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Labor to honor A. Philip Randolph
(United Press International circulated the following story by Al Swanson on August 26.) CHICAGO -- Seventy-eight years after the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Chicago's A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum is waiting for its train to come...
Man lied about wife, child being trapped inside rail car
(The Houston Chronicle published the following story by Peggy O?Hare on its website on August 27.) HOUSTON -- A Mexican national who claimed his wife and daughter were trapped inside a boxcar coming into Houston admitted fabricating the story after a six-hour search,...
Construction crane collapse in Lake Worth cuts off power, halts trains
(The Sun-Sentinel published the following story by Jordan Rodack on its website on August 27.) LAKE WORTH, Fla. -- A 70-foot crane toppled, crashing onto railroad tracks and knocking out power to all of Lake Worth on Tuesday. Power slowly was restored throughout the...
Gas shortage exposes meager mass transit
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 26.) PHOENIX -- When Robert Avina moved here from Minneapolis three years ago, he didn't have a car and didn't plan to get one. Within two weeks, he changed his mind. ``This city is based on having a...
Rail riding possible again
(The Daily News published the following story by Carolina Amengual on its website on August 27.) GALVESTON, Texas -- Hundreds will have their noses pressed to the windows of the Texas GulfLiner, an Amtrak passenger train, during the Labor Day weekend. The train, which...
Plan may open rails for commuter trains
(The following article by Kevin Flynn was published by the Rocky Mountain News on August 27.) DENVER -- FasTracks, the proposed $4.2 billion mass transit system, could also help pave the way for Front Range commuter trains. Cal Marsella, RTD general manager, told...
Deadline to settle Sounder deal near
(The Herald published the following story by Lukas Velush on its website on August 27.) EVERETT, Wash. -- A daily Sounder train will chug its way from Everett to Seattle and back by the end of the year, but specifics on when additional trains start rolling are still...
Rochelle’s $181 million cargo hub opens today
(The Rockford Register Star published the following story by Sarah Roberts on its website on August 27.) ROCHELLE, Ill. -- Union Pacific?s $181 million cargo hub doesn?t officially open until this afternoon, but already it has lured at least a dozen businesses to the...
Silent nights near CSX tracks
(The following article by Guy Tridgell appeared on the Chicago Daily Southtown website on August 27.) CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich has signed legislation that will pay for the installation of special crossing gates along the CSX railroad, creating the first "quiet...
1 dead, 1 injured in separate rail incidents
(The Rock Hill Herald published the following story by Tim Eberly on its website on August 27.) CHESTER, S.C. -- One man was killed and another lost three of his limbs in separate train accidents during a 12-hour span Tuesday in Chester County. John Scott Graves, 29,...
