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Trains moving again after derailment in Wichita
(The following article by Hurst Laviana and Lori O’Toole Buselt was posted on the Wichita Eagle website on September 21.) WICHITA, Kan. -- Freight trains were rolling through downtown Wichita again Monday after a 10-car derailment over the weekend shut down the Old...
Union Pacific plans cameras to record any accidents
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Tara Godvin on September 21.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific plans to attach digital cameras and microphones on its locomotives to record each trip and any accident that might happen along the way. "There's always...
Eye on the train
(The following article by Dan Piller was posted on the Star-Telegram website on September 21.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Union Pacific Railroad said Monday it will begin mounting digital cameras and microphones in its locomotives to provide a visual record of automobiles...
Unions face difficult choices as airlines seek concessions
(The following article by Micheline Maynard was posted on the New York Times website on September 20.) NEW YORK -- Leonard Robinson, who put in 30 years as a mechanic at Pan American World Airways, has a message for his counterparts at US Airways, Delta, United and...
Union Pacific to install cameras on locomotives for accident investigation purposes
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on September 20.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Digital cameras and microphones will be mounted on Union Pacific locomotives to record every trip for accident investigation purposes in the event of incidents. Union Pacific will...
Derailment attorneys weed out fraudulent claims
(The Lafayette Daily Advertiser posted the following article by Richard Burgess on its website on September 19.) LAFAYETTE, La. -- Attorneys overseeing the payout of a $65 million settlement in a lawsuit over the May 2000 Eunice train derailment have a few questions...
Two additional Amtrak round trips for Seattle to Everett
(The following article by Emily Heffter was posted on the Seattle Times website on September 18.) EVERETT, Wash. -- Commuter-rail service between Everett and Seattle will increase by two round trips each weekday under a deal announced yesterday by Amtrak and Sound...
Metra service is delayed after freight derailment
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on September 20.) CHICAGO -- Metra Rock Island line service to downtown was stalled for more than two hours after a freight train derailed Sunday morning in the South Loop. The derailment of the Canadian...
Chemical odor forces residents out
(The following article by Bruce Nolan was posted on the Times Picayune website on September 19.) NEW ORLEANS -- More than 100 residents of a Gentilly neighborhood were forced to leave their homes for four hours Saturday after a railroad car carrying chemical waste...
29 CSX coal cars derail
(The following article by Betty Booker was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on September 20.) RICHMOND, Va. -- Twenty-nine loaded CSX coal cars derailed Saturday night in Richmond's upscale West End, spilling coal and tilting open cars like pick-up sticks...
