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They’ve been working on the railroad
WILLARD, Ohio -- Tom Boylan's great-great-grandfather, George Boylan, came to this country in 1862 looking for a life better than the one he had in Ireland, the Mansfield News Journal reported. Three years later, George Boylan went to work for a railroad in...
Couple cites harm from chlorine spill in railroad lawsuit
MISSOULA, Mont. -- It's been 6-1/2 years since Patrick and Linda Walsh helped evacuate Alberton residents after a train derailment that spilled 130,000 pounds of liquid chlorine, and it's time, they say, for the rail company to pay them for injuries they received...
Opinion: Train security puzzling
TORONTO -- Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we've heard plenty about the security hassles facing travelers who fly into the United States, according to an editorial in the St. Petersburg Times. But what about those who arrive by rail? To find out, I rode from Toronto...
Rail traffic down in October
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. rail carload traffic fell 1.6 percent (27,646 carloads) while intermodal rail traffic fell 5.1 percent (48,243 units) in October 2002 compared to October 2001, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on November 7. The significant...
MTA considers cutting subway, bus and commuter train service
NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority may reduce bus, subway and commuter train service in order to help close a projected $663 million budget gap, the Associated Press reported. . "The only things they have been mandated not to touch are items related...
Rail crossings and war film inspire an idea to catch cars
NEW YORK -- Inventors make connections that do not occur to other people. For Matthew A. Gelfand, the unlikely connection was between aircraft carriers and railroad crossings, according to the New York Times. The result is a device that some experts say can prevent...
Safer train crossings on a fast track
NEW YORK -- When a firefighter died responding to an accident at the Oceanside railroad crossing in 1994, Rockville Centre volunteer fireman Matt Gelfand wanted to find a way to prevent similar tragedies, New York's Newsday reported. He didn't know the firefighter -...
Rails once were kings of American transportation
MANSFIELD, Ohio -- Before the steel rails came, the Marsh and Barney stagecoach made one round-trip a week between Sandusky and Mount Vernon, the Mansfield News Journal reported. Convoys of wagons laden with grain for the port of Milan would take more than a week to...
CPR to stop all trains across system in tribute to those who served
CALGARY -- Lest we forget. Canadian Pacific Railway employees will bring all trains across Canada and the United States to a halt at 11 a.m. local time on November 11, observing two minutes of silence in honor of those who have served their country in war. The silence...
Teamsters to work at Stones show
SAN FRANCISCO -- A threat by the Teamsters to shut down this weekend's Rolling Stones concerts was averted when a major promoter gave the union part of the action, the Associated Press reported. Bill Graham Presents announced the deal with Teamsters Local 85 Wednesday...
