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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,...
CSX train derails in Va.
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following article on its website on April 22.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Several CSX rail cars derailed early this morning in downtown Richmond's, leaving behind them piles of black coal and twisted metal. At 6:41 a.m., the back end of...
CSX train derails in Va.
(The Richmond Times-Dispatch posted the following article on its website on April 22.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Several CSX rail cars derailed early this morning in downtown Richmond's, leaving behind them piles of black coal and twisted metal. At 6:41 a.m., the back end of...
Freight train derails in Calif.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 22.) OLIVEHURST, Calif. -- A 100-car freight train derailed early Saturday, littering the tracks with heaps of golden corn kernels but causing no injuries. About six freight cars broke off from the Union...
Freight train derails in Calif.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 22.) OLIVEHURST, Calif. -- A 100-car freight train derailed early Saturday, littering the tracks with heaps of golden corn kernels but causing no injuries. About six freight cars broke off from the Union...
Runaway remote control engine hits train, derails 13 cars
(The following story by Jeannine Koranda appeared on the Tri-City Herald website on April 21.) HERMISTON, Ore. -- Gary Turner wondered why the train engineer was laying on the whistle as the engine ran by on the tracks bordering his pasture at the end of Feedville...
Runaway remote control engine hits train, derails 13 cars
(The following story by Jeannine Koranda appeared on the Tri-City Herald website on April 21.) HERMISTON, Ore. -- Gary Turner wondered why the train engineer was laying on the whistle as the engine ran by on the tracks bordering his pasture at the end of Feedville...
Freight traffic off on nation’s railroads
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on April 20.) WASHINGTON -- Total freight volume on U.S. railroads was off slightly from last year during the week ended April 15, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today. However, the AAR...
