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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 13 2012 - New Amtrak Station Opens In Kewanee
A brand new Amtrak passenger train depot is now open in Kewanee. Community leaders, lawmakers and Amtrak officials, along with members of the community, gathered around the new building Friday morning |
May 06 2012 - Train Derailment Near Kewanee
Amtrak passenger rail service was disrupted Friday because of a freight train derailment in Henry County, Illinois. According to the Henry County Sheriff's Office, around 12:30 Friday morning, several |
May 04 2012 - Train derails near Kewanee
High winds were reported as the cause of a train derailment just west of Kewanee early Friday morning. At least 13 cars of a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed about a mile west of Kewanee. The coal cars were empty. A contractor called in by the railroad brought cranes and other equipment, and dozens of flatbed trucks, to the derailment scene to clear the tracks and clean up ... |
May 04 2012 - BNSF freight train derailment in Kewanee causes delays for Amtrak
The derailment of at least 13 BNSF freight cars in Kewanee is causing Amtrak to scramble to get passengers to their destinations. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said passengers on this morning’s Illinois Zephyr and Carl Sandburg Amtrak trains were transported from the area by chartered motor coaches. The Illinois Zephyr left Galesburg at 7:38 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Chicago at 10 ... |
May 04 2012 - High winds suspected as cause of derailment
At least 13 cars of an empty Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train derailed Thursday night, just before midnight, snarling Amtrak traffic as well as freight service. BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said there were no injuries involved in the westbound freight derailment just west of the Page Street crossing in Kewanee. “Both tracks are affected,” she said. McBeth said crews were on the scene ... |
May 03 2012 - Desperate race against death led to Kewanee getting ‘iron lung’
“Clear the track!” was the urgent order given by the mighty Soo Line Railroad to sideline all freight and passenger trains between Stevens Point, Wis., and Chicago as a lone locomotive pulling two coach cars ran wide open in a race against death for a young Kewanee man stricken with polio. Jim Helmer, 23, a Kewanee High School graduate who had just received a degree in business from Marquette ... |
April 18 2012 - Kewanee’s new Amtrak station seen as catalyst for economic development
Local, state and federal officials see Kewanee’s new Amtrak station as more than a place to wait for a train. The depot, along with other downtown development efforts, can be a catalyst for downtown and economic development in the Kewanee area, they said. Under construction since last September, the depot seats 32 people, and features a unique slanted-roof design and glass walls that give it the ... |
April 13 2012 - Kewanee train hub opens
It's been a long time coming for one QCA town. After three years the train depot in Kewanee is finally open. |
February 21 2012 - Kewanee hopes rail service, marketing campaign pay off
The new Amtrak station in Kewanee is starting to look like the finished product. And a local marketing effort is seeking to make sure more people see the station when they visit Kewanee from Chicago and other locales. |
October 02 2011 - Durbin blasts GOP over Amtrak funding
Rail service throughout Illinois – including the route between Chicago and Quincy, which stops four times a day in Kewanee — is at serious risk of being eliminated if the transportation spending bill proposed by House Republicans becomes law, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said this week. |
October 14 2011 - Amtrak train strikes truck near Neponset
Riders on Tuesday morning’s Amtrak train to Chicago through Kewanee arrived more than four hours late, after their train struck a truck trailer on the west edge of Neponset. |
July 16 2011 - Riding the rails
The recent community conversation about the design and cost of a new railroad depot in Kewanee brought back memories of my college days, especially a comment by City Councilman Andy Koehler about the walls of glass windows in the now-planned building. |
July 15 2011 - AFSCME members protest Quinn’s canceling their raises
Members of Local 801 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) got positive responses to their protest Tuesday from most of the motorists who passed on Railroad Avenue. It probably didn’t hurt that union employees at BOMAG and Great Dane were getting off work at the time. The AFSCME members, who work at the Illinois Youth Center-Kewanee, were protesting a ... |
May 30 2011 - Kewanee’s Memorial Day services are Monday
The Kewanee Veterans Council will sponsor the annual Memorial Day ceremonies Monday in Veterans Park. A parade of veterans will form at 9:45 a.m. at Pleasant View Cemetery and march to the park for the ceremonies, which start at 10:15 a.m. In case of rain, there will be no parade and the ceremonies will be held at the American Legion post, 1509 Railroad Ave. The ceremonies will open with a ... |
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