Trainnews - volume 2 - issue 180 - 07/24/09
TODAY'S PHOTO
The DM&E Clinton local collided with a standing cut of cars in the Bettendorf yardthis AM. Local media reporting the Engineer and Conductor still missing.
Tom Farence Photo
Request - Folks please send more photos to
trainnews@att.net, include a description so that others will be able to share your reason for submitting the newsworthy or scenic photo. I process them as I receive the email so once I open and move your comment and photo to the server I will acknowledge it; however, that does not mean it will post on that days trainnews. Rest assured, that it will post in the next few days.
Domestic News
Disabled Amtrak train cancels 3 LIRR rush-hour trains
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www.newsday.com]
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" train tour comes to Chicago
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abclocal.go.com]
RTD light-rail train reaches 1 million miles
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www.bizjournals.com]
Amtrak delays train study for Des Moines
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www.chicagotribune.com]
Victims lucky to be alive after Commerce City truck-train collision
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www.kdvr.com]
and
Gasoline tanker struck by train
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www.denverpost.com]
SUV driver reaching for phone escapes injury after hitting train
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www.adn.com]
Capital Metro will have to install ‘positive train controls’
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www.statesman.com]
Train Horns Go Silent In Springfield
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www.whiotv.com]
Train Festival exciting downtown Owosso
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abclocal.go.com]
Train sparks multiple fires in and near Ardmore
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www.rapidcityjournal.com]
Operator on Leave After Opening Doors on Wrong Side
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www.washingtonpost.com]
Norfolk Southern's 'Train Your Brain' Public Safety Campaign Fills Summer Calendar in Indiana
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news.prnewswire.com]
A Greener Road Trip: St. Louis Cardinals Taking the Train
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gas2.org]
Train station 'whistle stop' gains momentum
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www.poughkeepsiejournal.com]
Train cars ignite in Richmond; engineer uncouples locomotive
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www2.timesdispatch.com]
Chamber hopes to educate public in high-speed train debate
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www.lasvegassun.com]
Train History Day Saturday at the Cradle of Forestry
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www.citizen-times.com]
Batavia hoping to quiet trains
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www.suburbanchicagonews.com]
Oregon bids for high-speed rail between Portland and Eugene
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www.oregonlive.com]
Rail Runner Express to visit Raton, Las Vegas
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www.kdbc.com]
Catch the COASTER to the Del Mar Fairgrounds
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www.examiner.com]
New Safety Guidelines Implemented After Muni Accident
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sanfrancisco.injuryboard.com]
New Railroad Project for VW Announced
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www.newschannel9.com]
SC mayor confronts railroad worker about signs
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www.wbtv.com]
Railroad/intermodal shipping: AAR reports volumes are down for week ending July 18
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www.logisticsmgmt.com]
VW plant at Chattanooga spurs railroad project
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news.bostonherald.com]
Police Jury pushes closure of KCS railroad crossing
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www.thenewsstar.com]
Railroad lease extended
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www.cabinet.com]
Union Pacific Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
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www.gurufocus.com]
and
Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) Income Falls on Lower Business Volume
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www.transworldnews.com]
TTX Workers In North Augusta To Be Furloughed
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www.wjbf.com]
DMR-Designed Meadowlands Station Debuts
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www.globest.com]
Amtrak to Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Independent Review to Assess Carbon Footprint
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www.webwire.com]
Central Terminal back in the running as rail hub
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www.buffalonews.com]
Canadian News
Canadian Train Service Shut Down as Engineers Strike
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www.bloomberg.com]
GO train hits truck
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www.edmontonsun.com]
Canada’s Bike Train expands to north Ontario
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www.jamblemag.com]
International News
Six die in Croatia train crash
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news.bbc.co.uk]
Kolkata-Dhaka train services rescheduled
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www.hindu.com]
KiwiRail working to reopen track
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tvnz.co.nz]
Nagpur-Mumbai, back non-stop Duronto train to run thrice a week
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www.business-standard.com]
EU Train Firm Aims to Reduce CO2 Emissions 35% by 2012
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www.environmentalleader.com]
Peak-hour delays after train hits car at level crossing
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www.theage.com.au]
Railways in UK to Get Electric Makeover
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www.electric.co.uk]
'Smile detectors' installed at train station
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itn.co.uk]
Operators seek new line on franchises
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www.ft.com]
Direct transfer from Belorusskiy railroad station to the Sheremetevo airport appears in August
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www.russia-ic.com]