Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 17 - 1/19/09
Editor's Note -
Please send newsworthy photos to
trainnews@att.net, please include name, location and narrative so folks know what, where and why it is newsworthy.
Information Trainnews will not publish on Sunday 1/18/09 and on Friday 1/23/08 due to business travel. Posting times between those days will be earlier than normal.
Sorry folks we are out of newsworthy photos, so no Photo tonight.
Domestic News
DC-Bound Amtrak Trains Sold Out
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www.msnbc.msn.com]
Freight train derails near Grant Park
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www.chicagotribune.com]
and
Metra service back to normal
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www.dailyherald.com]
Record numbers ride Freedom Trains
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abclocal.go.com]
Truck clipped by Metra train keeps going
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www.chicagobreakingnews.com]
Trains will be quieter on North, NW sides
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www.mysanantonio.com]
Train kills man in Boca Raton
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www.news-press.com]
Rail Runner riders pack trains to Santa Fe
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kob.com]
All aboard a historic train to the Grand Canyon
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travel.latimes.com]
Train ridership grew in 2008, despite delays
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www.telegram.com]
Train to Boston: It won't be free
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www.unionleader.com]
Metro-North commuters criticize crowding, parking
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www.journalinquirer.com]
Records show CSX traffic on area S line may triple
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www.ocala.com]
Damaged freight tracks expected to open today
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www.rockymountainnews.com]
and
Some Tracks Reopen Following Train Derailment
[
cbs4denver.com]
FRA takes steps to address grade crossing, rail bridge safety
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www.progressiverailroading.com]
Loess Hills Alliance awards $4,000 grant to SHRA
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www.siouxcityjournal.com]
BNSF engine catches fire near Ferryville
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www.wxow.com]
Rail still has value: analyst
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www.financialpost.com]
Chemical industry supports stricter rail-shipping rule
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www.smartbrief.com]
Plan a trip to New England this fall
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www.thespectrum.com]
GEORGIA’S WINNING STRATEGY
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www.shippingdigest.com]
J’ville could pay as much as $10 million as a 5-percent partner in Lake Columbia
[
www.jacksonvilleprogress.com]
International News
Connex keeps trains running amid rising heat
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www.news.com.au]
Speed trains to Chandigarh soon?
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
The buggeration of travelling on British trains
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk]
Bombing replaces tagging as train graffiti 'fun'
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www.news.com.au]
Train Stations Get Even Spookier
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londonist.com]
Rail link to Nagpur struck, Delhi on track now
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www.expressindia.com]
Systems Failure Stops BR in Its Tracks
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www.tmcnet.com]
Amman Valley train test a success, say Network Rail
[
www.southwalesguardian.co.uk]
Union to fight rail job cuts
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www.google.com]
Gas crisis halts Serbian railroad car production
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www.eubusiness.com]
All aboard for Sichuan's high-speed rail
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www.shanghaidaily.com]