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At least 10 die in train derailment in India
NEW DELHI, India -- An express train derailed Sunday in northern India, killing 12 people and injuring at least 70. Railroad authorities said the cause may have been sabotage, reports a wire service. Thirteen cars of the Shramjeevi Express went off the tracks near...
Increase in train accidents blamed on lax maintenance
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Train accidents have increased 15 percent in the past three years, and federal rail safety experts suspect that lax maintenance is a factor, a wire service reported. Derailments caused by faulty tracks -- suspected in the recent Amtrak Auto Train...
Dangerous train vandalism caught on tape
SOMERTON, Pa. -- Authorities have uncovered trouble on the tracks in the Somerton section of Philadelphia, and now they have graphic evidence of extremely dangerous foul play, according to television station WPVI in Philadelphia. They are illegal actions committed by...
Intermodal up 4th straight week on U.S. railroads
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Intermodal traffic on U.S. railroads was up sharply from year-ago totals for the fourth consecutive week during the week ended May 4, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported on May 9. Intermodal traffic totaled 187,760 trailers and...
Opposition grows to a regional high-speed rail
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The train looks more like an amusement park ride than the smoke-chugging, coal-eating locomotives of the past. It doesn't have wheels, a conductor or even an engine. And it's propelled by electromagnetic forces, not gas or oil, along a single beam...
New train horns sound great to most
CHICAGO -- It's been a month since automated railroad horns replaced traditional train blasts at nine Lake County train crossings, and the high-tech devices are getting many fabulous - and some sour - reviews, according to the Chicago Daily Herald. Whereas the blaring...
VIA Rail completes $350,000 renovation to station
KITCHENER-WATERLOO -- VIA Rail Canada officially opened Kitchener-Waterloos renovated train station on May 10, marking the completion of a $350,000 project started last October to modernize facilities for the growing number of passengers using the station. On hand at...
SLC plans to appeal 2 rulings in UP case
SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake City plans to appeal two rulings in its legal battle with Union Pacific Railroad. Deputy City Attorney Steven Allred filed two notices of appeal this week in U.S. District Court. Briefs will be filed later, the Salt Lake Tribune reports....
Golden chutes may fly at NS
CHICAGO -- Norfolk Southern shareholders have approved a proposal urging the board of directors to get stockholder approval for future severance agreements, so-called golden parachutes, for senior executives, the Roanoke Times reported. Amalgamated Bank Longview...
Port, railroad sign deal for a new yard
PHILADELPHIA -- According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Norfolk Southern Corp. and the Delaware River Port Authority said yesterday that they had signed a final agreement to build a high-tech rail freight yard at the old Philadelphia Navy Base. The project, first...
