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A goodbye to ‘Papa Tom’
(The following story by Josh Kleinbaum of the Glendale News-Press and Leader appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on Febraury 1.) GLENDALE, Calif. -- When Thomas Ormiston brought his BMW 320i into Walter Asatourian's car repair shop in Glendale, the two often...
Regulars keep on riding
(The following story by Jackson Bell of the Glendale News-Press and Leader appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on February 1.) SOUTHWEST GLENDALE, Calif. -- If Brad Buttrick hadn't been running five minutes late Wednesday, he would have been on one of the trains...
Train service is fully restored
(The following article by Caitlin Liu and Veronica Torrejon was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on February 1.) LOS ANGELES -- Though many riders stayed away, Metrolink trains resumed regular service through the San Fernando Valley on Monday, five days after a...
Fire on NS locomotive disrupts passenger train service
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 1.) HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. -- N.C. passenger train service was disrupted Monday after an early morning locomotive fire halted a Norfolk Southern freight train. The freight's only passengers, a conductor...
Four CSX cars derail in Md.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 31.) CROOM, Md. -- Authorities say four train cars carrying coal have jumped off the tracks in Croom. Prince George's County Fire and Rescue spokesman Mark Brady says there are no reports of injuries....
Threat of dangerous rail spills remains
(The following story by Alana Semuels appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on February 1.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- From distilled alcohol for hard liquor to fertilizer for greener lawns, trains carrying hazardous materials move through Allegheny County and...
Part of freight train derails in N.M.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 31.) GALLUP, N.M. -- Five cars of a freight train derailed Monday, spilling about 600 gallons of a flammable liquid. No injuries were reported. Authorities sealed off about five blocks around U.S. 66...
Worker salaries losing to inflation
(Reuters circulated the following story by Pedro Nicolaci da Costa on January 30.) NEW YORK -- U.S. worker salaries are growing much more slowly than inflation, raising concerns about consumers' ability to repay loans and credit cards bills at a time when borrowing is...
Employers can get Medicare subsidies for lower benefits
(The article originally appeared in the New York Times on January 31 and was written by Robert Pear.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Bush administration has touched off a furious debate with new rules allowing employers to collect billions of dollars in federal subsidies for...
Rights group condemns meatpackers on job safety
(The article originally appeared in the New York Times on January 26, 2005 and was written by Steven Greenhouse.) NEW YORK -- For the first time, Human Rights Watch has issued a report that harshly criticizes a single industry in the United States, concluding that...
