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First of new LIRR train cars a hit
LONG BEACH, N.Y. -- Commuters in Long Beach seem pleased with the new, roomier, more comfortable, more hi-tech Long Island Railroad cars, television station WABC reported. The first train with the new M-7 cars is being used on the Long Beach Branch. A second train is...
Illinois makes waves with fast-moving Amtrak train
NORMAL, Ill. -- An Amtrak train Thursday barreled down a central Illinois track at 109 mph in a demonstration of the states' progress toward the establishment of a high-speed passenger rail line, the Northwest Indiana News reported. The state's goal is to have trains...
Test train speeds at 109 mph
NORMAL, Ill. -- A powerful locomotive pulled a passenger train at more than 100 mph on a super ride between Normal and Ballard, north of Lexington, on Thursday, the Bloomington Pantagraph reported. With a crowd of reporters and government officials onboard, the train...
Editorial: Rail security
TULLAHOMA, Tenn. -- The nation's rail travelers received a warning recently from the FBI -- al-Qaeda may be planning a terror attack on passenger trains, using operatives who are Western in appearance, according to an editorial in the Tullahoma News. The FBI added...
Railroads quietly on alert for terrorism
OMAHA -- The FBI warned last week that freight and passenger trains should be on heightened alert against terrorism. The railroads' response has been to not talk publicly about security measures, the Omaha World-Herald reported. In fact, some railroad unions say they...
2 freight cars derail, no injuries reported
BUCKSPORT, Maine -- No one was injured Thursday morning when a couple of cars from a freight train derailed at the International Paper Co. mill, the Bangor Daily News reported. Two cars of the train came off the track at about 11:15 a.m. just north of the main...
Rail yard remotes lack engineers’ trust
SAGINAW, Mich. -- Railroad engineers say remote control technology that CSX Transportation is introducing to move and couple cars in rail yards -- including one in Saginaw -- threatens the safety of employees and the public, although CSX officials cite safety as the...
CSX freight train crew member shot in upstate New York
BRANT, N.Y. --According to the Associated Press, a railroad conductor was shot and wounded early Thursday after he got off a freight train to investigate a problem with the train, police said. The CSX train made an emergency stop around 1 a.m. (0600 GMT) near the...
Cars derail in BNSF remote control accident
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Two train cars derailed Thursday when a remote-controlled locomotive stopped too late and hit an empty outbound cargo train leaving Burlington Northern Santa Fe's west Lincoln rail-switching yard, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. BNSF spokesman...
CSX workers learn to maneuver cars by remote control
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- David Fry manned the controls of a CSX switch engine, sending a tanker car coasting down a track at the South Charleston assembly yard, the Charleston Gazette reported. The maneuver, known as car-kicking, has to be done with a precise touch....
