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Eleven CSX cars derail in Benton Harbor

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 10.) BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Eleven cars of a CSX Corp. freight train hauling rocks and gravel derailed while passing through the city, damaging a track, downing some power lines and spilling...

Georgia’s ‘Folkston Funnel’ a mecca for train lovers

(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Paul Newberry on August 10.) FOLKSTON, Ga. — Alerted by the crackling voice of an unseen dispatcher, two devoted rail fans spring into action. They turn their video cameras toward the south. They...

Lithonia fed up with train stops

(The following article by Jeffry Scott was posted on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on August 10.) LITHONIA, Ga. — Lithonia Mayor Darold Honore stands beside the train tracks that cut through the heart of his troubled little town and talks about railroad woes....

MARC sends apologies for recent train delays

(The following story by Michael Dresser appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on August 6.) BALTIMORE — The management of the state’s MARC commuter train service has apologized to its Penn Line passengers for a series of “major service...

U.P., CSX revive joint service pact

(The following article by Stacie Hamel was posted on the Omaha World-Herald website on August 4.) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific Railroad is teaming with the Eastern railroad CSX Transportation on a coast-to-coast expedited train aimed at taking business away from...

$100 million for a tunnel. What tunnel?

(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on August 3.) WASHINGTON — Hours after the House of Representatives approved a big transportation bill on Friday morning, Representative Jerrold L. Nadler informed the Port Authority...

Sinkhole filled; Amtrak running again

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 2.) DeLAND, Fla. — Amtrak service resumed Monday on a stretch of railroad track that was closed after a sinkhole opened under it, causing delays for five trains and hundreds of passengers. Crews...

Five Amtrak trains affected by sinkhole near DeLand

(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 1.) DELAND, Fla. — Officials say a sinkhole that opened under railroad tracks in central Florida caused delays for five Amtrak trains, affecting hundreds of people. Officials say the sinkhole...

Railroad worker injured

(The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review posted the following article on its website on August 1.) PITTSBURGH — A CSX railroad employee was seriously injured Sunday when the equipment he was operating in Fayette County apparently jumped the track and rolled down an...

Traces of Conrail on tracks abroad

(The following article by Henry J. Holcomb was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on July 28.) PHILADELPHIA — A few days ago, a freshly repainted locomotive that would turn heads of visitors from Philadelphia rumbled out of a shop in East Africa. It...