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No blame assigned in 2001 Baltimore tunnel fire accident
(The following story by Doug Donovan appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on January 15.) BALTIMORE -- Three and a half years after the 2001 train derailment and fire in Baltimore's Howard Street tunnel, federal investigators have issued their final report on what...
Lawmaker wants government to do more to ensure railroad safety
(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 16.) NEW YORK -- Senator Charles Schumer is calling for stronger federal regulation of the railroads. The New York Democrat says regulators share the blame for a January sixth train wreck in South Carolina that...
Schumer attacks freight danger
(The following article by Bill Egbert was posted on the New York Daily News website on January 17.) NEW YORK -- Two million tons of hazardous materials pass through the New York area by rail annually - about half of it in freight cars that don't meet federal safety...
Train crew likely at center of investigation, experts say
(Knight Ridder Newspapers circulated the following story by Rick Brundrett of The State on January 14.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Federal railroad investigators and others looking into the deadly Graniteville train wreck are tight-lipped about the actions of a train crew who...
Residents near train wreck go home
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on January 16.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Thousands of residents evacuated from their homes after chlorine gas leaked from a train wreck more than a week ago were back in their homes Saturday, but hundreds more waited...
CSX train derails in Tenn.
(The following article by Deborah Highland was posted on the Gallatin News Examiner website on January 16.) GALLATIN, Tenn. -- CSX Railroad officials continued to clear away debris Sunday and investigate the cause of a nine-car train derailment just off of Ross Avenue...
Train derails, spills methanol
(The Houston Chronicle posted the following article on its website on January 15.) HOUSTON -- A 26-car train derailment in rural Waller County early Saturday caused a minor, nonthreatening spill of methanol. No one was injured in the derailment, which blocked traffic...
Betty A. “Billie” Child
(The following obituary appeared on the Washington Post website on January 16.) On Wednesday, January 5, 2005. Beloved wife of Girard H. Child, III. Beloved mother of Barbara Ann Burton and the late James A. Burton, Jr. Sister of Henrietta Cooke, Frieda Malone,...
CN signs agreement with maintenance of way workers
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 14.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. on Friday said it tentatively agreed to a labor contract with the United Steelworkers of America for about 2,250 employees who maintain its infrastructure in...
Federal panel imposes filing fee on rail workers
(The following article by Mark Gruenberg was circulated by Press Associates Union News Service on January 14.) WASHINGTON --As far as Jeff Bainter is concerned, George W. Bush is taxing railroad workers. But it's really a lot more than that. He's depriving them of job...
