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Narrowing the gaps
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Maloney on its website on April 4.) NEW YORK -- The Long Island Rail Road has narrowed or eliminated about 60 percent of its widest gaps and expects to fix most of the others by September, LIRR Acting President Ray...
Inspections found CSX violations
(The following article by Prentiss Findlay was posted on the Post and Courier website on April 4.) CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Focused inspections in January showed that CSX railroad committed four hazardous materials handling violations in South Carolina, but a federal...
Boulder causes derailment in West Virginia
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 4.) CHARLESTON, WVa. -- A boulder the size of a city bus is blamed for a train derailment Wednesday that left a locomotive partially submerged in the Coal River near St. Albans. No injuries were reported...
Derailment snarls traffic
(The following article by Emily Arthur was posted on the Aberdeen American News website on April 4.) ABERDEEN, S.D. -- A Burlington Northern-Sante Fe Railroad train derailed in Aberdeen on Tuesday afternoon, forcing authorities to reroute traffic around Sixth Avenue....
CSX: Broken bolt caused Ky. derailment
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 3.) LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A train derailment that ignited a large, toxic blaze that forced residents from their homes for days was caused by a broken bolt, the rail company said Tuesday. The National...
Brush fire closes CSX tracks
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 3.) GERMANTOWN, Md. -- MARC has canceled some trains through tomorrow's morning commute due to a brush fire that firefighters are still trying to put out. Train 872 out of Brunswick and number 892 out of...
28 train cars derail in Calif.
(The following article by Steve Moore was posted on the Press-Enterprise website on April 4.) PENINSULA, Calif. -- A Union Pacific train headed from the Midwest to Los Angeles derailed Tuesday in the Riverside County desert north of the Salton Sea along Highway 111,...
Trains open to attack, activists contend
(The following article by Ray Hagar was posted on the Reno Gazette-Journal website on April 4. Joe Carter is the BLET’s Nevada State Legislative Board Chairman.) RENO, Nevada -- Supporters of a bill designed to increase railroad security in Nevada painted a disastrous...
French train breaks rail speed record
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 3.) ABOARD TRAIN V150, France -- A high-speed French train with a souped-up engine and wheels broke the world speed record Tuesday for conventional rail trains, reaching 357.2 mph. The black and chrome...
Union Pacific says 160 trains unable to load due to weather
(Reuters circulated the following article on April 3.) LOS ANGELES -- Union Pacific Corp. said on Monday the recovery from weather-related mine shutdowns in Wyoming could take as much as 10 to 14 days. Union Pacific said that storms that began March 29 caused severe...
