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Schumer calls for panel to investigate Amtrak power failure
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 28.) NEW YORK -- Senator Charles Schumer called today for the appointment of a panel to investigate the cause of the recent power outage that shut down train service between Washington and New York. The...
Schumer calls for panel to investigate Amtrak power failure
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 28.) NEW YORK -- Senator Charles Schumer called today for the appointment of a panel to investigate the cause of the recent power outage that shut down train service between Washington and New York. The...
Rail traffic restored after derailment in Iowa
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 28.) MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Trains are rolling across Iowa again after a derailment in central Iowa closed rail traffic on the Union Pacific route. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says 13 rail cars jumped...
Rail traffic restored after derailment in Iowa
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 28.) MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Trains are rolling across Iowa again after a derailment in central Iowa closed rail traffic on the Union Pacific route. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says 13 rail cars jumped...
Illegal aliens held in derail threat
(The following article by Tom Bailey Jr. was posted on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on May 26.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An act of vandalism spotted by a rail inspector in Collierville this month would have derailed one of the 28 trains that rumble through town...
Illegal aliens held in derail threat
(The following article by Tom Bailey Jr. was posted on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on May 26.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- An act of vandalism spotted by a rail inspector in Collierville this month would have derailed one of the 28 trains that rumble through town...
Two trains collide in San Antonio
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 29.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Two trains hauling tanks with sulfuric acid and flammable liquids collided head-on Saturday but didn't spill hazardous material, authorities said. Four people aboard the two Union...
Two trains collide in San Antonio
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 29.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Two trains hauling tanks with sulfuric acid and flammable liquids collided head-on Saturday but didn't spill hazardous material, authorities said. Four people aboard the two Union...
Railroads scramble as workers set to retire
(Reuters circulated the following article by Nick Carey on May 28. Kevin Peek is the Local Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer of BLET Division 456 in Norfolk, Va.) NORFOLK, Virginia -- Like other experienced U.S. railroad engineers, Norfolk Southern Corp.'s Kevin Peek...
Railroads scramble as workers set to retire
(Reuters circulated the following article by Nick Carey on May 28. Kevin Peek is the Local Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer of BLET Division 456 in Norfolk, Va.) NORFOLK, Virginia -- Like other experienced U.S. railroad engineers, Norfolk Southern Corp.'s Kevin Peek...
