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Officer whose cruiser was hit by train is out of hospital
DUMONT, N.J. -- A police officer was released from the hospital Saturday, one day after a freight train struck his patrol car and dragged it about 50 feet at the New Milford Avenue railroad crossing, the Bergen Record reported. Patrolman Luke Totten suffered a broken...
CSX honors man for heroic actions
ST. LOUIS -- Four months after a man from Caseyville saved the village from potential catastrophe, railroad officials formally have recognized his efforts, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. At Tuesday night's meeting of the Caseyville Board of Trustees, officials...
Lawsuit filed against CSX over fatal yard accident
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The family of a local man killed in a train crash is suing CSX Corporation for unspecified damages, television station WCPO reported. CSX employee Gary Oak, a 29-year veteran of the company, was working last week when he was hit and killed by a...
Beacon Metro North station plans steam ahead
BEACON -- Metro-North Railroad has drafted three proposals for turning its train station along the Hudson River here into a model of functional urban design, the Times Herald-Record reported. The elaborate renderings, displayed at the Beacon City Court House last...
Rail debate could gridlock Houston
HOUSTON -- Harris County Judge Robert Eckels recently conducted an opinion poll that leaves unsaid as much as it says about the future of rail in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reported. The poll shows that 66 percent of Harris County voters support a regional light...
Dockworkers, shippers reach tentative six-year accord
WASHINGTON -- West Coast dock employers and the dockworkers union reached a tentative six- year contract agreement that could bring stability to the nation's busiest ports while easing restrictions that have blocked implementation of information technology on the...
Subway work is said to resume as union and transit officials disagree
NEW YORK -- New York City Transit spokesman said yesterday that extra security precautions would be added so that routine subway track maintenance could resume today, ending a work freeze put in place Saturday. Such work had been suspended after two workers were...
CN ready to spend over $30M on Ontario Northland railway if bid accepted
TIMMINS, Ont. -- Canadian National Railway says it's ready to invest more than $30 million in the Ontario Northland if its bid for the government-owned railway serving northern Ontario and northwestern Quebec is accepted, the Canadian Press reported. Canada's biggest...
Audit criticizes L.A.’s rail system
LOS ANGELES -- The county's rail system is plagued by maintenance, safety and oversight problems that could endanger passengers, a state audit found, the Associated Press reports. The 111-page review completed this month by the Public Utilities Commission found the...
Old debate on who pays more: subway riders or suburbanites
NEW YORK -- On Saturday, one day after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveiled three proposals for increasing transit fares and tolls at the bridges and tunnels, transit officials and passenger advocates disagreed over who would be hardest hit: subway and...
