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Calif. derailment keeps residents out
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 5.) MECCA, Calif. — Dozens of residents who were forced from their homes after a train derailment spewed toxic fumes into the air could have to stay away for several days, a fire official said Wednesday. Crews...
Railroad worker fatally pinned between two train cars
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 6.) RANDOM LAKE, Wis. — A railroad worker was killed when he was pinned between two train cars in Random Lake. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department received a 911 call to Lakeside Foods Company about 9:30...
A CSX defender’s railroad ties
(The following appeared on the New York Times website on March 6.) NEW YORK — When it comes to the rail system, it seems to be politics as usual. Rep. Corrine Brown, a Democrat from Florida, is trying to prevent London-based hedge fund The Children’s Investment Fund...
Hedge fund tells Congress it won’t undercut rail safety
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Martin Vaughan on March 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Children's Investment Fund, the activist hedge fund that is seeking to shake up the management structure at CSX Corp. (CSX), defended its campaign before a House...
Teamsters offer Disaster Relief assistance in Kentucky
CLEVELAND, March 5 — The Teamsters Disaster Relief Fund is accepting applications for assistance from members in the state of Kentucky after severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding caused major damage on February 5-6, 2008. Kentucky residents in the...
Old railroad city in Va. goes avant-garde in museum design
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Sue Lindsey on March 4.) ROANOKE, Va. — Until now, the prominent features of Roanoke's skyline have been neon: a Dr Pepper sign, a giant star atop Mill Mountain and an animated coffee pot that pours its contents...
New resort would have railroad theme
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 5.) LA PLATA, Mo. — Developers are planning a resort in rural northeast Missouri with a railroad theme. Plans call for the Silver Rails Resort to break ground by late summer or early fall and open in 2011 in La...
Documentary traces role of B&O station in Silver Spring’s history
(The following story by Agnes Jasinski appeared on the Business Gazette website on March 5.) SILVER SPRING, Md. — After six years, Silver Spring resident Walter Gottlieb’s film about the golden age of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station in south Silver Spring and...
San Bernardino depot is open for rail travelers, thanks to historical society volunteers
(The following story by Chris Richard appeared on The Press-Enterprise website on March 4.) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Amtrak's Southwest Chief glided into San Bernardino on Monday just as the snow-capped mountains to the northwest caught the first faint flush of dawn....
Opinion: Railroad’s a-comin’ again
(The following editorial appeared on the Hartford Courant website on March 5.) HARTFORD, Conn. — In 1974, a fire of suspicious origin put the railroad bridge at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., out of commission. No one bothered to fix it. Railroads were in decline in the 1970s,...
