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Visiting Washington State by Train
Washington State is located on the Pacific north coast of the United State; it's bordered by British Columbia (Canada) in the North, by Idaho State on the East side, and by Oregon State in the South.
The state can be divided into 6 geographic land a [...] (Read Article)
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May 23 2012 -
Quiet zone issue put to sleep
Bombarded with statistics concerning city liability and rising accident rates, Macomb aldermen decided this week to no longer pursue the issue of establishing railroad quiet zones in the city. City Administrator Dean Torreson said safety measures such as median lane separations and quad-angle crossing gates could cost the city at least $250,000 per crossing. Residents living near the Burlington ... |
May 23 2012 -
MTA cop charged with threatening cops
A veteran police officer of Metro-North Railroad was arrested Friday after police said he threatened another officer with his gun after that officer took a photograph of him sleeping while on duty. |
May 23 2012 -
‘Specialist’ disrupts NATO rally
His posture suggested a soldier in a war zone. As he prepared to board a Green Line train in Oak Park to go down to the National Nurses United G8 protest at Daley Plaza Friday morning, he stood out from the other Oak Park natives and Missouri Occupy members. He wore his short blond hair in a mohawk, a black sleeveless shirt, black calf-length pants, and bands on each wrist. He seemed driven. Not ... |
May 19 2012 -
CMP to move massive transformer by train
Central Maine Power is preparing to move a massive transformer from Portland to Leeds. The company is in the middle of a $1.5 billion project to upgrade its transmission lines. CMP says the new, updated transformers will improve its reliability in its service area and will give customers better uninterrupted service. The 280-ton transformer was recently shipped from Taiwan and will make its way ... |
May 12 2012 -
UFL Not Quite Dead Yet, but is it Actually Alive?: Fan Take
In a scene straight out of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," the United Football League's founder and one team's president is desperately pleading that the UFL is not dead, while the vast majority of the rest of the planet is playing the role of John Cleese's character, confidently proclaiming, "You'll be stone dead in a moment ... you're not fooling anyone, you know." |
May 12 2012 -
Driver fatigue caused fatal freight rail crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal investigators determined that both operators of a coal train that struck the back of another Burlington Northern train that was stopped near Red Oak, Iowa, last April, fell asleep and missed signals to slow and stop, reported Bloomberg News . The tracks didn’t have crash- avoidance technology that U.S. railroads must install by 2015 under a U.S. rule, according to ... |
May 10 2012 -
Air India strike illegal, says HC
The agitating pilots who have demanded the company drop a plan to train erstwhile Indian Airlines pilots to fly the Dreamliner have argued that their career prospects will be hurt if that is not done. The first of the Dreamliners is expected to join the fleet later this month. |
May 10 2012 -
New track ordered for miniature train
The opening of the miniature train at the Wilson Recreation Center has been delayed so a new track can be put down. David Lee, director of Wilson Parks and Recreation, said the old track did not pa ... |
May 08 2012 -
Lilee Systems Earns Red Hat Hardware Certification
SANTA CLARA, CA-- - Lilee Systems, the leading provider of advanced communication systems designed exclusively for the railroad industry, today announced that it has achieved Red Hat Hardware Certification ... |
May 07 2012 -
Hopes to solve Berkshire Scenic Railway impasse alive
LENOX -- Behind-the-scenes efforts are likely to continue through U.S. Rep .John. W. Olver's office to resolve the impasse between the Housa tonic Railroad Co. and the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum that has scuttled tourist train excursions between Lenox, Lee and Stockbridge for this summer. |
May 06 2012 -
Fleet celebrates historic trains
Those who remember the railroads of Toledo’s past may have recently observed tributes to history plying local rails, and there is more of that to come. |
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