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Amtrak train smashes into big rig
(The following article was reported on the website of Sacramento television station KCRA on July 15.) SACRAMENTO -- An Amtrak train traveling from Oakland to Sacramento smashed into a big rig Tuesday morning. "There was a big bump, biggest bump I've ever felt," train...
`You could hear the terror’
(The Trenton Times posted the following story by T.A. Parmalee on its website on July 16.) TRENTON, N.J. -- Galete Levin was on her way back to Brooklyn College on Monday morning, seated between two strangers in an NJ Transit rail car and pondering her upcoming bar...
State probes train crash
(The Trenton Times posted the following article by T.A. Parmalee on its website on July 16.) TRENTON, N.J. -- The state is investigating whether NJ Transit may have ignored safety warnings prior to Monday's two-car train derailment between Trenton and New York that...
Another long morning on the railroad
(The Newark Star-Ledger posted the following article by Joe Malinconico and Jeff Whelan on its website on July 16.) NEWARK -- As crews rushed to complete repairs to the tracks damaged in Monday's derailment, a two-hour power outage shut down the alternate route into...
Emergency check is re-enacted in derailment inquiry
(The following article by Robert Hanely was published by the New York Times on July 16.) SECAUCUS, N.J. -- The emergency inspection performed on a New Jersey Transit train before it lost a wheel and derailed here Monday morning was re-enacted today as part of the...
Train crashes through corn trailer in Merrick County
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 15.) CLARKS, Neb. -- A semitrailer filled with corn was split in half when struck by a train at a railroad crossing in rural Merrick County. Corn was scattered along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at...
Train derails in Leavenworth County
(The Kansas City Star posted the following story on its website on July 15.) KANSAS CITY -- Nineteen coal cars derailed early today near the Leavenworth-Wyandotte county line, damaging 800 feet of track but leaving no injuries. The Union Pacific train was hauling 101...
Robot railroads
Los Angeles television station CBS-2 carried a report on remote control locomotives on July 15. In the report, investigative reporter Randy Paige interviews Tim Smith, Chairman of the BLE s California State Legislative Board, and Louis Fernandez, Legislative...
MARC adds ‘quiet cars’ to more trains
(The Washington Post published the following story by William Wan on its website on July 15.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If you've ever wondered what happiness sounds like, sit in car No. 7872 with Vanetta Carr. She will tell you: Happiness is absolute silence during your...
A raily cheap ride
(The New York Post posted the following article by Clemente Lisi on its website on July 15.) NEW YORK -- Passengers will be allowed to ride Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road trains within the city limits on the weekends for only $2.50 starting in January under a...
