Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 6 - 1/7/09
Editor's Note -
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Cumbres & Toltec #487 drops her ashes as she prepares to haul a passenger train to Antonito. June 2008.
Don Borden Photo
Domestic News
The Ski Train: Colorado's quiet treasure
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www.cnn.com]
Light-rail train broadsides pickup truck
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www.kvoa.com]
Bosses of Texting Engineer Are Accused in Rail Crash
[
www.nytimes.com]
and
Management knew about train engineer's texting, lawyers say
[
www.latimes.com]
Officer resigns after fatal train station shooting
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www.pe.com]
Amtrak: Floods, landslides disrupt trains
[
www.kval.com]
and
Amtrak cancels service between Portland, Seattle
[
seattletimes.nwsource.com]
and
Amtrak to close Cascades route through Lacey, Centralia
[
www.theolympian.com]
SEPTA to test "quiet cars" on rush-hour trains
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www.philly.com]
Metro-North Makes Its M-7 Train Cars More Bike-Friendly
[
www.streetsblog.org]
SF: N-JUDAH TRAIN DERAILS NEAR 48TH AVENUE
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cbs5.com]-
and
SF: UPDATE: MUNI RESTORES N-JUDAH SERVICE FOLLOWING
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cbs5.com]-
Railroad stocks down
[
www.forbes.com]
Long Island Rail Road sets 2008 on time record
[
www.newsday.com]
Rain Forest Weekends: Roaring Camp Railroad
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www.sfgate.com]
Railroad shipping: STB-commissoned study looks at rates, regulation, and capacity
[
www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Communities' acquisition of railroad awaits procedural sale
[
www.spinalcolumnonline.com]
Railroads Try New End Run Around FELA Jury Verdicts: Motions For Verdict Offset Due To Railroad Retirement Collateral Source Payments
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norfolk.injuryboard.com]
Bombardier’s Rail Unit May Expand in U.S. on Stimulus
[
www.bloomberg.com]
Mechanical problems mar Metro-North commutes
[
www.recordonline.com]
International News
London’s Euston Station Train Service Disrupted by Power Cut
[
www.bloomberg.com]
Blast on Sri Lanka railway track halts train services
[
www.lankabusinessonline.com]
Train car doors won't open, but they're safe, AMT says
[
www.montrealgazette.com]
Lunar New Year train tickets trigger tsunami of bookings
[
www.taipeitimes.com]
Train terror as car derailed near Homebush station
[
www.news.com.au]
Kawasaki Heavy Shares Rise on Battery Business Report
[
www.bloomberg.com]