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8 are killed in train crash and gas leak
(The following article by Ariel Hart was posted on the New York Times website on January 6.) ATLANTA -- At least 8 people died and more than 200 were treated at hospitals after a 42-car freight train crashed into a smaller one early Thursday morning and leaked...
Graniteville hit by two deadly train collisions
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Amy Geier Edgar on January 6.) AIKEN, S.C. -- In a span of just two short months, the tiny town of Graniteville has dealt with two deadly train collisions. At least two people were killed and dozens injured...
Morning started with a boom
(The following story by Ben Werner appeared on The State website on January 7.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A boom and sounds of metal crashing into metal, jolted Connie Mackley and her husband, Art Craddock, from a sound sleep during Thursday’s pre-dawn hours. "We said it...
NS sends team to help train-wreck cleanup
(The following story by Christopher Dinsmore appeared on The Virginian-Pilot website on January 6.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern has sent its own team of environmental specialists to the scene of a fatal train wreck in South Carolina, as well as contractors to...
8 dead as trains hit, unleash chlorine
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Amy Geier Edgar on January 7.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- A freight train carrying chlorine gas struck a parked train Thursday, killing eight people and injuring at least 240 others, nearly all of them sickened by a...
NS crash kills 8; thousands flee
(The following story by Henry Eichel and Sarah Jane Tribble appeared on The Charlotte Observer website on November 7.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- More than 5,000 people fled this textile town Thursday after a train wreck killed one person and released toxic chlorine gas...
Teamsters eDispatch
Happy New Year and Welcome to the Teamster eDispatch! Stay tuned each week for news from and about our website, http://www.teamster.org. ***Headlines *Teamsters Encourage Members to Help With Tsunami ReliefStatement from Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President The...
Artwork stops commuters in their tracks
(The following article by Jennifer Moroz was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on January 6.) PHILADELPHIA -- The goal was to make riding the train more aesthetically pleasing. But Alyssa McCrindle finds the wildly colored steel shapes bolted to the walls at...
BNSF to report fourth-quarter earnings January 25
(BNSF circulated the following news release on January 5.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation will report its fourth-quarter and year-end 2004 earnings in a meeting with financial analysts in New York City and through a simultaneous Webcast...
Trains running, but slowly, after sinkhole found near track
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 5.) HUTCHINSON, Kan. -- Trains are still running through Hutchinson, but very slowly, as officials evaluate a sinkhole discovered just south of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. track. City and state...
