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Pug engineers a miracle: Little ‘Max’ survives close call with train
(The following article by Anita Davis was posted on the Boston Herald website on December 19. Kym Berry is a member of BLET Division 57 in Boston.) BOSTON -- A meandering pup who survived being run over by a commuter train was reunited last night with the railway...
More caution advised by railroad tracks
(United Press International circulated the followign article on December 18.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A safety education group says every two hours in the United States a person or a vehicle is struck by a train. Operation Lifesaver seeks to eliminate deaths and injuries...
More caution advised by railroad tracks
(United Press International circulated the followign article on December 18.) ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A safety education group says every two hours in the United States a person or a vehicle is struck by a train. Operation Lifesaver seeks to eliminate deaths and injuries...
Long planned, transit projects get U.S. help
(The following article by William Neuman was posted on the New York Times website on December 19.) NEW YORK -- After decades of planning and dreaming by officials, two major expansions of the city’s mass transit system took important steps forward yesterday, with the...
Long planned, transit projects get U.S. help
(The following article by William Neuman was posted on the New York Times website on December 19.) NEW YORK -- After decades of planning and dreaming by officials, two major expansions of the city’s mass transit system took important steps forward yesterday, with the...
Feds promise $2.6B for key LIRR project
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Devlin Barrett on December 19.) WASHINGTON -- Federal officials yesterday pledged $2.6 billion to bring the Long Island Rail Road to Manhattan's East Side, a project touted as the largest single investment in...
Feds promise $2.6B for key LIRR project
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Devlin Barrett on December 19.) WASHINGTON -- Federal officials yesterday pledged $2.6 billion to bring the Long Island Rail Road to Manhattan's East Side, a project touted as the largest single investment in...
Freight train mishap still being probed
(The following article by Laurie Blake and Jim Adams was posted on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune website on December 19.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- A day after a freight train derailed in the same stretch of track that will be shared by commuter trains, a transit official...
Freight train mishap still being probed
(The following article by Laurie Blake and Jim Adams was posted on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune website on December 19.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- A day after a freight train derailed in the same stretch of track that will be shared by commuter trains, a transit official...
President of Amtrak is said to oust 5 of its top officials
(The following article by Matthew L. Wald was posted on the New York Times website on December 15.) WASHINGTON -- In an unusually large management shake-up, the new president of Amtrak fired four top officials Friday and put a fifth in a 90-day temporary position,...
