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N.C. county ranks high in train deaths
(Independent Tribune posted the following story by Laura Prevatt on its website on February 8.) CONCORD, N.C. -- Cabarrus County ranks among the highest in the state in the number of pedestrians who are struck and killed by trains each year. The issue stumps many...
Fla. high-speed rail bids as high as $2.7 billion
(The Tampa Tribune posted the following article by Joe Follick on its website on February 11.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Futuristic visions of monorails and jet trains blasting across the state were on lawmakers' minds Monday as Florida continues planning a high-speed rail...
BNSF CEO sees steady growth
(The Dallas Morning News posted the following article by Suzanne Marta on its website on February 10.) DALLAS --Business at Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. is bumping along with the economy. In the last part of 2002, shipments of industrial...
Rail crew blamed in runaway car, death
(The Denver Post published the following article by Kieran Nicholson and Jeffrey Leib on its website on February 11.) DENVER -- A crew's failure to correctly set brakes and verify a rail-car connection led to a runaway car that killed a railroad worker last year,...
Road reopens after CSX derailment
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted the following article by Mike Morris on its website on February 10.) ATLANTA -- Howell Mill Road just south of I-75 was reopened before 8 a.m. today, about 3 hours after 10 cars of a CSX train derailed under a northwest Atlanta...
35 NS cars derail in Alabama
(The Birmingham News posted the following Associated Press story on its website on February 11.) MONTEVALLO, Ala. -- Thirty-five rail cars, including several tankers hauling chemicals, derailed just outside Montevallo, officials said. No one was injured. The...
3 derailments in 30-mile radius are unrelated
(The Belleville News-Democrat posted the following article by Beth Hundsdorfer on its website on February 11.) BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A trio of train derailments within a 30-mile radius in a four-day span is a mere coincidence, railroad officials said. In the latest...
Rerouted Amtrak mail car derails
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Christi Mathis on its website on Febraury 10.) PINCKNEYVILLE -- A second train has derailed in Perry County, less than 24 hours after a train loaded with hazardous chemicals displaced 1,000 Tamaroa area residents....
Evacuees wait another day to go home
(The St. Louis Post-Dispatch posted the following story by Ken Leister on its website on February 11.) DU QUOIN, Ill. -- Steve Ellison can't wait to get home to his four Chinese pugs and the garbage truck that sits idle in his driveway in Tamaroa. Ellison and 800...
Tamaroa residents still displaced; Cause of CN derailment still a mystery
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Christi Mathis on its website on Febraury 10.) TAMAROA -- Smoke filled the air as numerous railroad cars lay side by side in a long row, perpendicular to the track they were traveling along just days ago....
