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.

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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.

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Sorry folks we are out of newsworthy photos, so no Photo tonight.

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Domestic News

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DC-Bound Amtrak Trains Sold Out
[www.msnbc.msn.com]

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Freight train derails near Grant Park
[www.chicagotribune.com]
and
Metra service back to normal
[www.dailyherald.com]

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Record numbers ride Freedom Trains
[abclocal.go.com]

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Truck clipped by Metra train keeps going
[www.chicagobreakingnews.com]

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Trains will be quieter on North, NW sides
[www.mysanantonio.com]

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Train kills man in Boca Raton
[www.news-press.com]

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Rail Runner riders pack trains to Santa Fe
[kob.com]

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All aboard a historic train to the Grand Canyon
[travel.latimes.com]

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Train ridership grew in 2008, despite delays
[www.telegram.com]

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Train to Boston: It won't be free
[www.unionleader.com]

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Metro-North commuters criticize crowding, parking
[www.journalinquirer.com]

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Records show CSX traffic on area S line may triple
[www.ocala.com]

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Damaged freight tracks expected to open today
[www.rockymountainnews.com]
and
Some Tracks Reopen Following Train Derailment
[cbs4denver.com]

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FRA takes steps to address grade crossing, rail bridge safety
[www.progressiverailroading.com]

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Loess Hills Alliance awards $4,000 grant to SHRA
[www.siouxcityjournal.com]

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BNSF engine catches fire near Ferryville
[www.wxow.com]

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Rail still has value: analyst
[www.financialpost.com]

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Chemical industry supports stricter rail-shipping rule
[www.smartbrief.com]

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Plan a trip to New England this fall
[www.thespectrum.com]

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GEORGIA’S WINNING STRATEGY
[www.shippingdigest.com]

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J’ville could pay as much as $10 million as a 5-percent partner in Lake Columbia
[www.jacksonvilleprogress.com]

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International News

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Connex keeps trains running amid rising heat
[www.news.com.au]

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Speed trains to Chandigarh soon?
[timesofindia.indiatimes.com]

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The buggeration of travelling on British trains
[blogs.telegraph.co.uk]

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Bombing replaces tagging as train graffiti 'fun'
[www.news.com.au]

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Train Stations Get Even Spookier
[londonist.com]

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Rail link to Nagpur struck, Delhi on track now
[www.expressindia.com]

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Systems Failure Stops BR in Its Tracks
[www.tmcnet.com]

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Amman Valley train test a success, say Network Rail
[www.southwalesguardian.co.uk]

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Union to fight rail job cuts
[www.google.com]

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Gas crisis halts Serbian railroad car production
[www.eubusiness.com]

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All aboard for Sichuan's high-speed rail
[www.shanghaidaily.com]

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