Trainnews - issue 43 - 2/19/09

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Editor's Note- Photos will be posted again as we receive them. I am on the road this week and have some issues with security, I will post pictures again when I return this weekend.

TRAINNEWS will not publish on Friday 2/20/09 and Saturday 2/21/09 due to travel, it will return with a combined issue on 2/22/09.

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Domestic News

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Semi driver narrowly escapes approaching train
[www.chicagotribune.com]

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Train car hauling paper burns for hours in Dallas
[www.dallasnews.com]

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Put rail on the fast track
[www.freep.com]

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Metro Delays Expected After Yellow Line Train Derails
[www.news8.net]

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Vehicle-train wreck in Modesto causes major traffic disruption
[www.modbee.com]

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Package with burning fuse delays train at Nisqually River
[www.theolympian.com]
and
Explosives Scare Stops Train Near Lacey
[www.kirotv.com]

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Candidates for L.A.'s 5th District council seat discuss Expo Line
[www.latimes.com]

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Conductor involved in runaway boxcar that hit Stoughton train had been cited nine times
[www.enterprisenews.com]

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Train services disrupted
[www.thestatesman.net]

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U.S. Rep. Kaptur wants high-speed train to arrive at Sandusky station
[www.sanduskyregister.com]

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WES train noise is much ado about little
[www.tigardtimes.com]

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TriMet looks to add more bike capacity to WES
[bikeportland.org]

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Light-rail ridership exceeds expectation
[www.azcentral.com]

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Stoughton rail route would draw most
[www.heraldnews.com]

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Car collides with light rail, delaying traffic
[www.azcentral.com]

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Man survives after his pickup truck is torn in half by train - open bottle of beer inside it was “unscathed”
[chattahbox.com]

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VRE trains’ on-time rates beat expectations in January
[www.dcexaminer.com]

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Group Promoting Return Of Amtrak To Fort Wayne
[www.indianasnewscenter.com]

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Work on railroad crossings could net 'quiet zone'
[www.clintonnews.com]

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Shipments of Sludge Headed to West Texas
[www.newswest9.com]

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Cops stake out railroad to catch track-crossers
[seattlepi.nwsource.com]

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Louisiana railroad safety plan derailed
[www.ksla.com]

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Burlington Northern fined $345M for high
[www.forbes.com]
and
STB hits BNSF railroad with record fine in overcharges to captive shipper
[www.feedstuffs.com]

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Forum held on railroad
[www.mybannernews.com]

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Elevated railroad studied in Tupelo
[www.djournal.com]

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Caltrans to detour traffic for railroad crossing work
[www.sacbee.com]

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Switchyard cash quashed
[www.nrtoday.com]

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Bill calls for censure of BNSF over railcars
[www.greatfallstribune.com]

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LIRR gets commuters’ thumbs up
[www.yournabe.com]

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International News

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British train travel among Europe's most expensive
[www.google.com]

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Royal couple name new steam train
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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Strike threat over rail job cuts
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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Train to cross Russia with U.S. cargo for Afghanistan leaves Riga
[en.rian.ru]

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Northern Ireland is about to get one of the smallest publicly-run rail networks in Europe.
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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Report confirms peak hour trains a nightmare
[www.news.com.au]

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C-Train's the rail thing for one-billionth ride
[calsun.canoe.ca]

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Is it a train or a bus?
[www.portalino.it]

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Smoke forces evacuation of train in darkness
[www.independent.ie]

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Iran and Afghanistan to invest railroad of Iran-Afghanistan-Tajikistan
[news-en.trend.az]

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