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State Comptroller orders M.T.A. board to release finance data
(The following article by Daisy Hernández appeared in today’s New York Times on the web.) NEW YORK -- The public battle to get the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to release financial information as it considers a fare increase grew more heated yesterday when...
S. Korea leader confronted on subway fire
(The following article from the Associated Press appeared in the New York Times online.) DAEGU, South Korea -- Hundreds of people grieving over the victims of a devastating subway fire angrily confronted South Korea's president-elect on Thursday, demanding quick...
After Korean subway fire, New York rechecks safety
(The following article by Anthony DePalma appeared in today’s New York Times online edition.) NEW YORK -- Both subway cars were packed with people wary of a passenger who was acting strangely. Then, in an instant, the cars filled with fire. In the first incident, at a...
Postal truck hit by train; driver uninjured
(The following article by Lauren Rouleau appeared in today’s Boston Globe.) BOSTON -- Postal Service employee narrowly escaped injury yesterday after his tractor-trailer became stuck in the snow alongside railroad tracks in Braintree and was struck by an MBTA commuter...
Empty train derails, slows service
(Newsday published the following article.) NEW YORK -- A Long Island Rail Road train with no passengers aboard derailed in Port Washington Wednesday night, temporarily interrupting service, railroad officials said. The derailment happened about 9:20 p.m. and stopped...
On LIRR, rush hour mostly a waiting game
(The following article by Joie Tyrrell appeared in NewsDay.) NEW YORK -- The workday commute after one of the biggest snowstorms in recent years turned into a frozen, chaotic nightmare for hundreds of Long Island Rail Road riders yesterday who endured canceled trains,...
CSX worker crushed to death in Buffalo
(The Buffalo News posted the following article by Vanessa Thomas and T.J. Pignataro on its website on February 19.) BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A local railroad conductor was crushed to death Tuesday afternoon when he apparently became pinned between two boxcars near Union Road...
Death toll in Korean subway arson climbs to 120
(The New York Times posted the following article by James Brooke on its website on February 19.) TAEGU, South Korea -- Forensic investigators gathered ashes and bones today from the scorched metal skeletons of two subway trains here, seeking to identify scores of...
Opinion: Looking for a way to prevent fatalities on Caltrain
(The Menlo Park Almanac posted the following editorial by Arthur L. Lloyd on its website on February 19. Mr. Lloyd is a Caltrain and SamTrans board member and chairman of California Operation Lifesaver.) MENLO PARK, Calif. -- The Caltrain line from San Francisco to...
Congressman tours Tamaroa; Checks issued to residents
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Christi Mathis on its website on February 18.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, toured the scene of the hazardous chemicals train derailment in Tamaroa Tuesday morning. He said the cleanup...
