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High winds blow over seven rail cars on UP freight train
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, September 18, 2013) CHICAGO — Strong winds from a thunderstorm blew over seven cars of a Union-Pacific freight train Wednesday night on the West Side, briefly halting nearby Metra trains. Full story: Chicago Sun-Times
Wyoming train traffic spikes as Colorado flooding reroutes trains
(Source: Star-Tribune, September 18, 2013) CHEYENNE, Wyo. — About eight more coal trains a day are rumbling through Wyoming as rail cars continue to be diverted from flood-damaged tracks in Colorado, a Union Pacific Railroad spokesman said Wednesday. Full story:...
Amtrak, freight trains in Colorado flood zones likely out through month
(Source: Denver Post, September 18, 2013) DENVER, Colo. — Freight and passenger trains will be diverted across Colorado at least through the end of the month to avoid submerged and gaping stretches of railroad tracks left by floods. Full story: Denver Post
Union Pacific repairing flood damage in Colorado
(Source: Associated Press, September 18, 2013) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific railroad is repairing flood-damaged tracks in Colorado, and working to protect its main line crossing Nebraska as the floodwaters flow east into the Plains. Full story: Sacramento Bee
6 killed as passenger train and double-decker bus collide in Canada
(Source: CBS News, September 18, 2013) OTTAWA — Passengers screamed "Stop! Stop!" seconds before their bus crashed through a crossing barrier and into a commuter train during morning rush hour in Canada's capital on Wednesday, killing six people and injuring 30. Full...
Bankrupt MMA Railway wants to ask U.S. taxpayers to pay its legal fees
(Source: Portland Press Herald, September 17, 2013) PORTLAND, Maine — The trustee for Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. wants U.S. taxpayers to pay the bankrupt railroad's legal fees, according to a motion filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Full story:...
Opinion: Some rail companies off track on PTC, safer trains
(Source: Opinion column by Robert L. Sumwalt, a NTSB board member, published in the Los Angeles Times on September 13, 2013) LOS ANGELES — Positive train control must be implemented by the deadline of the law. We hope that five years from now, we are celebrating the...
U.S. super-rich hit new wealth record five years after financial crisis
(Source: The Guardian, September 16, 2013) LONDON — Five years after the financial crisis, America's super-rich have recovered all their losses to see their wealth reach an all-time high. According to Forbes magazine the 400 wealthiest Americans are worth a record...
The typical American family makes less than it did in 1989
(Source: Washington Post, September 17, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Census Bureau is out with the annual report on incomes and poverty. And while you might think that after years of stagnant incomes and elevated poverty rates, we would be inured to the depressing...
Project shines light into rail tunnel’s past and laborers who help build it
(Source: Charlottesville Daily Progress, September 16, 2013) NELLYSFORD, Va. — As a project to restore and reopen the Blue Ridge Tunnel — a 4,264-foot-long railroad passage between Afton and Waynesboro — gains steam, author Mary Lyons hopes people will remember the...
