Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 51 - 03/01/09
Notice - Trainnews will again be published at odd times starting 2/27/09 through 3/7/09 as your pubisher is on another business trip. I will be in the Eastern Pacific and will post as I have time.
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.
Shay at the Railroad Park Resort in Dunsmuir, CA. The UP is well within earshot from this location, but hard to get to.
Alan Morris Photo
Domestic News
Railroad funding for county on track
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www.nj.com]
railroad to nowhere
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www.vvdailypress.com]
Local governments brace for more freight trains on EJ&E tracks
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www.dailyherald.com]
City's first rail span eyed for bikes and pedestrians
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wvgazette.com]
Chugga Chugga, Choo Choo
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nwanews.com]
Cattle struck by train
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www.fdlreporter.com]
Slice of the transit dream fractured by schedule changes
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www.boston.com]
$8 Bil. of Stimulus to Go to Trains, but Not Bullet-Style
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www.theledger.com]
Rails top focus in current intermodal planning
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www.thetowntalk.com]
Rondout Historic Marker
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www.examiner.com]
The night a mountain came down
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www.oregonlive.com]
Transit plans new projects with stimulus
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www.the-signal.com]
Hero Guard Saves Drunk from Death on Train Tracks
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www.msnbc.msn.com]
Net users can see safety board data on train tragedy
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www.dailynews.com]
Herbert Gears of Irving: All aboard the DART train to D/FW
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www.dallasnews.com]
Caltrain upgrades California Avenue, Palo Alto stations
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www.progressiverailroading.com]
Cheaper gasoline, riders' job losses empty train seats
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www.dailynews.com]
Rail Runner debuts new train to Santa Fe
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kob.com]
CapMetro rail opening may wait
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www.bizjournals.com]
Canadian News
No Canadian articles found today
International News
Konkan railway to run 36 summer special trains
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www.hindu.com]
Train websites too hard to use
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www.guardian.co.uk]
Train services start between Mersin and Aleppo
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www.hurriyet.com.tr]
Box trains: Stopped in their tracks
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www.thehindubusinessline.com]
BR stops train service
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www.mmegi.bw]
Man in railway suicide attempt has history of mental illness
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www.thestandard.com.hk]