Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 61 - 03/16/09
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's Jordan Spreader plowing north through Azalea siding in October, 2005.
North Bank Fred Photo
Domestic News
Upstate NY man injured after train runs over legs
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www.newsday.com]
MUNI Train, Truck Collide
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www.kcbs.com]
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Muni crash sends seven to hospital
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www.sfgate.com]
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7 injured in SF light-rail train crash
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www.mercurynews.com]
City has spent $36 million for airport-train land
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www.azcentral.com]
NYC's first subway station in 20 years opens
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www.newsday.com]
NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor trains latest
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www.newsday.com]
Train collides with abandoned lumber truck
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winfieldcourier.com]
Brooklyn's Franklin Ave. train gets 'C' for long waits & delays
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www.nydailynews.com]
Train, not bus, for South Coast transit line, says state transportation chief
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www.wickedlocal.com]
Car Collides With Train In Central Maine
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www.wcsh6.com]
Over $700 Million in Train Security Funds Go Unspent by Homeland Security
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www.securitymanagement.com]
Verde Canyon Railroad Features Spring Train Events near Sedona Arizona
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www.gatewaytosedona.com]
Railroad agrees to suburban 'quiet zones'
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abclocal.go.com]
City train station to be relocated
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www.addisonindependent.com]
Amtrak to Receive $1.3 Billion in Funding, Earmarked for Infrastructure Repairs
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www.leisuregrouptravel.com]
UP picks up coal-train loading pace in PRB, Colorado/Utah
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www.progressiverailroading.com]
Train thief took a 120-ton, 7-mile long joy ride
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www.bradenton.com]
Rochester says its status earns it high-speed rail stop
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www.startribune.com]
At last, Gov. reopens South Ferry station
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www.metro.us]
Meet The Cascade Corridor
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progressillinois.com]
Short-line railroads to receive stimulus money
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wichita.bizjournals.com]
Railroad Stocks Moving Further Off Recent Lows With Strong Gains
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www.rttnews.com]
BNSF CEO receives compensation valued at $14.6M
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www.google.com]
Railroad/intermodal shipping: STB signs off on Pan Am Southern joint venture
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www.logisticsmgmt.com]
Wisconsin & Southern earns railroad honor
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www.wiscnews.com]
Neosho council to consider quiet-zone agreements
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www.joplinglobe.com]
Norfolk Southern engineer claims injuries in FELA suit
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www.madisonrecord.com]
Feds investigating Austin's Capital MetroRail inciden
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www.keyetv.com]
KCSR combines labor relations, HR departments
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www.progressiverailroading.com]
Lawmakers explore plan for state high-speed rail line
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www.livingstondaily.com]
WPS storing coal cars in northern Minnesota
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www.greenbaypressgazette.com]
Reports of negligence fuel pain after Metrolink crash
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www.latimes.com]
Port explores railway funding options
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www.wxvt.com]
One for the rail as pub opens at railway station
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new.edp24.co.uk]
Canadian News
Sorry no Canadian new found by search tonight
International News
Company puts off launch of luxury trains to Tibet
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www.iht.com]
Rail services disrupted by strike
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news.bbc.co.uk]
A New Paris, as Dreamed by Planners
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www.nytimes.com]
Metro trains arrive
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
China to buy 350km/h high-speed trains
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news.xinhuanet.com]
Virgin train passenger revenues hit the buffers
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www.thisismoney.co.uk]
Malaysia's YTL to revive bullet train project - report
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news.alibaba.com]
Steam train Oliver Cromwell tours Kent
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www.kentonline.co.uk]
Express train's engine derails; no casualties
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www.zeenews.com]
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www.zeenews.com]
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www.inform.kz]
Fleet is past its use-by date, Connex documents show
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www.news.com.au]
Mallya battles railways to save stud farm
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com]
ALCATEL-LUCENT : Alcatel-Lucent partners with Thales to expand Turkish Railways' high-speed signalling network
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www.euronext.com]
Over 8500 Railway officers booked for fraudulent practices
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www.dnaindia.com]
Slovenian railway seeks to boost cooperation with Montenegro
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www.portalino.it]