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Midwest Airlines hails connection to Amtrak
(The following article by Melissa Allison was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on January 13.) CHICAGO -- After more than a decade, Midwest Airlines finally is getting the Amtrak station it hopes will bring more Chicago-area passengers to Milwaukee, where it is...
Anytime is train time, police. CSX warn motorists
(The following story by Lance Martin appeared on the Roanoke Rapids, N.C., Daily Herald website on January 13.) WELDON, N.C. -- Lose points. Lose money. Lose life. That's what happens when motorists try to beat trains at railroad crossings. The offense will take four...
Trial scheduled to begin today for UP van driver
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 13.) TAMA, Iowa -- Trial for a man charged in a crash that killed three motorcyclists is scheduled to begin today. Gary Butler, 49, of Des Moines is charged with vehicular homicide and involuntary...
Downed trees, icy switches hinder trains
(The following story by Thomas Ryll appeared on the Columbian website on January 9.) VANCOUVER, Wash. -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's thousands of miles of track slice through some of the most inhospitable terrain in the country. Locomotive-size...
Crews work to clean derailment, spill site
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 13.) CAMERON, Texas -- Residents evacuated after a train derailment caused a hazardous chemical spill were allowed to return home today once the spill was contained. Milam County Sheriff Charlie West said...
Grocery strike talks fail
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on January 12.) LOS ANGELES -- Four days of secret, informal negotiations between striking Southern California grocery workers and their employers ended on Sunday without success, a union spokeswoman said....
Opening of Link museum draws 1,000
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on January 11.) ROANOKE, Va. -- More than 1,000 people braved frigid temperatures Saturday for the opening of a museum devoted to the works of legendary steam train photographer O. Winston Link. The crowd jammed the...
LIRR taking yard flak
(The following story by Joie Tyrrell appeared on Newsday?s website on January 12.) NEW YORK -- The signs and petitions started to pop up throughout Huntington Village last fall, on light posts, the counter of a local bookstore and throughout the shops of Main Street....
RailAmerica announces appointment
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on January 9.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Gary O. Marino, RailAmerica Chairman, President & CEO, today announced the appointment of Michael "Scott" Linn as Senior Vice President North American Rail Group - Eastern Corridor. In...
After four decades and $2.4 billion, does Japan’s hyperspeed maglev train have a future?
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Kenji Hall on January 10.) TSURU, Japan -- With a slight jerk and a high-pitched whine, the world's fastest train accelerates from a standstill so quickly that the excited passengers are pushed deep into their...
