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Californians get internet on the rails
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 26.) SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Wi-Fi train has reached the station. Commuters in and out of Silicon Valley will be the first in the United States to experience wireless Internet access while riding the...
South Central Florida Express freight derails
(The News-Sun posted the following story by Barry Foster on its website on August 26.) SEBRING, Fla. -- The warning lights continued to flash but a portion of County Road 17 remained closed Saturday as crews from the South Central Florida Railroad worked to fix the...
Mexico’s TMM calls off sale of TFM rail stake
(Reuters circulated the following article on August 25.) MEXICO CITY -- Mexican transport company Grupo TMM on Monday called off its agreement to sell its stake in Mexico's largest railroad operator, but spurned buyer Kansas City Southern KSU.N is not taking no for an...
Mexican transport company cancels rail sale to Kansas City Southern
(Bloomberg News distributed the following article by Rip Watson on August 25.) KANSAS CITY -- Grupo TMM, Mexico's largest transport company, has canceled the $412 million sale of its stake in Mexico's biggest railroad to Kansas City Southern. Grupo TMM's shareholders...
Trans-Siberian railway traverses vast realm
(The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published the following travel column by Jono David on its website on August 24.) KRASNOYARSK STATION, Siberia ( 2,540 miles from Moscow) -- I t doesn't matter that a cool Siberian rain is falling. The station is swarming with locals who...
Miniature railroad is realistic, rideable
(The Minneapolis Star Tribune published the following story by Maria Elena Baca on its website on August 25.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- With a chug and a hiss the train leaves the station, gathering speed as it moves up the track. It passes pine trees and buckthorn; an...
Investors seeking signs of Bombardier recovery
(The following article by Bertrand Marotte was published by the Globe and Mail on August 25.) MONTREAL -- Investors will be looking for reassuring signs of recovery at Bombardier Inc. when the plane and train maker unveils its second-quarter financial results on...
Riding train cost young boy
(The Grand Forks Herald posted the following story by Stephen J. Lee on its website on August 25.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The boy who fell while playing on a slow-moving freight train in Grafton, N.D., on Wednesday lost part of a foot in the accident, according to a...
BLE member nurtures long-standing Grand (Canyon) passion
(The following article by John Myers was distributed by the Associated Press on August 23. A.K. Gregson is a member of BLE Division 435 in Hamlet, N.C.) ROCKINGHAM, N.C. -- A.K. Gregson of Hamlet has been happily married for 57 years, but for 45 years he's had a...
Tracks trap truck, driver wants railway to pay
(The following article by Dan Palmer appeared on the Edmonton Sun website on August 25.) EDMONTON, Alberta -- A 72-year-old grandmother's truck was destroyed recently after it got stuck at a railway crossing on the city's south side and was pummelled by a freight...
