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Train driver in India abandons 1,100 passengers to go to sleep
BENGAL, India -- An Indian express train driver abandoned his train halfway through his journey because he was tired and needed to sleep, according to the website Ananova.com. The driver of the Howrah-Malda Janshatabdi Express left his train and 1,100 passengers at a...
4 hurt as Russian train derails
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- A commuter train derailed as it entered a station in St. Petersburg on Monday, killing four people standing on a platform and injuring six others, according to the Associated Press. The electric train was being tested following major repairs...
Residents plan protest of Union Pacific
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Members of the Starlight Baptist Church in Lake Charles are preparing for a protest. What was once an active railroad line along First Avenue now looks more like a dump site, television station KPLC reported. For the last two years the railroad...
New Md. agency needed for maglev
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Annapolis Capital reports that a new multi-jurisdictional agency would be needed to oversee the high-speed magnetic levitation train if Maryland wins the project, according to consultants for the Maryland Transit Administration. The Maglev agency...
Mistrial declared in CSX wrongful death trial
WINCHESTER, Tenn. -- The two-week Franklin County Circuit Court trial into the wrongful death of a Franklin County teen ended Friday afternoon (November 8) in a mistrial, the Tullahoma News reported. Norman and Maryellen Feaster sued CSX Railroad over the "wrongful...
$10 million lawsuit filed in death of railroad worker
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- A $10 million wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the father of a woman who was killed after a 4,000-gallon diesel tanker exploded, The Chattanoogan reported. Daniel Garcia of Marshall County, Ala., father of Lydia Garcia, filed the...
CN offers integrated electronic process for rail intermodal shipments under Canada’s customs self-assessment program
TORONTO -- Canadian National announced it is offering shippers a fully-integrated electronic process to manage rail intermodal shipments under Canada's Customs Self-Assessment Program (CSA). This means CN's retail intermodal customers, as well as third-party shippers,...
A rail by any other name would spell speed
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A commuter rail line between Auburn and Dixon seems like a project worth pursuing, the Sacramento Bee reported. Most of the infrastructure for such a service is in place. Automobile commuters need an alternative to the miserable congestion on...
New Jersey Transit steps up efforts to clean buses, rail cars
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey Transit has stepped up its efforts to make buses and rail cars cleaner for its riders, New York's Newsday reported. Within the past few weeks, the agency has made changes to its E-Cleaning process (the E is short for extraordinary) as part...
Airport officials pin hopes on JetTrain
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A revolutionary high-speed train that generates its own electricity with a jet engine and reaches speeds of at least 150 mph could be in place years before a long-awaited magnetic train system could connect Southern California and Las Vegas,...
