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Train collides with log truck in Alabama
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 9.) THORSBY, Ala. -- A CSX train collided with a log truck Monday morning, overturning the truck's trailer and causing some of the logs to spill onto U.S. Highway 31. Officials indicated the truck,...
Transit systems may not get upgrades
(The following article by Alan Wirzbicki was posted on the Boston Globe website on October 10. John Tolman serves as the BLET Vice President and National Legislative Representative.) WASHINGTON -- House and Senate Republican leaders stripped $4.5 billion in funds for...
Transit systems may not get upgrades
(The following article by Alan Wirzbicki was posted on the Boston Globe website on October 10. John Tolman serves as the BLET Vice President and National Legislative Representative.) WASHINGTON -- House and Senate Republican leaders stripped $4.5 billion in funds for...
NS plan for Virginia gets first airing on Monday
(The following article by Tim Thornton was posted on the Roanoke Times website on October 7.) ROANOKE, Va. -- At last. Five months to the day after Gov. Tim Kaine and Norfolk Southern Railway officials announced that an intermodal rail yard would be built somewhere...
NS plan for Virginia gets first airing on Monday
(The following article by Tim Thornton was posted on the Roanoke Times website on October 7.) ROANOKE, Va. -- At last. Five months to the day after Gov. Tim Kaine and Norfolk Southern Railway officials announced that an intermodal rail yard would be built somewhere...
Man held, questioned in Metra murder
(The following article by Frank Main was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on October 9.) CHICAGO -- A man who allegedly boasted to pals that he killed Metra police officer Thomas Cook was taken into custody for questioning Friday -- and police have recovered a...
Man held, questioned in Metra murder
(The following article by Frank Main was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on October 9.) CHICAGO -- A man who allegedly boasted to pals that he killed Metra police officer Thomas Cook was taken into custody for questioning Friday -- and police have recovered a...
MBTA will proceed with fare increases
(The following article by Mac Daniel was posted on the Boston Globe website on October 7.) BOSTON -- The MBTA said yesterday it would proceed with announced fare increases on subway, bus, and commuter rail lines, but would provide some relief to riders who depend on...
MBTA will proceed with fare increases
(The following article by Mac Daniel was posted on the Boston Globe website on October 7.) BOSTON -- The MBTA said yesterday it would proceed with announced fare increases on subway, bus, and commuter rail lines, but would provide some relief to riders who depend on...
CSX: Failed plate caused June derailment
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on October 7.) ST. JACOB, Ill. -- CSX Transportation (CSX) investigators reported that the June 27 derailment of a freight train at St. Jacob, Ill., was caused by a coupler retainer plate that failed. The Jacksonville,...
