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Colorful conductor calls it quits after 47 years
(The following story by Monifa Thomas appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on June 30.) CHICAGO — When Tom Berry started working as a brakeman for the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1959, there were still a few steam engines on the tracks. Back then Berry,...
Colorful conductor calls it quits after 47 years
(The following story by Monifa Thomas appeared on the Chicago Sun-Times website on June 30.) CHICAGO — When Tom Berry started working as a brakeman for the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1959, there were still a few steam engines on the tracks. Back then Berry,...
Rail worker calls 911 for help after train severs both his legs
(The following story by Rob Fraser appeared on the Cleburne Times-Review website on June 29.) CLEBURNE, Texas — A 36-year-old Cleburne man caught under the wheels of an opened-top hopper car Sunday morning in the rail yard at Gunderson Southwest called 9-1-1 for help...
Rail worker calls 911 for help after train severs both his legs
(The following story by Rob Fraser appeared on the Cleburne Times-Review website on June 29.) CLEBURNE, Texas — A 36-year-old Cleburne man caught under the wheels of an opened-top hopper car Sunday morning in the rail yard at Gunderson Southwest called 9-1-1 for help...
STB seeks railroad plans for fall ‘peak’ shipping season
(The U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on June 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surface Transportation Board Chairman W. Douglas Buttrey today announced that he has corresponded with the chief executive officers of each of the seven largest railroads...
STB seeks railroad plans for fall ‘peak’ shipping season
(The U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on June 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Surface Transportation Board Chairman W. Douglas Buttrey today announced that he has corresponded with the chief executive officers of each of the seven largest railroads...
NJ Transit unveils Ridgewood plans
(The following story by Evonne Coutros appeared at NorthJersey.com on June 30.) RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — NJ Transit has presented a $27 million plan for the railroad station that adds elevators, shifts tracks, and raises the platforms to coach level so they are...
NJ Transit unveils Ridgewood plans
(The following story by Evonne Coutros appeared at NorthJersey.com on June 30.) RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — NJ Transit has presented a $27 million plan for the railroad station that adds elevators, shifts tracks, and raises the platforms to coach level so they are...
Common ground sought on three rail proposals
(The following report by Heath Hixson appeared on the Rockford Register Star website on June 30.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Regional officials who are backing three separate rail plans indicated this week there is common ground even though the different routes and services...
Common ground sought on three rail proposals
(The following report by Heath Hixson appeared on the Rockford Register Star website on June 30.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Regional officials who are backing three separate rail plans indicated this week there is common ground even though the different routes and services...
