Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 76 - 04/01/09

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NOTICE - Trainnews will not publish Sunday or Thursday this week account travel

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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.

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Domestic News

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Metro-North Yankees train won't start until late May
[www.newsday.com]

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Train hits car on South Side
[www.suntimes.com]

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Engineer blamed for 2007 Amtrak crash on Grand Rapids to Chicago train
[www.mlive.com]

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Train awareness gains momentum
[www.miamiherald.com]

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Parents rescue kids in close call with train
[deseretnews.com]

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Feds to pay for train quiet zone: Hudson resident secures stimulus funds
[www.the-news-leader.com]

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Peninsula could be in for years-long battle over high-speed rail
[www.insidebayarea.com]

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Driver of truck hit by train thought he could jump tracks
[www.qctimes.com]

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Theft of railroad solar panels could have caused train accident
[www.chicoer.com]

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City Council votes to support Anaheim to Las Vegas train
[www.desertdispatch.com]

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Fairhaven antique train cars will be scrapped if no one takes them for free
[www.bellinghamherald.com]

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Save Our Rails Benefit Dinner to Raise $25,000 to Aid Flood Recovery Efforts for Northwest Railway Museum
[www.foxbusiness.com]

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Milwaukie light-rail line talk topic is horn noise
[www.oregonlive.com]

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Environmental damage averted in Pleasant Hill train derailment
[www.desmoinesregister.com]

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Playing around train tracks isn’t a game
[www.commercial-news.com]

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Cap Metro working on new metro rail timeline
[www.news8austin.com]

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State and Norfolk Southern sign deal to build new rail expansion to Lynchburg
[www.wsls.com]

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Railroad work in Mecca to begin Thursday
[www.mydesert.com]

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Railroad group preserves track ownership
[www.lenconnect.com]

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Tweetsie Railroad opens May 1
[www.citizen-times.com]

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Plans are moving along for the Museum of the American Railroad
[www.examiner.com]

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Railroad Tracks Enforcement Crackdown
[www.khsltv.com]

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NACD Opposes railroad limits on common carrier obligation.
[news.thomasnet.com]

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Watco projects receive stimulus funds
[www.morningsun.net]

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Kyocera, Tessco to Launch and Distribute Standard Railroad Solar Power Systems
[www.tradingmarkets.com]

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Greenbrier Announces Webcast and Conference Call of Quarterly Financial Results
[www.foxbusiness.com]

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A 'sentimental journey' on historic rail line
[www.leelanaunews.com]

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Collierville whistles trains for speeding
[www.tradingmarkets.com]

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Gov. frustrated by stalled MTA talks
[polhudson.lohudblogs.com]

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Residents raise crossing concerns
[www.timesrepublican.com]

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Canadian News

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CN crew shortage may have contributed to B.C. derailment
[www.theglobeandmail.com]

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International News

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Historic passenger train returns
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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Network Rail investment in Wales puts more trains on track for Valleys
[www.walesonline.co.uk]

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New Negev and Galilee Minister Shalom wants Kiryat Shmona-Eilat train
[www.jpost.com]

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Bullet train brings hope for Beijing's faltering housing market
[news.xinhuanet.com]

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Signal repair causes train delays
[news.bbc.co.uk]

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Ticketless train travellers rise
[www.dailynews.lk]

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Alstom to acquire stake in Russian train maker Transmashholding
[steelguru.com]

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Orient Express boat train link to close
[www.railnews.co.uk]

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