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Charging bull causes derailment of train
(Press Trust of India circulated the following news release on April 15.) NEW DELHI -- In a freak accident, a charging bull caused derailment of two coaches of the Sriganganagar-Hardwar Express in the Bathinda-Rajpura section today. There were no casualties in the...
Via’s blind ignorance made for hellish trip
(The following story by Paul Waldie appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 15.) TORONTO -- Blindness has never stopped John Benjamin from travelling. He has visited many parts of Canada and taken several trips abroad. But when he took a train trip to Quebec...
The greatest show on rails
(The following story by Michael T. Burkhart appeared on the Courier-Post website on April 15.) CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- Kevin Venardos' dog, Nestor, had to get off the train for a bathroom break. Somewhere between Trenton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., the Ringling Bros. and...
Court rules in DM&E case
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Joe Kafka on April 15.) PIERRE, S.D. -- Some state provisions regulating railroads that resort to forcible acquisition of private land in South Dakota discriminate against interstate commerce and violate other...
LA, Palmdale mayors: build bullet train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on April 14.) LOS ANGELES -- Two Southern California mayors want a proposed high-speed train that would link the Bay Area with Los Angeles to run through the Antelope Valley instead of along Interstate 5. Los...
Railroad’s plan turns city into cargo hub
(The following story by Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor appeared on The Wichita Eagle website on April 15.) WICHITA, Kan. -- A Kansas-based company plans to build a shipping center in Wichita that could advance the city's efforts to become a regional transportation hub....
Leaking railroad car tangles Boston commute
(The following report by Mac Daniel appeared on the Boston Globe website on April 15.) BOSTON -- A railroad tanker car that started leaking hydrochloric acid just yards from the Orange Line's Sullivan Station in Charlestown yesterday morning turned the evening commute...
Spitzer opens CSX inquiry
(The following story by Meaghan M. McDermott appeared on the Democrat and Chronicle website on April 15.) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The state Attorney General’s Office has launched a fact-finding inquiry into CSX maintenance practices at all of the railroad’s grade-level...
TSA to test rail security in Maryland
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Leslie Miller on April 14.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The government plans to use a suburban Maryland train stop to test the feasibility of security checks for rail passengers, a response to last month's deadly railway...
Senator says rails vulnerable
(Los Angeles television station NBC4 posted the following story on its website on April 15.) LOS ANGELES -- Greater rail security is needed in Los Angeles County to avoid a terrorist disaster like the one in Madrid that took about 200 lives March 11, Sen. Barbara...
