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Train crashes unavoidable
(The following article by Shelly Whitehead was published by the Kentucky Post on June 18.) BOONE COUNTY, Ky. -- Over the last decade, nearly 500 people have died annually in train-car collisions, with devastating effect on both the victims' families and the train...
Railway officials tell council that remote-controlled trains are safe
(The following article by Merilee Reinke was posted on the Superior Daily Telegram’s website on June 19.) SUPERIOR, Wisc. -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.’s planned use of remote controlled locomotives in Superior will not create safety hazards, according...
OSHA investigates accident that kills railroad worker
(The following article was posted on Jacksonville television station WJXT’s website on June 18.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A railroad worker who was critically injured in an accident on the tracks Tuesday has died. Rescue officials said the man was working by a railroad...
Freight train car derails in Hialeah
(The following article by Adriana Cordovi was posted on the Miami Herald’s website on June 18.) HIALEAH, Fla. -- One car of a freight train derailed Wednesday after it skipped off a railroad track at Northwest 37th Court and 46th Street in Hialeah, a fire rescue...
FBI investigating train derailment
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on June 19.) MONTEZUMA, Kan. -- The FBI is investigating a train derailment near Montezuma that left two engineers hospitalized. The freight train, owned by a shortline railroad, was carrying mostly grain when it...
CPR chops 520 jobs, restructures
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article by James Stevenson on June 19.) CALGARY -- Canadian Pacific Railway unveiled plans to cut 520 more jobs and restructure its northeastern U.S. network yesterday -- the same day its rail traffic controllers went on...
Rail traffic controllers go on strike
(The Canadian Broadcasting Company posted the following article on its website on June 18.) CALGARY -- About 100 CPR rail traffic controllers have gone on strike and spent the lunch hour picketing in front of the company's downtown offices. Talks between the union and...
Ruptured water main floods train track
(The following article by Wendy Giroux appeared on the King County Journal’s website on June 18.) RENTON, Wash. -- A 12-inch water main shattered Tuesday afternoon, flooding nearby train tracks and blowing a large hole in the ground. The water line runs near the...
Three killed in Ky. when car stalls on tracks
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on June 17.) WALTON, Ky. -- A woman and her two young daughters were killed Tuesday in northern Kentucky when their stalled car was hit by a train. A third child was critically injured. The woman's husband, who...
Gov. Bush ready to veto money for high-speed rail
(The following article by Gary Fineout was posted on the Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s website on June 18.) TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Jeb Bush appears ready to veto more than $12 million that state legislators set aside for the bullet train in the coming year. Bush's only...
