Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 33 - 02/08/09
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.
UP Dash8-40C #9381 crosses a creek on a hot july 2002 morning. The temperature just South of Dunsmuir, near Castle Craigs, CA is already nearing 85' at 8:00.
Alan Morris Photo
Domestic News
Snowmobile Crashes with Train
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www.fox44.net]
Bristol jumps aboard plans for Waterbury to Berlin commuter rail
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www.bristolpress.com]
Model train museum holds last open house
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www.ocala.com]
Rail Safety Improvement Act will save lives
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www.mydesert.com]
Residents, officials always wary of train derailments
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daily-journal.com]
Trains derail frustrated drivers
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www.charleston.net]
Mount Arlington urges riders to push for weekend train service
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www.dailyrecord.com]
Metro-North: Rail riders set record in 2008
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www.lohud.com]
Finally, work on a commuter rail station at T.F. Green advances and so does its cost
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www.projo.com]
Little train engine's fate to be decided on Monday
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www.sootoday.com]
3 city sites studied for rail station
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www.nashuatelegraph.com]
Editorial: Three toots for second track
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www.dailygazette.com]
Texas State Railroad's new owner plans unique events
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www.mywesttexas.com]
Details coming on rail impact
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www.honoluluadvertiser.com]
Railroads share the bumpy ride of recession
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www.yourdailyjournal.com];
Hazardous New York waste to go to West Texas
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www.statesman.com]
Battle is joined to save historic railroad line
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www.reporterherald.com]
Keeping more bad things from the railroad tracks
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www.stltoday.com]
Railroad officials host information meeting
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www.salisburypost.com]
Amtrak honors rail porters who changed history
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www.bnd.com]
Open House Set for Railtown.... Interested Volunteers Invited to Attend
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thepinetree.net]
Hudson Valley united against MTA 'mobility tax'
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www.recordonline.com]
The colorful saga of Los Angeles' first subway tunnel
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www.latimes.com]
McComb's IC Lake residents upset about water level
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www.hattiesburgamerican.com]
International News
Two passenger trains have crashed in Cuba, leaving three people dead and 93 others injured.
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news.bbc.co.uk]
Go native in Europe and Japan -- take the train
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travel.latimes.com]
Mock attack on SMRT train
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www.straitstimes.com]
Concern over delay in operating passenger train in Tiruvarur-Nagore section
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www.hindu.com]
Talks resume to avert Brisbane train strike
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www.abc.net.au]
Eight coaches of train derails, no casualties
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www.ptinews.com]
Rats run riot at New Delhi Railway Station
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indiatoday.digitaltoday.in]
The first railroad museum in Cuba shows the history of the railroad workers
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www.cubaheadlines.com]
Ticketless boy kicked off train 1,000 km from home
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www.thanhniennews.com]
Retired Train Drivers Recalled as Strike Cripples NRZ Operations
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www.thezimbabwestandard.com]
New Hanoi-HCMC ‘bullet train’ to cost $56 billion
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www.thanhniennews.com]
Tory senator pushes high-speed train link
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www.cjad.com]
Commuters want closer GO
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www.vaughantoday.ca]