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Amtrak train collides with school bus carrying only driver
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 13.) BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A school bus and an Amtrak passenger train collided Tuesday morning, critically injuring the bus driver. No students were on the Bloomfield Hills School District bus at...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on January 12.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 479 New members reported in WIP year-to-date: 479 WORKERS WIN WITH SEIU--In December, majorities of 250 aides, support staff and other caregivers at four Oregon nursing...
Wal-Mart tries end run around balky city
(The following story by V. Dion Haynes appeared in the Chicago Tribune on January 12.) INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Stung by strong opposition in nearly every corner of the country where it proposes a large-scale development, Wal-Mart is taking a new tack here: bypassing...
Elburn, Ill., receives railroad safety grant
(The following story by Denise Perry Donavin appeared on the Daily Herald website on January 13.) CHICAGO -- Operation Lifesaver -- a railroad safety and education program -- is coming to Elburn, thanks to an $18,056 grant written by Police Chief James Linane. Elburn...
Steam locomotive makes tracks for Super Bowl
(The following story by Algis J. Laukaitis appeared on the Lincoln Journal Star website on January 12.) LINCOLN, Neb. -- There's nothing like seeing an old locomotive rolling down the tracks like a mad dragon, puffing black smoke and white steam into the air. It's...
Cane trains make comeback
(The following story by Jan TenBruggencate appeared on the Honolulu Advertiser website on January 12.) PUHI, Kaua'i -- A new era of steam locomotion is under way on Kaua'i, with the establishment of two new railroad lines running old steam engines. The Grove Farm...
Minn. towns still support rail line
(The following story by Lawrence Schumacher appeared on the St. Cloud Times website on January 13.) ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids remain committed to the proposed Northstar commuter rail line, despite the fact it won't come to those cities soon. Both...
B.C. Rail deal should proceed, transportation minister insists
(The following article by Steve Berry was posted on the Vancouver Province website on January 13.) VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The $1-billion B.C. Rail deal should go ahead, Transportation Minister Judith Reid said yesterday. The deal came under fire after police raided the...
NJT’s contaminated soil returning to NJ
(The following story by Richard Pearsall appeared on the Courier-Post website on January 13.) CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- Like the orphan ship full of ash that plagued Philadelphia a decade ago, NJ Transit's dirt is coming back. Some 5,000 cubic yards of contaminated dirt...
Under the Gunn
(The following article by Adam Jackson was posted on the South Bend Tribune website on January 13.) NILES, Mich. -- David Gunn never stopped playing with trains. Fascinated with the steel behemoths since he was a child, the Harvard grad and former Naval Reserve...
