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School teaches life on the rails
(The following article by Todd C. Frankel was posted on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on April 9.) OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Robert Wagner still wears his hair in a tight military cut, but he recently retired from the Air Force to pursue a new career: railroading....
Commuter train system to expand
(The following article by Erik N. Nelson was posted on the Oakland Tribune website on April 10.) OAKLAND, Calif. -- Perhaps it's the stunning San Francisco Bay views from its riders' elevated seating. Maybe it's because, as one of its directors boasts, "it's the only...
Commuter train system to expand
(The following article by Erik N. Nelson was posted on the Oakland Tribune website on April 10.) OAKLAND, Calif. -- Perhaps it's the stunning San Francisco Bay views from its riders' elevated seating. Maybe it's because, as one of its directors boasts, "it's the only...
Rail freight traffic up in March
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on April 6.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. railroads originated 1,695,044 carloads of freight in March 2006, up 0.1 percent (1,629 carloads) from March 2005, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today....
Rail freight traffic up in March
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on April 6.) WASHINGTON -- U.S. railroads originated 1,695,044 carloads of freight in March 2006, up 0.1 percent (1,629 carloads) from March 2005, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported today....
Rail yard rattles neighbors
(The following article by Antonio Olivo was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on April 10.) CHICAGO -- At night, while most of Chicago sleeps, families near the CSX Intermodal rail yard in West Englewood lie awake, their homes shuddering from something that sounds...
Rail yard rattles neighbors
(The following article by Antonio Olivo was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on April 10.) CHICAGO -- At night, while most of Chicago sleeps, families near the CSX Intermodal rail yard in West Englewood lie awake, their homes shuddering from something that sounds...
Railroads strive for fewer crossings collisions
(Reuters circulated the following article by Nick Carey on April 10.) OMAHA, Nebraska -- Earlier this month, two men were killed when their truck was hit by a New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW) train at a crossing in Oakland, New Jersey. Authorities are...
Railroads strive for fewer crossings collisions
(Reuters circulated the following article by Nick Carey on April 10.) OMAHA, Nebraska -- Earlier this month, two men were killed when their truck was hit by a New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway (NYSW) train at a crossing in Oakland, New Jersey. Authorities are...
Rail cars jump tracks in Waco
(The following article by Mónica Ortiz was posted on the Waco Tribune-Herald website on April 10.) WACO, Texas -- A train that derailed while switching to another set of tracks in Waco on Sunday afternoon left no one injured and didn’t spill the grain it was carrying,...
