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Fatalities on train tracks hard to prevent
(The following article by Dave Murphy was posted on the San Francisco Chronicle website on April 22.) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- It's half an hour past sunrise when Caltrain engineer Adam Hua starts the nearly 450 tons of machinery roaring from Gilroy to San Francisco...
Fatalities on train tracks hard to prevent
(The following article by Dave Murphy was posted on the San Francisco Chronicle website on April 22.) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- It's half an hour past sunrise when Caltrain engineer Adam Hua starts the nearly 450 tons of machinery roaring from Gilroy to San Francisco...
‘Rolling meeting’ assuages some fears of railroad expansion
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 23.) MARQUETTE, Iowa -- A daylong train ride from Marquette to Bellevue billed as a "rolling meeting" appears to have calmed some residents' apprehension about a proposed increase in rail traffic through...
‘Rolling meeting’ assuages some fears of railroad expansion
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 23.) MARQUETTE, Iowa -- A daylong train ride from Marquette to Bellevue billed as a "rolling meeting" appears to have calmed some residents' apprehension about a proposed increase in rail traffic through...
Schweitzer: BNSF rail cleanup excuses duplicitous
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 22.) HELENA, Mont. -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer said BNSF Railway is being disingenuous in blaming past administrations for delays in the cleanup at the Livingston rail yard. Schweitzer said BNSF is trying to...
Schweitzer: BNSF rail cleanup excuses duplicitous
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 22.) HELENA, Mont. -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer said BNSF Railway is being disingenuous in blaming past administrations for delays in the cleanup at the Livingston rail yard. Schweitzer said BNSF is trying to...
Cutbacks take train dining off-track
(The following article by David Mannweiler was posted on the Indianapolis Star website on April 23.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- In 1937, the Pennsylvania Railroad lost $1 million serving food on its trains. The average meal check was $1.24, James D. Porterfield writes in...
Cutbacks take train dining off-track
(The following article by David Mannweiler was posted on the Indianapolis Star website on April 23.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- In 1937, the Pennsylvania Railroad lost $1 million serving food on its trains. The average meal check was $1.24, James D. Porterfield writes in...
Tanker car derails; 100 evacuated in Chillicothe
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 23.) CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- A tanker car that derailed from a railroad track early Saturday morning caught fire and ignited two other tanker cars, including one that carried an explosive material,...
Tanker car derails; 100 evacuated in Chillicothe
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 23.) CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- A tanker car that derailed from a railroad track early Saturday morning caught fire and ignited two other tanker cars, including one that carried an explosive material,...
