Rail Industry News
Sideswiped BNSF freight car derails in Seattle
(The following appeared on The Seattle Times website on April 19, 2011.) A cargo train freight car derailed when it was sideswiped in a slow-speed accident at a switching yard near Boeing Field early Tuesday in Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash. — A cargo train freight car...
Railway relics unearthed at condo project tell history of city’s boom
(The following story by Richard Blackwell appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 19, 2011.) TORONTO — Relics of Toronto’s 19th-century railway boom, when train links began to turn the city into an industrial powerhouse, have been unearthed near Fort York....
Person Struck, Killed by CSX Train
(The following story by Nathan Carrick appeared on the Montgomery Village Patch website on April 18, 2011.) Person’s Identity and age details have not been made public. GAITHERSBURG, MD — A person has been struck and killed by a CSX train in Gaithersburg, said...
Part of Rail Trail to be opened to public
(The following story by Stephanie Lee appeared on the Times Union website on April 19, 2011.) BETHLEHEM, NY — Albany County, the town of Bethlehem and the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy have formed an agreement to open a 1.85-mile section of the Albany County Rail...
Forklift operator walks away from crash with freight train in Wauwatosa
(The following story appeared on the Daily Reporter website on April 18, 2011.) WAUWATOSA, Wis. — A forklift operator has only minor injuries after a freight train collided with his machine in Wauwatosa. Police say the Canadian Pacific Railway train was traveling...
Delanco man lying on tracks is fatally struck by NJ Transit River line train
(The following story by Richard Blackwell appeared on The Star-Ledger website on April 18, 2011.) DELANCO, NJ — Investigators in southern New Jersey say they’re not sure why a man was lying on the tracks just before he was fatally struck by a southbound NJ Transit...
Chatham depot restoration on track
(The following story by John Crane appeared on the Danville Register & Bee website on April 19, 2011.) CHATHAM, NC — The vice president of the Pittsylvania Historical Society said he hopes the old Chatham Southern Railway Depot will open as a visitor’s center in...
Amtrak taps into rail fan base to boost security
(The following story appeared on The Wall Street Journal website on April 18, 2011.) BALTIMORE, MD — Amtrak is tapping into the rail fan community to help keep the nation’s passenger railroad safe. Through a new program dubbed Partners for Amtrak Safety and Security...
Trespasser hit by Amtrak train near Richmond
(The following appeared on the San Jose Mercury News website on April 16, 2011.) RICHMOND, Calif. — An Amtrak spokesman says a trespasser was struck and killed by a train in northern California near Richmond. Cliff Cole says a Capitol Corridor train traveling between...
SEPTA’s ridership rises as gas prices climb
(The following story by Sarah Bloomquist appeared on the WPVI-TV website on April 18, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — As gas prices keep going up, SEPTA ridership is on the rise. "It’s a lot cheaper to get on a the train than to drive," said Tish Gage of Northeast...
Passengers talk about Amtrak re-route
(The following story by Bob Hallmark appeared on the KLTV 7 News website on April 17, 2011.) LONGVIEW, Tex. — A long night for some weary train travelers coming through east Texas as a derailment forces a lengthy re-route of their train. Bill and Patricia Elliott of...
Freight Train Hits Car Leaving Lady Gaga Concert
(The following story appeared on the WESH Orlando website on April 16, 2011.) Woman Rushed To Hospital After Crash Near Amway Center ORLANDO, Fla. — A local woman was hospitalized after her car was hit by a freight train while she left the Lady Gaga concert in Orlando...
Electric surge injures 2, causes NJ Transit delays
The following story by Michael Gartland appeared on the NorthJersey.com website on April 18, 2011.) SECAUCUS, NJ — An electrical surge caused by a foreign object delayed NJ Transit service to New York on Saturday and sent two people to the hospital, according to fire...
CSX Admits Misstep in Failing to Reveal Land Purchases Near Controversial Hanover Train Site
(The following story by Elizabeth Janney appeared on the Elkridge Patch website on April 18, 2011.) Officials of CSX Transportation concede they purchased land off Hanover and Race Roads and made an “unintentional factual error" when claiming otherwise. ELKRIDGE, MD —...
Cause of Pierson fire still unknown
(The following story appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal website on April 16, 2011.) VOLUSIA, Fla. — Firefighters were at a stalemate Sunday afternoon with a 30-acre wildfire south of Pierson. Volusia County Fire Services spokeswoman Pat Kuehn said a swampy...
Amtrak traffic soars on Blue Water service through Flint
(The following story by Ron Fonger appeared on the Flint Journal website on April 18, 2011.) FLINT, Mich. — Ridership on Amtrak’s Blue Water service that stops in Flint has been soaring, up by 26.2 percent in the first six months of its fiscal year. Gains on the...
UPDATE 1-Red River crest lowered, but flood among largest
(The following story appeared on the Reuters website on April 15, 2011.) GRAND FORKS, N.D. —Flood fighters patrolled strained levees on a Red River tributary and an old dam on a northwest North Dakota river on Thursday as forecasters reduced the projected crests in...
Pickup hits moving train in Hazle Village
(The following story by Amanda Christman appeared on The Standard Speaker website on April 15, 2011.) HAZLETON, Penn. — A Nanticoke man drove his pickup truck into a moving train in Hazle Village on Thursday morning, escaping with only a neck injury but snarling...
Last call for the Easter Bunny train rides
(The following story appeared on the My Central Jersey website on April 14, 2011.) MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Kenneth C. Smith likes to quote an old Amtrak slogan: "There’s something about a train that’s magic." This weekend, Smith — co-founder and current president of the...
Hi-Line residents adapt to the wet life as flooding continues
(The following story by Brett French appeared on the Billings Gazette website on April 15, 2011.) GLASGOW, Mont. — There are challenges to living on an island in a flooded prairie, LeRoy Kountz conceded. “The biggest pain is I work for the railroad, and if I get a...
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