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Coal, potash shipments stalled by massive slide
(The following story by Bruce Constantineau appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on February 9.) VANCOUVER -- A massive avalanche that shut down a Canadian Pacific Railway line near Revelstoke last week has caused a backlog in the shipment of commodities to the Port...
A year after derailment, Tamaroa almost back to normal
(The following article by Christi Mathis was posted on the Southern Illinoisian website on February 9.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- "A year ago was chaos, in the morning anyway. By afternoon it was organized chaos," Tamaroa Mayor Bill Place recalled Monday on the first...
Derailment disrupts freight service
(The CBC posted the following article on its website on February 10.) MONCTON, N.B. -- A rail line through northeastern New Brunswick remains closed today after two freight cars on the same train jumped the tracks at a river crossing near Bathurst. Both cars belong to...
Amtrak train derails in Kansas City
(The following article by Robery A. Cronkleton was posted on the Kansas City Star website on February 10.) KANSAS CITY -- An Amtrak train carrying as many as 115 passengers derailed Monday morning near the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad's Argentine yard in...
Derailment prompts safety questions
(New York television station WIVB posted the following story by Erika Brason on its website on February 9.) CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. -- A derailment at a Cheektowaga train yard is prompting questions about safety Monday night. Some CSX employees believe the new automated...
Union didn’t grasp grocers’ resolve, analysts say
(The following story by Mike Freeman and Penni Crabtree appeared on the San Diego Union-Tribune website on February 8.) SAN DIEGO -- By traditional measures, the Southern California grocery strike would seem to be going well for the United Food and Commercial Workers...
All aboard for anywhere
(The following article by Roger Petterson was posted on the Chicago Sun Times website on February 8.) CHICAGO -- Park the car, leave your hiking boots behind and admire scenery the old-fashioned way -- from one of the many tourist trains and scenic railroads operating...
Steam locomotive draws crowds in every town
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Tom Parsons on February 8.) ABOARD LOCOMOTIVE 3985 -- When Steve Lee drives by, cattle stampede, deer run for their lives, fish jump from the water, children grin and gape and grownups wave. It's not the force...
At NJ Transit, proof’s in the payment
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Star-Ledger website on February 9.) NEWARK, N.J. -- The public address announcement on the Newark subway warned passengers there would be no free rides. "You must have a valid ticket to ride this train," said...
Man froze to death in rail car, authorities say
(The Chicago Tribune posted the following article on its website on February 8.) CHICAGO -- Police were working Saturday to identify a man found frozen to death in a railroad car in Northlake. Workers found the man's body, without identification, about 1:30 p.m....
