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Residents aren’t taking rail line’s arrival lightly
PHILADELPHIA -- For two generations, the Bordentown Secondary Freight Line has been largely quiet, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The 17 communities it crosses in Camden, Burlington and Mercer Counties have changed over the years, but the tracks have remained a...
Teens badly burned playing on top of railroad car
LANCASTER, Pa. -- Two 17-year-old boys were seriously injured Saturday night after being burned with 14,000 volts of electricity while they were on the roof of a railroad car parked on tracks near the 700 block of New Holland Avenue, the Lancaster Intelligencer...
Commuters propose alternatives to gridlock freeways in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Stuck in traffic -- again -- Robert L. Rosebrock got to dreaming about how to fix L.A.'s gridlocked freeways, when he spotted a big-rig hauling a double-deck trailer loaded with new cars, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Rosebrock was inspired....
DOT truck struck by train
NEW BERN, N.C. -- Tim Poplin could not believe his eyes when he saw a bright yellow N.C. Department of Transportation fuel tanker stop at a railroad crossing, rev the engine and proceed across the tracks toward Tebow Road near Riverdale in Craven County, the New Bern...
The train that couldn’t
EVERETT, Wash. -- The sign outside Everett Station lists Amtrak right at the top, according to the Everett Daily Herald. But the new ticket counter inside is empty. And passenger trains barrel right by the station without stopping. Everett's Amtrak station was...
CSXT names Evans to lead e-business
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Ganson Evans has been named vice president of sales, marketing and e-business at CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT), announced Mike Giftos, executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Evans will report to Giftos. In addition to his current...
Money for just some of a transit wish list
NEW YORK -- Federal, state and city officials gathered at the rim of ground zero yesterday to celebrate their cooperation in securing $4.55 billion in federal money to overhaul and update the tangle of subway stations, commuter terminals and other transportation...
Illinois agency says NS allowed fatal view obstruction
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Illinois Commerce Commission has cited the Norfolk Southern Corp. for allowing brush and trees to obscure the view at a railroad crossing in Marlow, Ill., where five people -- including four children -- were killed last month, the St. Louis...
New Boston-area rail stations popular with commuters
BOSTON -- It would be hard to find a bigger fan of the new MBTA station in Southborough than Libby Chanley, according to the Boston Globe. Chanley, who lives in Southborough and works for a nonprofit consulting firm in Boston, used to drive 20 minutes to Framingham to...
No financial light at end of Penn Station’s unsafe tunnels
NEW YORK -- Federal lawmakers are dragging their heels on urgently needed safety upgrades to Penn Station's antiquated railroad tunnels, despite the growing threat of terrorism since Sept. 11, The New York Post has learned. An estimated $900 million in federal aid is...
