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Wichita response to train idea is favorable
(The following story by Brent Winstrom appeared on The Wichita Eagle websit eon March 6.) WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita City Council members said Tuesday that they probably would support a resolution to encourage the expansion of the Heartland Flyer passenger train route...
‘Locusts’ visit Capitol Hill
(The following story by Christopher Faille appeared at BlackEnterprise.com on March 7.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It has been almost three years now since Germany's former Labour Minister, Franz Mntefering referred to foreign financial institutions in general, hedge funds...
Set clocks an hour forward this weekend
(The following appeared on the News-Press website on March 7.) Time to lose an hour. Daylight Saving Time begins each year at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March in most of the United States and its territories. Clocks must be moved ahead one hour when DST goes into...
Ohio River bridge struck by barges reopens after inspection
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 6.) PARKERSBURG -- The U.S. Route 50 bridge connecting Parkersburg to Belpre, Ohio, has reopened after officials determined it was structurally sound despite being struck by two loose barges. The West Virginia...
Western Canada’s rail safety gets new eyes on tracks
(The following story by Laura Severs appeared on the Business Edge website on March 7.) OTTAWA — A national railway industry group has appointed a former CN Rail dangerous-goods expert to take on the same task across the West. The Ottawa-based Railway Association of...
NS train derails outside Wabash
(The following story by Robert Bryan appeared on the Wabash Plain Dealer website on March 6.) WABASH, Ind. — Norfolk Southern crews have a huge task on their hands in cleaning up some spectacular wreckage west of Wabash where about 18 cars derailed and stacked up...
Antifreeze spilled into Mississippi can’t be recovered
(The following story by Nancy Yang appeared on the St. Paul Pioneer Press website on March 6.) ST. PAUL, Minn. — The antifreeze that spilled Wednesday from a train car into the Mississippi River near a Minnesota-Wisconsin bridge is water soluble, preventing cleanup...
Answer possible today on when evacuees can return after UP derailment
(The following story by Steve Moore and Zeke Minaya appeared on The Press-Enterprise website on March 7.) MECCA, Calif. — Evacuated farmworker families and growers could learn today when they can return to their homes and farms following Monday night's train...
All railcars removed from track in Mecca derailment
(The following story by Colin Atagi and Angela Franzer appeared on The Desert Sun website on March 7.) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — All railcars involved in Monday's train derailment near Mecca were removed from the track Thursday evening. Crews Thursday night began...
Ohio asks Amtrak to study cross-state railway
(The following story by Brian Ross appeared on the Lorain Morning Journal website on March 7.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Travelers who use Interstate 71 to get between Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati could get another mode of transportation a a few years. Governor Ted...
