Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 76 - 04/01/09
NOTICE - Trainnews will not publish Sunday or Thursday this week account travel
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.
No Photo tonight, as I have lost connection to my file server, pictures will return on Friday. Thanks to those who have sent photos.
Domestic News
Metro-North Yankees train won't start until late May
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www.newsday.com]
Train hits car on South Side
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www.suntimes.com]
Engineer blamed for 2007 Amtrak crash on Grand Rapids to Chicago train
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www.mlive.com]
Train awareness gains momentum
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www.miamiherald.com]
Parents rescue kids in close call with train
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deseretnews.com]
Feds to pay for train quiet zone: Hudson resident secures stimulus funds
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www.the-news-leader.com]
Peninsula could be in for years-long battle over high-speed rail
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www.insidebayarea.com]
Driver of truck hit by train thought he could jump tracks
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www.qctimes.com]
Theft of railroad solar panels could have caused train accident
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www.chicoer.com]
City Council votes to support Anaheim to Las Vegas train
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www.desertdispatch.com]
Fairhaven antique train cars will be scrapped if no one takes them for free
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www.bellinghamherald.com]
Save Our Rails Benefit Dinner to Raise $25,000 to Aid Flood Recovery Efforts for Northwest Railway Museum
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www.foxbusiness.com]
Milwaukie light-rail line talk topic is horn noise
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www.oregonlive.com]
Environmental damage averted in Pleasant Hill train derailment
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www.desmoinesregister.com]
Playing around train tracks isn’t a game
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www.commercial-news.com]
Cap Metro working on new metro rail timeline
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www.news8austin.com]
State and Norfolk Southern sign deal to build new rail expansion to Lynchburg
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www.wsls.com]
Railroad work in Mecca to begin Thursday
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www.mydesert.com]
Railroad group preserves track ownership
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www.lenconnect.com]
Tweetsie Railroad opens May 1
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www.citizen-times.com]
Plans are moving along for the Museum of the American Railroad
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www.examiner.com]
Railroad Tracks Enforcement Crackdown
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www.khsltv.com]
NACD Opposes railroad limits on common carrier obligation.
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news.thomasnet.com]
Watco projects receive stimulus funds
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www.morningsun.net]
Kyocera, Tessco to Launch and Distribute Standard Railroad Solar Power Systems
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www.tradingmarkets.com]
Greenbrier Announces Webcast and Conference Call of Quarterly Financial Results
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www.foxbusiness.com]
A 'sentimental journey' on historic rail line
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www.leelanaunews.com]
Collierville whistles trains for speeding
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www.tradingmarkets.com]
Gov. frustrated by stalled MTA talks
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polhudson.lohudblogs.com]
Residents raise crossing concerns
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www.timesrepublican.com]
Canadian News
CN crew shortage may have contributed to B.C. derailment
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www.theglobeandmail.com]
International News
Historic passenger train returns
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news.bbc.co.uk]
Network Rail investment in Wales puts more trains on track for Valleys
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www.walesonline.co.uk]
New Negev and Galilee Minister Shalom wants Kiryat Shmona-Eilat train
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www.jpost.com]
Bullet train brings hope for Beijing's faltering housing market
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news.xinhuanet.com]
Signal repair causes train delays
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news.bbc.co.uk]
Ticketless train travellers rise
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www.dailynews.lk]
Alstom to acquire stake in Russian train maker Transmashholding
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steelguru.com]
Orient Express boat train link to close
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www.railnews.co.uk]