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Ethan Allen train sees steady usage
(The following article by Alan J. Keays was published by the Rutland Herald on May 6.) RUTLAND, Vt. -- William McDonald said he still gets a bit of a chill thinking of the arrival of the Ethan Allen Express on its first trip into Rutland. And it’s not because it was...
CPR’s railroad scheduling wins recognition
(The Canadian Pacific Railway issued the following news release on May 6.) PHOENIX -- Canadian Pacific Railway's innovative approach to cutting the Gordian Knot of railroad scheduling has won the 2003 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the...
NTSB to review safety advocacy programs
(The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on May 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Transportation Safety Board will undertake an intensive 30-day review of the effectiveness of its safety advocacy programs. The decision came...
Two UP trains derail in Iowa
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 7.) CARROLL, Iowa -- An investigation is under way into a train accident near Carroll in western Iowa. Two Union Pacific trains derailed shortly before one o'clock this morning. It happened underneath an...
Broken dam causes flooding, derails train
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on May 7.) HOLLY, Mich. -- A freight train derailed early Wednesday after a beaver dam apparently collapsed, sending water cascading over the rails. The CSX train was headed south when it went off its tracks about 1...
Amtrak crashes time line
(The Savannah Morning News posted the following on its website on May 7.) 1998 January -- A freight train derailed near Ogeechee Road in southwest Chatham County, just outside the city limits. There were eight railroad cars; none turned over. There were no injuries...
Amtrak train rams truck, killing truck driver, injuring 23 including engineer
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Russ Bynum on May 6.) HINESVILLE, Ga. -- An Amtrak train rammed a lumber truck at a dirt-road crossing in southeast Georgia on Tuesday, killing the truck driver and critically injuring the train engineer. The...
A train whistle, a thud and a ball of flames
(The Savannah Morning News posted the following article by Lewis Levine on its website on May 7.) HINESVILLE, Ga. -- Phil Odom sat on his porch sipping iced tea, trying to block out the sounds of CSX Corp.'s construction crews removing the remains of an Amtrak...
Opinion: Bargains on the bullet trains
(MSNBC posted the following travel column by Reid Bramblett of Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel on its website on May 6.) NEW YORK -- Part of the romance to a European adventure is clattering across the countryside in a passenger train, watching Alps, medieval...
Train spotters enjoy trackside seats
(The Star Press posted the following article by John Carlson on its website on May 6.) MUNCIE, Ind. -- On the southern edge of downtown, just across the tracks from where the old railroad depot sheltered the comings and goings of excited travelers, Bob Jetmore and his...
