Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 108 - 05/06/09
Trainnews will not publish on 5/8/09 and 5/13/09 due to my travel schedule
UP 4087 West entering Oakland in early 2005, leading 2 new sisters on the double stacks that an hour earlier passed through Altamont Pass and Niles Canyon.
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Domestic News
New MARC train makes maiden voyage with O'Malley aboard
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www.baltimoresun.com]
BART plans billion-dollar upgrades
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www.sfexaminer.com]
Train conductor threw passenger off train
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www.chicagotribune.com]
National Train Day & the 10th Anniversary of Amtrak Cascades (May 9, 2009)
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www.examiner.com]
Local Leaders Ride Train From Iowa City To Moline
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www.kwqc.com]
Jamestown voters approve train 'quiet zone'
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www.kxmb.com]
Leaner MTA capital plan could mean extended No. 7 subway line - but not more frequent train service
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www.nydailynews.com]
BART to replace train cars for $3.4 billion
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www.contracostatimes.com]
Washington County joins high-speed rail planning group
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www.countrymessenger.com]
Train sprays oil on Winona’s East End homes
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www.winonadailynews.com]
Tri-Rail Could Come To Halt Without State Funds
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www.wpbf.com]
New director climbs aboard at railroad park
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www.dglobe.com]
Railroad makes $27M upgrade
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www.trib.com]
Port railroad fight gets hotter
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www.postandcourier.com]
Tampa port loses $1.84 million for railroad work
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www2.tbo.com]
HDR vice president Reichelt elected to railroad committee
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www.djcoregon.com]
CSX trims Buffalo rail operations, cuts 132 jobs
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www.buffalonews.com]
Deal struck on MTA rescue
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lohud.com]
Thomas the Tank Engine returns to Medina on Friday
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www.thedailynewsonline.com]
Natural Gas Discoveries are bad news for those looking for growth of railroad coal traffic
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www.glgroup.com]
V&T commission votes to sell cars — again
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www.nevadaappeal.com]
Canadian News
End of the line for train traffic?
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www.magma.ca]
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Quiet tracks in the Ottawa Valley
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www.youralmonte.com]
International News
Routes axed for high-speed train
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news.bbc.co.uk]
Contract To Supply German Train Company
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www.allheadlinenews.com]
Main trunk line closed after train derails
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www.nzherald.co.nz]
One more summer resort train to connect Almaty and Crimea
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www.kyivpost.com]
Pak bound train caught fire Zero point at Attari
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www.punjabnewsline.com]
Train collides with tractor
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station.lu]
Trains to Rome proving popular with football fans
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www.easier.com]