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Tamaroa residents filter to Mule Barn
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Jim Muir on its website on February 9.) DU BOIS, Ill. -- In nearly every crisis or disaster -- such as the train derailment near Tamaroa Sunday morning where several railroad tank cars overturned spilling...
Experts to assess spilled chemicals
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Jim Muir on its website on February 9.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- Rescue workers and experts in the field of environmental cleanup will begin assessing Monday the damage created by Sunday's train derailment near Tamaroa...
CN derailment leaves Amtrak to alter service to Chicago
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Jim Muir on its website on February 9.) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Sunday morning train derailment in Perry County that resulted in hundreds of people being evacuated from their homes has also created some...
Toxic CN train derails in Illinois; Town evacuated
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following story by Jim Muir on its website on February 9.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- A Canadian National train transporting hazardous chemicals derailed near Tamaroa Sunday morning, spewing toxic vapor into the air and forcing the evacuation...
Town evacuated after train derailment, chemical spill
(The St. Louis Post-Dispatch posted the following article by Robert W. Duffy on its website on February 10.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- Authorities evacuated the Southern Illinois town of Tamaroa and its surrounding rural areas on Sunday after a freight train carrying hazardous...
Tokyo train makes extra stop for student
(Newsday.com posted the following Associated Press story on February 6.) TOKYO -- A packed express train carrying thousands of commuters made an unscheduled -- and probably unprecedented -- stop to help a girl make it to a high school entrance exam on time, the...
Union: Focus on transit safety
(The following article by Curtis L. Taylor appeared in Newsday online on February 7.) NEW YORK -- Union officials pressed for closer oversight of New York City Transit yesterday, charging that management laxity contributed to a string of five transit-worker deaths on...
Mayors ready formal protest of Metra’s STAR line plans
(StarNewspapers.com posted the following report by Gary Tridgell on February 6.) CHICAGO -- Metra will be receiving yet another opinion about plans for its first suburb-to-suburb line.. The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association is preparing to send a letter...
Wyo. House OKs creation of rail police
(The Billings Gazette posted the following Associated Press article on its website on February 7.) CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The Wyoming House approved 21 bills Thursday, including legislation that would allow railroads to appoint police officers, raise fees to transport...
RailAmerica to sell off assets
(The Palm Beach Post carried the following report from Ted Jackson on its website on February 7.) BOCA RATON -- RailAmerica, the Boca Raton-based short-haul railroader, made two seemingly contradictory revelations Thursday: It will be selling off $100 million in...
