursday evening for her full report. |
Jun 29 2011 - Temple turns 130 today
Amos Clark witnessed the birth of Temple. Courtesy of Library of Congress. The buzz reached the highest echelons of Texas deal-makers. Town lots in a newly created Central Texas railroad settlement would soon be up for sale. |
Jun 29 2011 - Low emission locomotive at CSX rail yard
The technology can reduce nitrous oxide and particle emissions by 77 percent and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 25 percent compared to traditional locomotives. CSX says it has invested more than $1.5 billion to improve the environmental impact of its locomotive fleet since 1980 and says it has reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 90 percent. |
Jun 29 2011 - Chef likes French classics, coneys
Chef Nate Getts was 15 years old when he began working in the kitchen at the Railroad Inn in Garrett. Today, Getts, 29, is kitchen manager at Apple Spice Junction, 1909 Carew St. A resident of Auburn, Getts credits Railroad Inn owner Bill Sobieski with motivating him to view cooking as a career. |
Jun 29 2011 - Ambushed!
ELGIN — The Eagle Cap Excursion train departed on its second run of the season Saturday with a sold-out train, a newly restored Budd car and a staged train robbery to promote the Elgin Stampede Rodeo July 7-10. |
Jun 29 2011 - Train to Pakistan - a journey not so pleasant
Jodhpur, June 28 (IANS) It's Sunday morning. The Bhagat ki Kothi railway station here is ready to receive its weekly train from Pakistan. Stall owners outside are stocked with food and drinks of all hues and tints; they know the 250-odd passengers must be hungry and thirsty. |
Jun 29 2011 - Flooding occurs at Fort Leavenworth airfield
Rising levels of the Missouri River early Wednesday caused water to undercut the Union Pacific Railroad tracks northwest of Sherman Army Airfield at Fort Leavenworth, causing the area to flood. |
Jun 29 2011 - SC labor agency changes inspections
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's labor department is changing the way it inspects the state's amusement rides in the wake of a children's train ride accident that killed a 6-year-old boy. |
Jun 29 2011 - Glimpses of history, nature on tugboat tour
STILLWATER — As the 110-year-old Tug Urger approached the Mechanicville Railroad Bridge, the lowest bridge in the state along the canal system, Mike Byrnes of Waterford noticed a pair of eagles in a large dead tree along the Champlain Canal. |
Jun 29 2011 - ACLU questions Taser use
PHOENIX -- The American Civil Liberties Union wants police agencies in Arizona to train their officers to use their Tasers and similar devices less frequently. |
Jun 29 2011 - City touts rail station development opportunities
KALIHI (HawaiiNewsNow) – Dozens of people who live and work in Kalihi attended a workshop Monday to share ideas on how property around transit stations can be developed. The city's 20-mile rail line from Kapolei to Ala Moana will have 21 stops. Three of those stations will be in Kalihi. |
Jun 29 2011 - SunRail: Florida Lawmaker Defies Critics on Rail Project
Here in sun-parched Central Florida, workers are ready to break ground this summer for a 61-mile commuter rail project that the federal government ranks as one of the least cost-effective mass transit efforts in the nation. |
Jun 29 2011 - HCC Coleman Offers a 10 Week Online Health Information Management Program for $25.00
HCC Coleman is offering a 10-week online health information management program which will train healthcare or IT transitioning students in well paying health information management careers. Two more start dates remain - July 11 and October 3, 2011.Houston, TX (Vocus/PRWEB) June 29, 2011 Students can choose from six different tracks leading to employment in various aspects of health information ... |
Jun 29 2011 - MH resident hurt in Nevada train crash
Photo by: File Photo A Morgan Hill teenager suffered minor injuries in a collision involving an Amtrak passenger train and an 18-wheeler Friday, according to news reports. The 16-year-old girl's grandmother, Fran Knox, 58 and another relative, Annie Knox, 18 - both of Seward, Neb. - died in the accident which happened in Churchill County about 70 miles east of Reno, Nev., according to a report ... |
Jun 29 2011 - Union Pacific spent $1.2M on lobbying in 1Q
Union Pacific spent $1.23 million during the first quarter to influence the federal government on railroad regulations, pollution rules and the U.S. budget, according to a recent disclosure report. |
Jun 29 2011 - New Steel Valley Trail link opens
Eric Slagle is a McKeesport Daily News staff writer and can be reached at 412-664-9161 or via e-mail. Cross-country cyclist Joe Miota timed it just about right. |
Jun 29 2011 - NHP identifies truck driver, 2 train passengers in fatal Amtrak crash
The Nevada Highway Patrol on Monday identified 43-year-old Lawrence R. Valli of Winnemucca as the truck driver who was killed Friday when his 2008 Peterbilt tractor slammed into an Amtrak passenger train on Friday morning at a railroad crossing 35 miles north of Fallon on U.S. Highway 95 and three miles south of Interstate 80. |
Jun 29 2011 - Investigators piece together Amtrak crash
RENO (AP) — Workers wearing hazmat suits dug through burnt-out rail cars and twisted metal Monday at the scene of a horrific collision between a tractor-trailer and an Amtrak train as new details surfaced about the spotty driving record of the man at the wheel of the truck. |
Jun 29 2011 - Missouri flooding muddies Amtrak routes
Flooding along the Missouri River will disrupt two Amtrak routes, including one that serves Galesburg. Amtrak said flooding will temporarily disrupt its California Zephyr service today and Thursday. Amtrak said flooding in the Omaha area has made it hard to get all the crews and railcars it needs. |
Jun 29 2011 - Public gets peek at CSX railyard
NORTH BALTIMORE -- In a county fair-like atmosphere, CSX on Tuesday opened its $175 million railyard to thousands of people. |
Jun 29 2011 - Rod Blagojevich: Convicted at last
After one train wreck of a trial in which an overreaching prosecution team tried to bury a jury in complex evidence, the government got it right: A stripped-down, simplified prosecution strategy resulted this week in the conviction of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 counts of some of the most blatant and egregious political boodling in the annals of government. |
Jun 29 2011 - Detroit Pistons Finally Rebuilding with a Plan
The Detroit Pistons have been a mess the last few seasons. This is obviously not a news flash. What's more is that the fans saw this train wreck coming a mile away. It's like when you are walking down the street and you see a car turning into on coming traffic and there is another car in their blind spot. You as the pedestrian are helpless to their plight, you just have to brace yourself and ... |
Jun 29 2011 - Appalachian Trail in NC runs right through town
Slack packers — it's a nickname that is not affectionately bestowed, but it's one an old friend and I now proudly wear after a long weekend hiking on the Appalachian Trail in western North Carolina. |
Jun 29 2011 - Drug tests for job trainees
When job skills chief Mark W. Everson visited various communities throughout the state last year, he heard a familiar refrain: Your candidates are on drugs. |
Jun 29 2011 - Truck Company In Deadly Train Wreck Had Citations
A Nevada trucking company under scrutiny for a fatal crash with an Amtrak train has been cited repeatedly by state authorities for crashes, unsafe driving and operating a truck with tires so bald the vehicle had to be taken off the road. |
Jun 29 2011 - Stagecoach profit boosted by public transport shift
LONDON - Bus and rail group Stagecoach reported a 27 percent rise in full-year profit, helped by a shift to public transport by travellers put off driving by rising fuel prices, a trend the company said ... |
Jun 29 2011 - Overpass work to close LR lane
Crews rehabilitating arch columns on a railroad overpass on LaHarpe Boulevard in downtown Little Rock will require a lane closure this week, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department said. |
Jun 29 2011 - Stuck Truck
Penfield, N.Y. – A tractor trailer became stuck just before 8 a.m. today under a railroad pass at Baird Road, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. |
Jun 29 2011 - U.S. Development Group to Expand St. James, La., Crude Oil Handling and Distribution Terminal
HOUSTON & ST. JAMES, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. Development Group LLC (USDG), a Houston-based developer of unit train logistics and terminal facilities, announced today that it is expanding its St. James Rail Terminal (SJRT), a crude oil and condensate handling and distribution hub located in the Gulf Coast region of Louisiana. Expected to be completed by Q4 2011, the expansion will double the ... |
Jun 29 2011 - Nevada Amtrak Crash: Evanston Woman Sues Truck Driver
RENO, Nev. -- An Amtrak train attendant filed the first lawsuit over a crash that injured her and killed at least six people in Nevada last week, as more details emerged Tuesday about the driving record of the trucker whose big rig plowed into the double-decker rail cars. |
Jun 29 2011 - Railfans converge on Galesburg
Dick Popp sat on a bench facing an incoming train at the Amtrak Depot and noted how old the train was through little details most people would not have known to look for. Pointing to the passing train, with some cars covered in graffiti, Popp said, “All these cars have been repaired one time or another. See those patches?” The 34th annual Railroad Days has brought train watchers and enthusiasts ... |
Jun 29 2011 - EC trains go silent July 21
Train horns in the city of El Campo should go silent July 21 as the rail quiet zone takes effect. |
Jun 29 2011 - MSU Part Of Nuclear Safety Program
Michigan State University is one of several U.S. universities that are sharing a five-year, $25 million grant to train students to work on nuclear security issues such as prevention of proliferation of nuclear weapons. |
Jun 29 2011 - Flooding routes road, rail traffic today
Gas pumps are ringing up more sales here and train cars are clipping through Marysville in greater numbers recently as historic flooding along the Missouri River re-routes rail and highway traffic this way. |
Jun 29 2011 - Traffic Shift to Occur on Rio Road
A shift in the traffic pattern on E. Rio Road will occur Wednesday night between the bridge over Norfolk Southern Railroad and the entrance to CATEC. Traffic will shift to the outside lanes while the inside lanes are closed for construction of a concrete median. |
Jun 29 2011 - Follow HS2 progress
THE House of Commons Transport Select Committee began hearing oral evidence on the proposals to develop the high speed rail link on Tuesday June 21. To follow proceedings visit www.warwickshire.gov.uk/hs2 where you will find links to select committee debates and to the BBC service Democracy Live. Public consultation into the proposals for HS2 is continuing until July 29. |
Jun 29 2011 - 'Burnt-out' case exposes US-Afghan rift
The trail of the Kabul Bank scandal that was originally triggered by the so-called Afghan Threat Finance Cell, a little-known unit of the United States Embassy in Kabul, has reached a hotel room in Virginia in the suburbs of Washington. |
Jun 29 2011 - Pomeroy Trail bid comes in nearly $1 million below estimate
The envelope was opened Tuesday for the Pomeroy Trail project, with the apparent lowest bidder coming nearly $1 below estimates. Merritt Construction Engineers was the apparent low bidder at $2.1 million. The original engineer’s estimate was nearly $3.1 million. |
Jun 29 2011 - Subway repair work planned for holiday weekend on 5 & 2 lines
It won’t be a happy holiday weekend for scores of straphangers. The MTA is nixing service on the 5 train from Bowling Green in Lower Manhattan all the way up to East 180th Street in the Bronx for the next four weekends due to repair work. In addition, a... |
Jun 29 2011 - Railroad crossing updates given
Livingston County Highway Engineer David Winters on Tuesday released the following updates on railroad crossings near and in Pontiac and the work schedule for closing of these tracks so that they may be updated for high speed rail. |
Jun 29 2011 - Work closes Indiana 250
Indiana Department of Transportation will close Indiana 250 at the Louisville & Indiana Railroad crossing west of Uniontown starting at 8 a.m. July 11. This closure will be in place until July 19 so workers from Louisville & Indiana Railroad can make... |
Jun 29 2011 - World War II, Frank Sellers
The 89th Infantry Division was organized at Camp Carson, Colo., on July 15, 1942. I arrived by troop train the same week from St. Louis and was placed in F Company, 355th Infantry. |
Jun 29 2011 - No Guiness yet after model train attempt
The Kansas City Garden Railway Society didn’t break into the Guinness Book of World Records for longest model train Saturday, but it will soon try again. |
Jun 29 2011 - Train cars get new roofs, paint
SWEETSER — Two train cars resting at the Sweetser Switch Trail park are getting their first facelift since arriving in 1999. |
Jun 29 2011 - Contract for hurricane railroad gate in St. Charles awarded
Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $4.4 million contract to Boh Brothers Construction LLC to build a swing gate across the BNSF Railroad tracks in St. Charles Parish as part of the corps Western Tie-In project. The project, which... |
Jun 29 2011 - Truck Driver In Amtrak Crash Had Spotty Driving Record
Workers wearing hazmat suits dug through burnt-out rail cars and twisted metal on Monday at the scene of a horrific collision between a tractor-trailer and an Amtrak train as new details surfaced about the spotty driving record of the man at the wheel of the truck. |
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