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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 21 2012 -
Repairs to close 10th, 12th Street floodwall entrances May 14
HUNTINGTON -- CSX Transportation, in cooperation with the City of Huntington, will make repairs to the railroad crossings at the 10th Street and 12th Street floodwall entrances into Harris Riverfront Park beginning Monday, May 14. |
May 13 2012 -
Amtrak train, dump truck collide in Harrisburg
One of the railroad crossings scheduled to be closed as a result of the high speed rail cutting through Harrisburg was the site of a collision between an Amtrak train and a dump truck Wednesday afternoon. |
May 12 2012 -
Houston-Dallas to get $10 billion bullet train by 2020
Advocates for high-speed rail in Texas say the state’s first bullet train could connect Houston with Dallas-Fort Worth as early as 2020, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. A group including former Harris County Judge Robert Eckels, now president of Texas Central Railway, and representatives from Central Japan Railway Co. met Wednesday in Arlington to discuss plans to raise $10 billion from ... |
May 07 2012 -
Train, truck collide in NE Harris County
A train and big rig collided in northeast Harris County late Monday morning. The collision occurred about 11:45 a.m. at 16503 Ramsey near Dayton-Crosby, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. No injuries were reported. Read more: Train slices a NC tractor trailer in half Deputies said it was unclear how the collision occurred. But the 18-wheeler was on the tracks for some reason and ... |
May 01 2012 -
Red Bull Express: Harrison Getting a New PATH Station
Well, some good trans-Hudson transit news. While yesterday saw the death of the 7-to-Secacus and the death of a construction worker working on the extension of the 7 Train, today brings with it a bit of good news for PATH riders. The derelict station in Harrison New Jersey is being replaced. The project is designed in-house by the Port Authority, and it replaces the original station dating to ... |
April 28 2012 -
Sean Daly's CD picks: Bush, Soundgarden, Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder, Train, George Harrison
By Sean Daly, Times Pop Music Critic Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Bush, Soundgarden Album: Avengers Assemble: Music From the Motion Picture (Hollywood) Why we care: Is it time to bid adieu to the '80s nostalgia boom and welcome back the surly, angsty, utterly forgettable '90s? The Avengers , one of the biggest movies of a superheroic summer (opens May 4), has a soundtrack stuffed with '90s acts ... |
April 12 2012 -
CP Rail nominates activist investor to board
(Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd filed a proxy circular on Thursday, and nominated activist investor William Ackman for election to its board of directors. Canada's No. 2 railway is locked in a proxy battle with Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management, which wants to replace Chief Executive Fred Green with former Canadian National Railway CEO Hunter Harrison. ... |
April 10 2012 -
Harrisburg leaders ride rail to DOT meeting
The Carolinian rumbled toward Harrisburg at 79 miles an hour, with members of the Harrisburg N.C. Railroad Committee seeing from the train’s perspective how the new high-speed rail project will cut through Harrisburg. The group left out of the Amtrak station in Charlotte — headed to Raleigh — to meet with members of the N.C. Department of Transportation, to continue discussing how to limit the ... |
April 04 2012 -
UPDATE: Boy falls from bridge, dies
A teenage boy died near Winslow early Friday morning after he fell from a 125-foot railroad bridge. Central Emergency Services Capt. Steve Harrison said the boy was with other teens when he fell from the bridge, located just south of Winslow on Trestle Road, about 1:30 a.m. Washington County Coroner Roger Morris confirmed the boy’s name was Travis Cox. Cox was a student at West Fork High School. |
April 04 2012 -
My Kasual Kountry Weekend With the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan [Roadtrip]
# roadtrip From the outskirts of Harrison, Ark., take Highway 7 North about seven miles. Take a right by the Conoco, down Zinc Road, past the green cow pastures and the farmhouses and four low-slung churches. After seven miles, the road appears to head straight into a wall of trees, before veering left and plunging down a long hill. Over the railroad tracks, where the paving gives way to a dusty ... |
March 23 2012 -
Model train tour on track for April 28
Model railroad enthusiasts will get an opportunity to tour eight new layouts at six locations between Harrison City and Ligonier during the fourth annual Model Railroad Home Tour, set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 28. |
March 17 2012 -
High-speed rail revisions may soften impact in Harrisburg
The home of D-Day veteran Ira Lee Taylor has been spared. Taylor’s house, along with several others on Stallings Road, was marked for demolition to make way for the high-speed rail that will cut through Harrisburg. Now, all but one home will be saved. “That’s the best news I have ever heard in my 94 years, and I am sure glad you called,” Taylor told a reporter on hearing of the change. That’s ... |
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