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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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January 27 2012 -
DuPage cops taking greater role in promoting rail safety
Advocates for railroad safety say there are three ways to prevent needless deaths along train tracks -- education, engineering and enforcement. Police can help with two of them and there are indications their efforts, including posting suicude prevention hotline notices on signs near the tracks,may be helping in some DuPage communities. |
October 16 2011 -
Amtrak rider nabbed in Naperville with 45 lbs. of pot
A young man from Florida remained Saturday in DuPage County Jail on $250,000 bail, after he allegedly debarked from a passenger train in Naperville with 45 pounds of marijuana hidden in his travel bags.Sergio Sanchez, 17, of Orlando, Fla., will stand trial in DuPage County Circuit Court on a Class X felony charge of the manufacture or delivery of more than 5,000 grams of cannabis, according to ... |
October 15 2011 -
Amtrak passenger nabbed in Naperville with 45 lbs. of marijuana
A young man from Florida remained Saturday in DuPage County Jail on $250,000 bail, after he allegedly debarked from a passenger train in Naperville with 45 pounds of marijuana hidden in his travel bags.Sergio Sanchez, 17, of Orlando, Fla., will stand trial in DuPage County Circuit Court on a Class X felony charge of the manufacture or delivery of more than 5,000 grams of cannabis, according to ... |
October 03 2011 -
Graue Mill offers history of Underground Railroad
This weekend’s guests at Graue Mill were taken back in time to when the Underground Railroad ran through DuPage County. During the mid-1850s, the Underground Railroad ran at its peak, and places such as Graue Mill were instrumental in assisting southern slaves in their journey to Canada and freedom. “It’s a little glimpse into what the Underground Railroad might have been like,” said Karin ... |
July 29 2011 -
Pedestrain killed by train near Naperville
Authorities late Friday night continued to investigate the death of an unidentified pedestrian who was struck by a Metra Railway commuter train in an unincorporated area of DuPage County near Naperville.The incident occurred about 4:05 p.m. Friday on a stretch of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks east of the Columbia Street overpass, between the Naperville Country Club and the city ... |
July 12 2011 -
Driver in July 3 Itasca crash had .183 percent blood-alcohol: officials
A Carol Stream man had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal standard for drunken driving when he allegedly drove his pickup truck through lowered warning gates into a freight train, killing his passenger, DuPage County authorities said Monday.Jeffrey Fisher, 39, was ordered jailed on $500,000 bail after being charged with felony drunken driving following the crash July 3 in Itasca.His ... |
July 12 2011 -
Driver in July 3 DUI crash in Itasca had .183 percent blood-alcohol, officials say
A Carol Stream man had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal standard for drunk driving when he allegedly drove his pickup truck through lowered warning gates into a freight train, killing his passenger, DuPage County authorities said Monday.Jeffrey Fisher, 39, was ordered jailed on $500,000 bail after being charged with felony drunken driving following the July 3 crash in Itasca.His ... |
July 12 2011 -
Driver in July 3 DUI crash in Itasca had .183 percent blood-alcohol, officials
A Carol Stream man had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal standard for drunken driving when he allegedly drove his pickup truck through lowered warning gates into a freight train, killing his passenger, DuPage County authorities said Monday.Jeffrey Fisher, 39, was ordered jailed on $500,000 bail after being charged with felony drunken driving following the crash July 3 in Itasca.His ... |
June 03 2011 -
Police not amused by game
Investigators from the Wheaton and Union Pacific Railroad police agencies are working to determine who was responsible for hanging a “prize” from an online game from an overpass Wednesday.Metra and freight trains along the Union Pacific line were delayed as members of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office Explosives Unit, assisted by Wheaton police and firefighters, carefully recovered and examined ... |
June 03 2011 -
NO TREASURE THERE
Investigators from the Wheaton and Union Pacific Railroad police agencies are working to determine who was responsible for hanging a “prize” from an online game from an overpass Wednesday.Metra and freight trains along the Union Pacific line were delayed as members of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office Explosives Unit, assisted by Wheaton police and firefighters, carefully recovered and examined ... |
June 01 2011 -
GPS game piece leads to nearly two-hour Metra delays
A package found dangling Wednesday over the Union Pacific railroad tracks in Wheaton turned out to be a game piece used in a GPS treasure hunt.But police weren’t amused by the discovery, which shut down Metra traffic on the tracks for nearly two hours and brought out the DuPage County sheriff’s bomb squad to identify the item.The small section of metal piping suspended by a fishing line was a ... |
June 01 2011 -
‘Treasure hunt’ causes Wheaton train delays
An online treasure hunting game proved to be no fun at all for nearly two hours Wednesday afternoon in Wheaton.Members of the DuPage County bomb squad and Wheaton police recovered and carefully examined a package that had been hung beneath the Illinois Prairie Path pedestrian overpass spanning the Union Pacific railroad tracks, Deputy Wheaton Police Chief Tom Meloni said.Freight train and Metra ... |
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