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BNSF derailment in California prompts evacuation
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 14.) NUBIEBER, Calif. -- Nobody was hurt when five locomotives and seven cars from a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train derailed in remote Northern California. The derailment happened in an area known as...
Locomotive engineers cite safety concerns
(People's Weekly World Newspaper posted the following article by Press Associates Inc. on its website on July 13.) WASHINGTON -- Safety concerns on the trains they run dominated the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s conference in Las Vegas in late...
Locomotive engineers cite safety concerns
(People's Weekly World Newspaper posted the following article by Press Associates Inc. on its website on July 13.) WASHINGTON -- Safety concerns on the trains they run dominated the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen’s conference in Las Vegas in late...
Truckin’ on the rails
(The Wichita Eagle posted the following article by Phyllis Jacobs Griespoor on its website on July 12.) WICHITA, Kan. -- If you think you're seeing longer trains and more of them moving across Kansas, you're right. "We're setting new volume records for a variety of...
Truckin’ on the rails
(The Wichita Eagle posted the following article by Phyllis Jacobs Griespoor on its website on July 12.) WICHITA, Kan. -- If you think you're seeing longer trains and more of them moving across Kansas, you're right. "We're setting new volume records for a variety of...
Chicago mayor praises train commuters
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Megan Reichgott on July 12.) CHICAGO -- Mayor Richard M. Daley on Wednesday praised the survivors of an underground train derailment for keeping their heads as they helped each other through a darkened,...
Chicago mayor praises train commuters
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Megan Reichgott on July 12.) CHICAGO -- Mayor Richard M. Daley on Wednesday praised the survivors of an underground train derailment for keeping their heads as they helped each other through a darkened,...
Illinois derailment highlights vulnerability
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 12.) CHICAGO -- Everyone got out alive, the train operator did as he was trained and the passengers did as they were told. Still, that a small fire on a major commuter line could leave passengers gasping...
Illinois derailment highlights vulnerability
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 12.) CHICAGO -- Everyone got out alive, the train operator did as he was trained and the passengers did as they were told. Still, that a small fire on a major commuter line could leave passengers gasping...
Rep. Castle calls for beefing up transit security
(The following article by Mike Billington was posted on the News Journal website on July 13.) WILMINGTON, Del. -- The bomb attacks on Indian commuter trains Tuesday have renewed congressional calls for beefing up rail security in the United States. More than 200...
